About the Authors

This book is made possible by the hard work and expertise of the following contributing authors.

Jeff Victor is the principal author of Oracle^® Solaris 11 System Virtualization Essentials and a Principal Sales Engineer at Oracle Corporation. Prior to joining Oracle, Jeff was a Principal Engineer at Sun Microsystems. He leverages his expertise in computer virtualization, operating systems, and network architecture to help organizations run more efficiently. He is a regular author, contributor, and speaker at corporate and industry events. His blog can be found at http://blogs.oracle.com/JeffV. Jeff received a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In his spare time, he travels with his family, leads an automated wildlife photography project, and investigates STEM topics with his daughter. Jeff lives in New York with his wife and daughter.

Jeff Savit is a product manager in the Oracle VM Server organization and specializes in operating systems, virtualization, and performance. Prior to Oracle, he was a Principal Field Technologist at Sun. Previously he was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch, with roles in systems programming, software development, market data, and web applications.

Gary Combs is a Sales Performance Designer in the Oracle Sales and Partner Academy at Oracle Corporation. He specializes in creating field sales training programs covering SPARC servers, and all Engineered Systems. Prior to joining Oracle, Gary was with Sun Microsystems. He has more than 15 years of direct sales support experience as a systems engineer, and more than 15 years of experience in marketing positions in product management, product definition, and technical marketing.

Bob Netherton is a Master Principal Sales Consultant at Oracle Corporation specializing in Oracle Solaris, virtualization, open-source software, and Engineered Systems. Prior to joining Oracle, Bob was a Principal Field Technologist for Sun Microsystems, and was one of the architects and content developers of the Solaris Boot Camp and Deep Dive seminar series. In addition, he has developed several best practices guides for Solaris as well as an advanced Solaris training curriculum. Bob received a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics from the University of Missouri, and he is a regular blogger on Solaris, virtualization, and open-source technologies.