Sun expects to begin realising cost savings in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2009 and expects to realise a substantial portion of the run rate benefit by the first quarter of the next fiscal year.
With a focus on boosting open source momentum, the company has also announced an alignment of its software organisation into new business groups -- Application Platform Software, Systems Platforms, and Cloud Computing & Developer Platforms. Sun's new software alignments include the formation of two new business groups and a new group within Sun's existing Systems business.
"Today, we have taken decisive actions to align Sun's business with global economic realities and accelerate our delivery of key open source platform innovations - from MySQL to Sun's latest Open Storage offerings," said Jonathan Schwartz, chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems.
Anil Gadre has been appointed as executive vice president of the newly formed Application Platform Software group. Gadre will move from his position as chief marketing officer to lead this new group. The unit, according to the company, will build on its open source leadership position to capitalise on the global market's demand for open application platforms for everything from databases to business integration services on servers, desktops and handheld devices. This includes the entirety of Sun's Java technology franchise, MySQL open source database products, as well as software infrastructure -- including the GlassFish Application Server and identity management products. This group will also include the Sun Learning Services organisation.
John Fowler will lead the new Systems Platforms group as its executive vice president. Sun's Solaris, Virtualisation (including xVM and VirtualBox) and Systems Management Software teams join the Systems organisation to deliver optimised computing, storage and networking systems.
Dave Douglas, senior vice president, will lead the Cloud Computing & Developer Platforms unit. Douglas will lead the company's efforts to capitalise on two trends: the increasing shift of customer and developer focus to Web-based cloud services and Sun's established position in the space through Network.com, the NetBeans developer platform and the StarOffice portfolio. The unit will build upon Sun's existing online developer community.
In addition, Sun is also aligning its marketing function to more effectively support its sales and product organisations. Product and technology marketing will now be integrated directly into the product groups with field and partner marketing moving under Peter Ryan, executive vice president of global sales and services. Corporate Marketing will be led by newly appointed senior vice president, Ingrid Van Den Hoogen, who also joins Sun's executive leadership team, reporting to the CEO.
Also, Rich Green, executive vice president, software, has put in his papers. |
