Monday Apr 13, 2009
On
April 14, 2009, Sun is maximizing the economics of computing with a full range of new systems delivering breakaway efficiency and savings, simplified networking, enterprise manageability, and maximum scale and performance. For over two decades, Sun has been a thought leader and innovator in open network technologies, consistently furthering its vision, "The Network is the Computer." Building on its 25+ years of design expertise and excellence, Sun is continuing to lead the market in Open Network Systems with its new line of servers that will help you maximize and optimize current and new IT infrastructure investments.
Join us for the live webcast and live chat with
John Fowler, EVP Systems, and Andy Bechtolsheim, Chief Architect & SVP Systems, plus special guests as we unveil our new line-up of Open Network Systems.
Thursday Feb 15, 2007
Mike Briggs was recently awarded the distinguished title of Sun
Principal Engineer. This position represents the point in an
individual's technical career where their contributions have extended
beyond organizational boundaries and beyond the demands of their regular
job function. We have worked closely with Mike in our current role and
couldn't agree more!
How long have you been employed with Sun?
I joined in 1984 as employee 340.
Where are you located?
Alamo, CA about 30 miles East of Menlo Park.
What is your current job role?
My current title is Principal Engineer. My main mission in life at Sun
is to foster collaboration and to enable engineers (primarily customer
facing) to contribute to, and participate in the community.
Past roles at Sun have included Regional Systems Engineer Manager and Technical
Product Marketing Manager.
Please highlight past or current special projects that you have worked
on at Sun.
I'm part of a small team that is behind OneStop and CEpedia. OneStop is
arguably the most successful collaboration at Sun, and the CEpedia is hot on its heels.
I edit a monthly newsletter called the Technocrat that goes out to 2200 subscribers. We recently shipped our 48th issue.
I spend a lot of time with search. This includes coding and architecting
IC Search, as well as hosting search for OneStop, CEpedia, SAE, Sun
Solution Centers, and the Communications and Healthcare Industries.
Name 1 - 2 people (internal or external to Sun) that you would like to
have lunch with.
Neal Stephenson. I'd love to hear how and when he thinks Virtual Worlds and Metaverses are going to become an intrinsic part of our lives.
Favorite blogs or websites?
A VC
TechCrunch
GigaOM
Techmeme
Mike has a personal page on Sun's internal CEpedia site.