About the Authors
Matjaz B. Juric holds a Ph.D. in computer and information science. He is Associate
Professor at the University of Maribor. In addition to this book, he has coauthored
Professional J2EE EAI, Professional EJB, J2EE Design Patterns Applied, and .NET
Serialization Handbook, published by Wrox Press. He has published chapters in More
Java Gems (Cambridge University Press) and in Technology Supporting Business
Solutions (Nova Science Publishers). He has also published in journals and magazines,
such as Java Developer's Journal, Java Report, Java World, Web Services Journal, eai
Journal, theserverside.com, OTN, and ACM journals, and presented at conferences such
as OOPSLA, Java Development, XML Europe, OOW, SCI, and others. He is a reviewer,
program committee member, and conference organizer. Matjaz has been involved in
several large-scale object technology projects. In cooperation with IBM Java Technology
Centre, he worked on performance analysis and optimization of RMI-IIOP, an integral
part of the Java platform.
Matjaz is an author of courses and consultant for the BPEL and SOA consulting company
BPELmentor.com. For more information, please visit
http://www.bpelmentor.com/
My efforts in this book are dedicated to my family. Special thanks to Jerneja, my friends at
the University of Maribor, and to Louay and Damian at Packt Publishing.
Benny K. Mathew is a Sr. Software Engineer at IBM Global Services (India),
Bangalore. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications. His fascination for
computers started at the age of 14, when he first experienced the delight of programming
on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum+.
He has co-authored books and articles on technologies like .NET, BizTalk, BPEL, etc.
During his free time, Benny likes to read blogs and help people on the newsgroups
related to .NET and BizTalk. He has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
(MVP) for two consecutive years.
