About the Reviewers

Domenico Cantatore is a senior IT Specialist working for IBM Software Group in Dublin.

His areas of expertise include infrastructure architecture design, implementation, problem determination and performance, analysis, and tuning on WebSphere and Tivoli® products. These products include WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Commerce Server, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, and ITCAM. He has 10 years of experience in IT and various industry certifications.

Ty Lim has worked for various software startup companies, consulting firms, and was working in the Healthcare IT field for the last eight years. He now works in the telecommunications industry.

Ty Lim has been in the IT industry for more than 15 years. He started out using WebSphere Application Server back in 2003 and has been utilizing the technology ever since. He has a background in JAVA programming, Unix/Linux Systems administration and he keeps up to date with the latest open source technology. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of the Pacific, and is currently pursuing his Masters Degree in Information Systems at Boston University. He has interests in application server technology, open source technology, network security, and Java programming.

I would like to thank my parents (Lina and Roland) for giving me what I needed growing up so that I could achieve what I needed to accomplish thus far in my career. (A good home, a great education, and a drive to keep going.) I love you guys so much. 'Thank you' does not quite show the magnitude of what I owe you. To Mike and Penny, both of you have shown me a lot over the last several years. Thank you so much for being my friends. Both of you have achieved what I have always sought. I hope this rolling stone can someday put up roots somewhere. Give a big hug to my god daughter Sophia for me. Tell her, her god father loves her very much. To my sister Eileen and my brother-in-law Nguyen. Both of you have been an inspiration to me over the last several years. I wish both of you complete happiness. To my colleagues in New York and New Jersey (BrianK, GeorgeT, TomB, DonN, JonL, JohnW, MikeR, GregM, MarkD, JohnH, VinceH), guys you're the best in the business. I can't be more prouder to call both a colleague and a friend. Keep up the great work. To Jenny, thank you for being my friend all these years, I cherish our friendship very much. To my friends and colleagues in CA and overseas, I hope to see all of you soon (or someday). All of you have been my inspiration for working my way back home. To Geri, I just wanted you to know, that your happiness has always meant very much to me. I hope you find happiness wherever you go.

Jose Mariano Ruiz Martin is a Computing Science Engineer and senior specialist at Technologies of Information. He has worked at some of the most important Spanish companies including Telefónica Spain, Vodafone Spain, Caja Madrid, and Mapfre as systems engineer and technical leader.

After finishing his degree in Computing Science and completing a Master's in Computer Networking and Communications, he has specialized in systems engineering, obtaining several certifications such as Sun Certified Security Administrator, Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 9, BEA Certified WebLogic 9 Administrator, BEA Certified WebLogic 8.1 Administrator, and Cisco Certified Network Associate. Besides this he has been a professor at several courses on Information Systems Administration.

He is now working at IBM Spain on electronic commerce infrastructures and SOA/BPM technologies as IT specialist on the IBM's WebSphere platform.

I would like to dedicate this book to all those who do not resign themselves to be mere spectators in life, and work resolutely to achieve their own goals; with a special mention to my father, who is still the best example for both my brother and me, and has resisted all the difficulties he has had to face.