In his Network World Newsletter yesterday, Dave Kearns wrote a short, complimentary piece about Sara Gates, the "Texas Whirlwind," and her promotion to VP of middleware software for Sun:

"In a previous newsletter, I described Gates as 'ebullient' and said we'd have to add "peripatetic" to the description because it seemed she was popping up everywhere I looked these days. It appears that Gates and the top brass at Sun thought she had too much free time because she's now taken on new responsibilities."

Dave also introduced Rob Beauchamp as the "new top guy for Sun identity" who reports to Sara. I agree with Dave that Sara and Rob make a dynamic pair.

Note: Thanks to Pat Patterson, I corrected my earlier goof when I said "Sara and Dave" make a dynamic pair. Oops!

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