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To: JC Jaros who wrote (18704)8/19/1999 6:23:00 PM
From: Michael F. Donadio  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
The Enterprise Appliance is Coming!

zdnet.com

Sun's Executive Shuffle

Tirado leaves for start-up firm.


By Deborah Gage, Sm@rt Reseller

Software president Alan Baratz is not the only high-profile exec to
depart Sun Microsystems this month. Sun also is searching for a
replacement for VP Steve Tirado, who has left Sun's Network
Computer Division to join a start-up company.

Tirado's departure surprised some Sun partners, since Sun will
launch in New York next month a Java-based "enterprise
appliance" that is supposed to fulfill some of the promise that
Sun's JavaStation did not.


But Tirado says that while he is "very excited" by Sun's upcoming
offering, the opportunity to become VP of marketing at Silicon
Image Inc. was too good to pass up.

Silicon Image developed the technology behind the Digital Visual
Interface specification, which defines a high-speed data link
between digital displays and their hosts, and will go public soon.
Intel is entitled to purchase shares and has signed a patent
license agreement with Silicon Image, according to an amended
S1 filed with the SEC. ...


I don't know how Sun's 'enterprise appliance' will compare with Alcatel's which I have seen and like very much, but if successful we will be opening a whole new era of connecting to the internet without traditional PCs. I presume at first the target markets will be different with Sun's Corona targeting business and Alcatel targeting consumers. I understand Alcatel's product will be sold through AOL.

Michael
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