Oracle Labs (formerlySun Microsystems Laboratories, orSun Labs) is aresearch and development branch ofOracle Corporation. The labs were created when Oracle acquiredSun Microsystems.[1] Sun Labs was established in 1990 byIvan Sutherland andRobert Sproull. The initial locations were inMenlo Park, California andBurlington, Massachusetts, United States.
Oracle Labs has locations inRedwood Shores, California;Burlington, Massachusetts;Cambridge, UK;Brisbane, Australia;Linz, Austria;Zürich, Switzerland; andCasablanca, Morocco.
Sun Labs worked in areas such asasynchronous circuits,optical communications, newweb technologies,Java technologies, andcomputer networks.James G. Mitchell directed the labs starting in 2000.[2]When asked in 2007 why Sun continued to put resources into research as the market turned to commodity pricing, chief executiveJonathan I. Schwartz said, "You need to spend enormous amounts of money to differentiate."[3]
In 2010 afterSun was purchased byOracle Corporation, it becameOracle Labs.[4]As of April 2011[update] Sproull was director.[5]He was appointed in June 2006.[6]
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