Sun's acquisition of Kealia, Inc. is complete. This acquisition, first announced in February, gives Sun access to Kealia's advanced computer system design that directly applies to its systems business. Noted as an industry visionary and technology leader, Kealia and Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim returns to Sun as senior vice president and chief architect in Sun's Network Systems organization.

Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, Sun, commented that this acquisition returns Sun to its roots of engineering leadership and product innovation. "His return to Sun amplifies our fundamental belief in the value of innovation, the value of true systems design, and the opportunity our SolarisTM Operating System and Sun JavaTM Enterprise System technologies offer for customers frustrated by the expense and uncertainty of legacy operating environments," Schwartz said.

Bechtolsheim led the design and development of the original systems upon which Sun was founded. He was vice president of technology from 1984 to 1995 at Sun, where he held a range of roles including chief architect of Sun's workstation product line. Bechtolsheim is credited with inventing the "Stanford University Network workstation" that eventually became the Sun-1 Workstation and was instrumental in launching other successful Sun products, including the SPARCstationR 1.

"I look very much forward to bringing the next generation of network computing systems to market," said Bechtolsheim. "I feel this is a very significant opportunity and I am excited to be working with Sun to deliver this vision."

Kealia, Inc. is a privately-held company based in Palo Alto, CA. Sun issued an aggregate of approximately 20,000,000 shares of common stock, including assumed options, in exchange for all outstanding stock and options of Kealia. Sun plans to drop the "Kealia" name.

To read about the Sun's Network Systems organization, see article [12831].

For more information regarding Sun's acquisition of Kealia, see article [12274] and for Bechtolsheim's return to Sun [12381]. [...read more...]

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