Sun Microsystems Internet Radio Shows Feature Discussions about StarOffice 9 and OpenOffice, and the Future of Casual Gaming

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--This week's Sun Microsystems Internet Radio shows feature Iyer Venkatesan, Sun's group marketing manager for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org, who discusses what's new with StarOffice 9 and OpenOffice on the Innovation Insider show, and Margaret Wallace, CEO and co-founder of Rebel Monkey, pioneers in the casual gaming industry on the Shift Radio show.

About Sun Microsystems Radio Shows:

Innovation Insider is a show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems that features discussions with industry innovators on a variety of topics.

Shift Radio is a show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems that features discussions about the latest in tech gadgets, interviews from leaders in the video game and rich media industries and cut ups with revolving guests hosts and live callers.

When:

--		Innovation Insider:
		-- Guest: Iyer Venkatesan, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. PST, Thursday, July 31
--		Shift Radio:
		-- Guest: Margaret Wallace, 9-10 a.m. PST, Friday, August 1

How to Listen to the Live Shows:

--		Innovation Insider: Visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/sunradio/innovationinsider, dial in number for questions: (646) 478-3261.
		Note: If you would like to submit a question for consideration in advance of the program, please send to innovationinsider@sun.com by Wednesday, July 30.
--		Shift Radio: Visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/sunradio/shiftradio, dial in number for questions: (347) 539-5008.
		Note: If you would like to submit a question for consideration in advance of the show, please send to shiftradio@sun.com by Thursday, July 31.

Podcasts will be posted here after every show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/sunradio/featured.aspx

About the Guest Speakers:

• Iyer Venkatesan is Group Marketing Manager for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org with global marketing responsibilities that include launches, go-to-market, messaging and pricing. He's been at Sun over ten years, and before his current role, was a product manager in Solaris marketing. Prior to joining Sun, Iyer was a product manager at Xilinx, a semicondutor company that sells programmable logic, and a hardware design engineer at IBM. Iyer holds a MBA from University of Michigan Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• Margaret Wallace is CEO and co-founder of Rebel Monkey, a company that pioneers concepts to carry casual gaming into the future. Prior to Rebel Monkey, she was CEO of Skunk Studios, and has also spent time at Shockwave.com and PF.Magic. She is frequently featured as a panelist at gaming conferences.

Upcoming Guests:

Look here for information on upcoming guests:

• Innovation Insider show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/innovationinsider
• Shift Radio: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shiftradio

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.

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