About the Authors
DAVID HORNBY has been with Sun for the last five years in both
Sun Professional Services (Sun PS) and Sun's Global Sales Organization.
Whilewith SunPS, he specialized in server consolidation and data center
consulting,and was instrumental in developing the SunPS consolidation
methodology. Hehas participated in the sale and implementation of multiple
server consolidationprojects for Sun customers. David currently focuses on
consolidation and TCOstrategies in his work with Sun customers. Prior to
joining Sun, David spent 25years in IT with an emphasis on providing IT
solutions to business problems.He has 10+ years' experience managing IT
organizations at the CIO level.
KEN PEPPLE is an IT Architect in Sun Professional Services' Asia Pacific
practice.In this role, he assists clients with enterprise computing
architecture solutions,concentrating on advanced data center projects.
Before moving to his currentposition, Ken managed Sun Professional Services'
high-end platform servicesprogram and focused on complex performance issues
for the Information Technology Consulting and Operations practice. While there, he co-wrote andtaught Sun Education's "Solaris OE Performance and
Tuning Secrets" seminar.When not travelling in Asia, Ken is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.