NewsForge | Exclusive: Former Sun exec Green moving to Cassatt
By: Chris Preimesberger
BREAKING NEWS: NewsForge has learned that former Sun Microsystems Java tools spokesman Rich Green, one of the most outspoken Microsoft critics in the business, has joined former Sun colleague Bill Coleman as a senior executive at Coleman's new venture, Cassatt Corporation of San Jose, Calif. Green resigned last Friday after 14 years at Sun in the wake of the Sun-Microsoft partnership authored by Sun CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft President Steve Ballmer.
Neither Sun or Cassatt has yet made the announcement public, but NewsForge has confirmed the appointment through two reliable sources close to Green. The Register had posted conjecture about Green moving to Cassatt but had not confirmed it. Green himself was not immediately available for comment.
Cassatt Corp., an autonomic computing company, announced its establishment in September 2003 as a new venture funded by Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm. The company will offer software and services to help enterprises implement agile business architectures which adapt to meet changing workplace requirements.
Coleman is well-known in IT circles as the co-founder, CEO, and chairman of BEA Systems. Prior to starting BEA in 1995, he held several executive positions at Sun Microsystems, including vice president and general manager of Sun Professional Services and vice president of system software, overseeing Sun OS, Solaris, and related products.
K-Collector Topics: Autonomic Computing Java Productivity Microsoft Sun Microsystems