SHAHIN KHAN LEAVES SUN, HPTC RE-ORGS

Shahin Khan, the recently appointed VP, High Performance Technical Computing
and long time industry veteran has left Sun. Last week, Kahn and 8 other
department members either left the company entirely or were reassigned to
other departments within Sun. According to sources, Khan had several senior
assignment options within the company, but choose to pursue other outside
opportunities.

Sun officials confirmed that Sun was still very much focused on HPC and the
changes within Kahn's group were part of an internal re-org.

Early last year, Sun Microsystems announced the creation of a new, expanded
High Performance and Technical Computing (HPTC) business unit. The move was
intended to bring into a single view Sun's HPTC products, programs, and
investments across all of its divisions, including software, services, sales,
storage and computer systems products.

At that time, Sun also announced Shahin Khan as vice president of the new High
Performance and Technical Computing business unit. Highly respected throughout
the industry and considered among Sun's top luminaries since joining the
systems company in 1996, Khan was chartered with integrating product
development plans and spearheading HPTC marketing and strategy initiatives
into the future.

HPCwire will feature more in-depth coverage of Sun's HPC activity in upcoming
articles and interviews.



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