EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

It has been 24 hours since Oracle announced it will snap up Sun. What it means for partners, customers and the industry at large is the big question.

iTnews polled a number of the leading analysts locally and regionally to find out their top five predictions from the merger.

What it means for staff, hardware, SPARC processors, open source - it's all covered. Drop in a comment to let us know if you think they got it right...

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | April 22, 2009

Oracle is expected to exit hardware businesses, cut staff, exit open source and focus on Java, MySQL and Solaris as part of its US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

By Brett Winterford | April 22, 2009

Macquarie Research estimates functional separation would cost Telstra five per cent in product margins and a 33 per cent hit to its share price, but the forced sale of its HFC network is a greater risk to the carrier.

By Rosalie Marshall | April 22, 2009

Hackers have broken into the US Department of Defense's US$300 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, which is partly funded by the UK and also counts Australia as a development partner.

By Ry Crozier | April 22, 2009

AAPT has completed a $30 million upgrade to its core IP network and MPLS edge that will enable more automated provisioning and guarantee performance on midband Ethernet connections.

By Iain Thomson | April 22, 2009

The new head of Symantec has used his keynote at the RSA 2009 conference to call for a new method of security operations.

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