`We will invest in contracts with long gestation periods`

Q&A/ Anil Valluri, V-P & MD, Sun Microsystems

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Rajesh S Kurup Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 1:33 AM IST

Tell us about your priorities...

We will continue to build on whatever we have done in the past. For growing the company's market in the country, we are looking at the happening markets like telecom, finance, government and retail, while strengthening the channels. We are also looking at raising the software business.

CEO Scott McNeally recently mentioned about a rebirth of the dot-com and said Sun is gearing up for the renaissance. What did he imply?

Sun Microsystems is bringing in technologies that will enable faster growth of the Web 2.0, which is mainly driven by user-generated content (UGC).

We are bringing in technologies that help faster access of the web like the latest versions of Java, MySQL and the open source technologies

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First Published: Jul 14 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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