Sun Microsystems, Inc. has appointed David Douglas as vice president, Eco-Responsibility, reporting to Greg Papadopoulos, Sun's chief technology officer and executive vice president of research and development.
This position is indicative of Sun's continued belief that what is good for business can also be good for the environment. Douglas brings over a decade of experience leading organisations to build more innovative, efficient, and eco-responsible products and has a long-standing passion around environmental issues.
Effective immediately Douglas will assume responsibility for the strategy and execution of environmental initiatives across the company, including enhancements in Sun's products in the areas of energy efficiency, cooling technologies, product recycling and clean manufacturing continued improvements in Sun's day-to-day operations and management of Sun's asset sharing through programmes, donations and access to Sun Grid resources.
"Sun is working to shine a light on the environment and let customers know we're not asking them to compromise. The truth is, faster can be cooler, better can be cleaner, and cheaper can be greener," Papadopoulos said. "We created this position to maximise the effectiveness of Sun's efforts, and we are thrilled to welcome Dave back to Sun, because he brings both technical acumen and personal dedication to this vital new role."
"Sun has already made some important first steps with the eco-responsibility initiative, raising awareness across the industry about the critical issue of energy consumption in the data center, and I am looking forward to continuing this important dialogue about what Sun is doing to help customers, partners and the industry at large be more eco-responsible," said Douglas. "I could not be returning to Sun at a better time, as we, along with key industry partners, move toward announcing a formal metric for measuring the miles-per-gallon equivalent for servers next month. This metric will enable customers to make informed decisions on how their IT purchases impact the environment, and knowledge equals power saved."
Starting in 2001, Douglas served as co-founder and senior vice president of products and strategy at ConnecTerra, a startup that was a pioneer in RFID middleware technology. ConnecTerra was purchased by BEA Systems in October 2005, at which time Douglas was named BEA's Chief Architect for WebLogic. Douglas previously worked at Sun for nearly eight years in a variety of senior engineering and technology management positions in both systems and software. His most recent position at Sun was vice president of engineering for Solaris OS, where he was responsible for driving innovations in the most advanced operating system on the planet.
[Brilliant! Investment in ecologic product and operations development is bound to bring huge returns, both through goodwill and directly through more economic methods. It is to Sun's credit that they realise this and indicate the direction they will take.
PS: If any other large company makes a position as VP for Ecology available, please give me a call... --Ed].
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Taken from Information Security Bulletin.