Business as usual for Sun MENA

"For now it is business as usual," says Chris Cornelius, Managing Director for Sun Microsystems MENA. "At a corporate level this will take months to implement so nothing immediate will happen; Sun MENA continues to grow and increase our revenue. Sun's strategic priorities have not changed; in fact, we are amplifying our focus on internet infrastructure, high performance computing, enterprise virtualization and consolidation alongside our on-going pursuit of developers across the world. The organizational changes will enable Sun to more efficiently bring new innovations to market as well as better serve customers and partners. We have an opportunity to define the industry's de facto open-source application platform - in datacenters, desktops, and devices."

While Sun MENA has reported more than 16% growth over the last year, it is clear that the customers Sun serves in the region are looking to move towards businesses built atop open source - not simply operating systems, but application platforms, too, from databases and application servers to identity management, single sign on, and business integration, all the way down to the Java platform itself, on every device known.

"We have made significant people investments in the last few months due to our year on year growth and the potential we see in the region. We are not, however, immune to the world economy in the MENA region and will be prudent in our future local expansion plans," added Cornelius.