As part of the management changes, which were effective immediately, Anil Gadre, 47, was named interim chief marketing officer, and Brian Sutphin, 49, vice president of corporate development.
Also, Executive Vice President David W. Yen, 52, became responsible for Sun's microprocessors, enterprise systems and SPARC-based volume systems initiatives; and John Fowler, 43, was now in charge of Intel and AMD processor-based systems. Fowler would also hold the dual roles of network systems' acting executive vice president and lead technology officer.
The management shakeup followed by about two weeks, Sun's decision to enter a partnership with longtime enemy Microsoft Corp., which agreed to pay Sun nearly $2 billion in settling all litigation between the two companies. On the same day, Sun said it would eliminate 3,300 jobs, or about 9 percent of its work force, because of higher-than-expected losses.
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