After just two weeks in his new position, Sun Microsystems Inc has lured Mark Canepa away from the top job at Compaq Computer Corp’s recently-created workstation division to run its own brand spanking new Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based workgroup server products group. The division is to build low-end UltraSparc-based Solaris servers that Sun will pitch against the low-cost Unix-based Intel Corp Pentium Pro SHV board-based servers being aggressively marketed by the PC crowd, including Compaq a nd Acer. Canepa becomes an SMCC VP reporting to VP and general manager of the enterprise server and storage group John Shoemaker. Compaq appointed Canepa general manager of its workstation division on October 1st (CI No 3,010). Canepa spent 20 years at Hewlett-Packard Co before becoming was general manager of the company’s fledgling workstation operation. Sun has over 1,000 employees in its Massachusetts facilities.
