Konstantin Manchev Manchev is a technical support professional, who has more than 15 years of experience in a wide range of operating systems, database services, scripting, networking, and security in the mobile telecommunication systems. He actively participates in the adaption of various vendor equipment projects to live mobile operator networks.
He has worked on the following technologies:
- Mobile systems such as GSM, UMTS, 3G, and WiFi
- Vendors such as Cisco, ALU, NSN, RedHat, and Canonical
- Network elements such as MSC, VLR, HLR, MSCS, OCS, NGIN, and PCRF
- Network protocol suites such as SS#7 and TCP/IP
- Webpage technologies such as HTTP, XML, HTML, SOAP, and REST
- Operating systems such as Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, and CentOS), Windows, and Unix
- Virtualisation and Cloud technologies such as EC2, OpenStack, VMware, VirtualBox, and so on
- Programming languages such as Perl, Python, awk, bash, C, Delphi, Java, and so on
- Databases such as MongoDB, InfluxDB, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, and so on
- Monitoring systems such as Nagios, Grafana, Zabbix, and so on
He specializes in IT and Telecom services support, installation, configuration, maintenance, and implementation of the latest market technology solutions. He is a Linux enthusiast.
Vishrut Mehta is a student of IIIT Hyderabad, who is pursuing his masters in the field of cloud computing and software-defined networks. He has participated in the Google Summer of Code 2013 program under Sahana Software Foundation, and he was also the administrator for Google Code-In. He also did his research internship at INRIA, France, for 3 months under Dr. Nikos Parlavantzas in the field of automating multi-cloud applications.
He has worked on Untangle Network Security and Python Network Programming Cookbook, both by Packt Publishing.
Anhad Jai Singh is a computer science graduate from IIIT Hyderabad. He's a part-time system administrator and has worked as a Python developer in the past. He's a two-time release engineering intern at Mozilla, as well as a Google Summer of Code participant. In his free time, he plays with networks and distributed systems. You can find him lurking around IRC networks under the alias of "ffledgling."
Ben Tasker is a Linux systems administrator, penetration tester, and software developer based in Suffolk, UK.
Having initially interacted with Linux at an early age, he's been configuring, scripting, and managing systems ever since. He maintains a blog and documentation archive (www.bentasker.co.uk) that attempts to cater to both technical and nontechnical audiences. He is currently active on a number of varied projects and loves every challenge they bring.
Ilja Zegars is a networking specialist with over 7 years of experience in the networking field. He became a professional Python programmer and Python programming teacher, while studying for his bachelor's degree. Over the years, he mastered his skills in coding and networking. Currently, he is working as a networking specialist and data analyst at AD-net Technology and FiberBit Technology.
He is the author of the book Colour Measurement Using Mobile Phone Camera.