TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Sun Microsystems Unit Names New President: J. Philip Samper, 59, a venture capitalist and former vice chairman of Eastman Kodak Co., will head Sun’s principal business unit. Samper will run Sun Microsystems Computer Corp., which develops and sells Sun’s computer workstations and serves as the marketing organization for the company’s software, chips and services. Last year, Scott McNealy, 38, Sun’s chairman and chief executive, said he wanted to recruit someone else to run Sun Microsystems Computer so he could concentrate on strategy and management of the growing and complex company.