1. JD Edwards & Co. Microsoft Corp. Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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JD Edwards & Co.
Microsoft Corp.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

2. J.D. Edwards & Co. Founded in 1977
Started by Jack Thompson, Dan Gregory and Ed McVaney in Denver, Colorado
Supplies business software for computers
Serves over 6,500 customers
Annual revenues of nearly $1 billion

3. J. D. Edwards & Co. Management CEO: Bob Dutkowsky CFO: Rick Allen
CTO: Mike Madden
CMO: Les Wyatt

4. J. D. Edwards & Co. COMPANY TIMELINE DATE EVENT March 1977
Software development company founded
Spring 1981
First branch office opens in Dallas, Texas
June 1990
First International office opens in Brussels, Belgium
January 1991
Earns over $100 million dollars in total revenues
May 2002
The latest product, J.D. Edwards 5, is introduced

5. Microsoft Corp. The world’s biggest software company
More than 50,000 employees in over 50 countries
Also supplies business software for computers
Invested more than $23 billion dollars in R&D during the last 10 years
Annual revenues of nearly $1 billion

6. Microsoft Corp. Management Chief Executive Officer: Steve Ballmer
Chief Software Architect: Bill Gates

7. Microsoft Corp. COMPANY TIMELINE DATE EVENT 1975 Microsoft founded
1978
Year-end sales exceed $1 million
1981
MS-DOS created for the IBM PC
1985
Windows hits the market
1986
Public stock trading begins
1997
Internet Explorer 4.0 introduced
2000
Microsoft reaches 25th anniversary

8. Sun Microsystems, Inc. Vision: Developer of the Java language
Computers that can ‘talk’ to each other no matter who builds them
Developer of the Java language
Began in 1982
Started by four individuals

9. Sun Microsystems, Inc. Management
CEO, President, and Chairman: Scott McNealy
Corporate Executive Officer: Bill Joy
Executive VP: Crawford Beveridge
CIO: H. William Howard

10. Sun Microsystems, Inc. COMPANY TIMELINE DATE EVENT 1982
Sun Microsystems get underway
1983
Operations begin in Europe
1987
Develops alliance with AT&T
1988
Reaches $1 billion in revenue
1993
Makes its debut in the Fortune 500
1995
Java--the first universal software platform-- is formed
2002
World’s largest data warehouse created from Sun-tested framework

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