sunflash-Distributed to mailing list sun/NC/north-carolina sunflash-Send requests, problems to owner-sunflash@suntri.east.sun.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunIntegration Services Expands Management Team SunFLASH Vol 57 #30 September 1993 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57.30 SunIntegration Services Expands Management Team SunIntegration Services is an SMCC organization created to develop and implement rightsizing solutions for customers worldwide. SunIntegration works with Sun partners (SunService, SunNetworks, Sun Microsystems Federal, and SMCC's worldwide field organization) and with commercial system integration partners (e.g. GE Information Systems, Andersen Consulting, SAIC, SynOptics, Cabletron, Cambridge Technology Partners, AT&T and Cap Gemini Sogeti) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Carol Sacks (415) 336-0521 Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- September 27, 1993 -- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today announced it has appointed William T. Coleman III as vice president and general manager of SunIntegration Services, an SMCC organization created to develop and implement rightsizing solutions for customers worldwide. Other executives added to the team include Tom Gracon, director of programs and business operations; Bill Hodgins, director of business development; Bruce Hoiem, director of technology; and Al Koyanagi, director of consulting services. SunIntegration Services, launched last November, assists customers in planning and executing major technology transformations, selects the best integrators and technology partners for customers' needs and acts as a project manager or prime contractor when appropriate. "After just six months in existence, SunIntegration Services is fully functional," Coleman noted. "The organization's new clients are in such diverse industries as retail, manufacturing, telecommunications, government and financial sectors." For example, SunIntegration Services is working with: a retail organization to develop its catalog operations; an electronics manufacturer that is migrating its mainframe legacy systems to the client-server platform; a telecommunications provider that needs to implement bandwidth on demand; an airline and an oil and gas company, both of which are getting high-availability solutions using products from SMCC as well as third-parties; and a state government agency that is implementing a distributed computing environment in all of its offices. "Our goal is to work closely with existing organizations within Sun and our commercial system integration partners to help our customers implement open client-server solutions based on the SPARC(R) architecture running the Solaris(R) operating environment," said Coleman. "By sourcing the best partner for the job, we are able to ensure that customers get the best solution in a timely fashion. "We have made tremendous strides in rightsizing ourselves with our client-server computering technology," continued Coleman. "And we have learned a lot about what works and what doesn't. Now, we intend to bring this knowledge and experience to our customers." SunIntegration Services has four main Sun partners. First is SunService, a new organization created to design and implement service and support solutions for Sun(R) system customers. Second is SunNetworks, an organization within SunConnect that provides expertise in network integration technologies. Third is Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., the organization within Sun that handles government customers. SunIntegration Services also works with SMCC's worldwide field organization. SunIntegration Services' commercial system integration partners include GE Information Systems, Andersen Consulting, SAIC, SynOptics, Cabletron, Cambridge Technology Partners, AT&T and Cap Gemini Sogeti. In addition to assisting customers as they implement client-server computing solutions, SunIntegration Services also will develop and market products and services that address the high-availability and security requirements of its customers. During the next year, SunIntegration Services also will broaden its focus to include companies in a variety of markets that are implementing customer management solutions. This type of solution combines computer technology with telephone, voice and distributed data access to provide improved communication between an enterprise and its customers. Coleman, with 22 years of high-technology experience, comes to SunIntegration Services following four years as vice president of system software within Sun Microsystems, where he was responsible for development of the Solaris operating environment. Coleman also has held other positions during his eight years with Sun, including director of engineering and operations and director of program management for Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. Prior to Sun, Coleman co-founded and was vice president of engineering at Dest Systems, a document processing equipment company. He also served as director of product development at VisiCorp, leading the team that designed all of VisiCorp's personal computer software products. Prior to VisiCorp, Coleman was manager of the High Frequency Systems Group at GTE Sylvania. Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) is the world's leading vendor of open client-server computing solutions. It is an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer supplier to World Cup USA 1994. 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