Rod Smith replaces Pat Sueltz as IBM's Java guru

IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) Friday named Rod Smith as its new vice president of Java, replacing Pat Sueltz who joined Sun Microsystems in September. Smith was IBM's chief technology officer for Java and has worked closely with Sun (Nasdaq:SUNW), especially on embedded Java where standards are not yet established. Smith also worked closely with Sueltz before she was named as Alan Baratz's replacment to run Sun's software business. Full story. -- Deborah Gage, Sm@rt Reseller