About the Reviewers

Ahmed Soliman Farghal is an entrepreneur and software and systems engineer coming from a diverse background of highly scalable applications design, mission-critical systems, asynchronous data analytics, social networks design, reactive distributed systems, and systems administration and engineering. He has also published a technology patent in distributed computer-based virtual laboratories and designed numerous large-scale distributed systems for massive-scale enterprise customers.

A software engineer at heart, he is experienced in over 10 programming languages, but most recently, he is busy designing and writing applications in Python, Ruby, and Scala for several customers. He is also an open source evangelist and activist. He contributed and maintained several open source projects on the Web.

Ahmed is a co-founder of Cloud Niners Ltd., a software and services company focusing on highly scalable cloud-based applications that have been delivering private and public cloud computing services to customers in the MEA region on different platforms and technologies.

A quick acknowledgment to some of the people who changed my entire life for the better upon meeting or working with them; this gratitude does not come in a specific order but resembles a great appreciation for their support, help, and influence through my personal life and professional career.

I would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Soliman Farghal, my father, for his continuous help and support and giving me an opportunity to play with a real computer before I was able to speak properly and Sinar Shebl, my wife; she has been of great help and a deep source of inspiration.

Vishrut Mehta has been involved in open source development since two years and contributed to various organizations, such as Sahana Software Foundation, GNOME, and E-cidadania; he has participated in Google Summer of Code last year.

He is also the organization administrator for Google Code-In and has been actively involved in other open source programs.

He is a dual degree student at IIIT Hyderabad, and now he is pursuing his research under Dr. Vasudeva Varma on topics related to Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Big Data, and Software Defined Networks.

I would like to thank my advisors, Dr. Venkatesh Choppella and Dr. Vasudeva Varma, who showed me the direction in my work and helped me a lot. I would also like to thank my Google Summer of Code mentor, Patirica Tressel.

Tom Stephens has worked in software development for nearly 10 years and is currently working in embedded development dealing with smartcards, cryptography, and RFID in the Denver metro area. His diverse background includes experience ranging from embedded virtual machines to web UX/UI design to enterprise Business Intelligence. He is most passionate about good software design, including intelligent testing and constantly evolving practices to produce a better product with minimal effort.

Deepak Thukral is a polyglot who is also a contributor to various open source Python projects. He moved from India to Europe where he worked for various companies helping them scale their platforms with Python.

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