Sun Microsystems announced the formation of a new emerging markets sales geography to drive accelerated expansion and sales coverage across growing markets in south and eastern Europe, Latin America, India and Greater China. The new emerging markets region will be led by Denis Heraud, Sun's Senior Vice-President of Asia Pacific. Heraud will take on an expanded charter to lead the united emerging markets territory. As part of the company's most recent third quarter fiscal 2008 results, it reported impressive growth in emerging markets including 20 percent year-over-year growth in Brazil, 30 percent year-over-year growth in India and 18 percent growth in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe region.

In conjunction with the formation of the emerging markets region, the company also announced a series of organizational leadership changes to accommodate the new sales geographic coverage model within and outside India. Effective July 1, 2008 - the beginning of the company's fiscal year 2009 - it announced the promotion of Anil Valluri, to the role of GEM (Geographically Established Market) Vice President & Managing Director. This announcement follows the promotion of Bhaskar Pramanik, President, India GEM Sun Microsystems to VP Global Volume Business, based out of Sun Microsystems corporate headquarters at Menlo Park. Bhaskar’s new role will focus on building and growing Sun’s volume business across the world.

Pramanik has been the face of the company since its entry into India way back in 1997. Bhaskar is also a respected thought leader in the Indian IT industry having been involved with the Indian IT industry since 1982. Valluri has been with Sun Microsystems India for over nine years now. He joined in 1999 to build and lead the Systems Engineering function for India, following more than a decade spent at DCM Data Products and DEC. Since then, he has covered many different functions, including leading the Client Services Organization and Services Practice for the India GEM.

According to Valluri, “It is a proud moment for me as I take on the role of the India GEM’s president. Sun India has significantly contributed to the over all growth of Sun Microsystems and I am happy to be part of a world-class leadership team spearheading its business and developments. I look forward to building upon the success established by Sun in India under the leadership of Pramanik and driving Sun’s further growth in this region.”