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Publish Date
18 April 2007
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Author(s)
- Alex Louwe Kooijmans
- Egide van Aerschot
- Marcel Amrein
- Lawrence J. Carnevale
- Kirstine Clapperton
- Pierangelo Giusta
- Niels Nielsen
Alex Louwe Kooijmans is a project leader with the ITSO in Poughkeepsie, NY, and specializes in WebSphere, Java, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) on IBM System z with a focus on integration, security, high availability, and application development. Previously, he worked as a Client IT Architect in the Financial Services sector with IBM in The Netherlands, advising financial services companies on such IT issues as software and hardware strategy and on demand. Alex has also worked at the Technical Marketing Competence Center for IBM System z and Linux in Boeblingen, Germany, providing support to customers starting up with Java and WebSphere on System z. From 1997 to 2002, Alex completed a previous assignment with the ITSO, managing various IBM Redbooks projects and delivering workshops around the world.
Egide van Aerschot holds an engineering degree in Electricity and Nuclear Physics from the University of Leuven, Belgium. He joined IBM in 1967, and was responsible for many computer installations related to Tele Processing and Database Management in Belgium. In 1997, he moved from IBM Belgium to IBM France, where he works as an architect and consultant at the IBM Program Support Center (PPSC) in Montpellier. Since 1997, Egide has specialized in Java and WebSphere applications mainly on z/OS systems, participating in many projects related to the Internet. He is the co-owner of the patent "Methods, systems, program product for transferring program code between computer processes".
Marcel Amrein is an IT Specialist in the IBM System z WebSphere software Technical sales group in Germany. He has been at IBM for 20 years, 13 years of which he has been working for the IBM Training group instructing customer classes for IBM CICS and MQ. He has been a member of the development team for worldwide used course material in the area of CICS and MQ implementation and administration. Marcel is a Certified WebSphere MQ System Administrator and Solution Designer. He holds a German Diploma in Communications Engineering from the University of Corporate Education Stuttgart.
Lawrence J. Carnevale is a Consulting IT Specialist at the IBM Design Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. USA. He has 27 years of experience in technology. He holds a degree in Computer Science from William Paterson University of New Jersey. His areas of expertise include Business Integration, SOA, and ESB.
Kirstine Clapperton is a Software Engineer at the Hursely Laboratory in the U.K. She has five years of experience in the software engineering field and has been a member of the z/OS WebSphere Message Broker L3 service team for the last three years. She holds a first class honours degree in Computing and Information systems from the University of London and is close to completing her MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford. Her areas of expertise include Integration Middleware Software, primarily WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker products.
Pierangelo Giusta is a Senior IT Specialist located in Italy. He has been with IBM for 26 years, covering various technical positions, and has been with the IBM Software Group since 1995. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Genova, Italy. His main area of expertise is communication and messaging infrastructure, with special regard to WebSphere MQ, Message Broker, and ESB. In the past, he also worked in the area of IMS.
Niels Nielsen is an Advisory IT Architect in Denmark. He has 22 years of experience in IT (three years with IBM). His areas of expertise include architecting SOA and ESB solutions designed for high availability and high transaction volumes. Previously, he has been architecting software solutions within Customer Relationship Management (CRM), loyalty, and card management, primarily within the oil industry.
ISBN
0738486086
IBM Form Number
SG24-7335-00