
Oracle SOA Suite 11g Performance Tuning Cookbook

Matt Brasier is a professional services consultant with 10 years of experience tuning Enterprise Java applications. He has 9 years of experience working with Enterprise Java middleware, and has always focused on the performance aspects of application servers and SOA platforms. Matt has spoken at numerous technical conferences, including The Serverside Java Symposium and JUDCon.
Matt is the head of consulting at C2B2 Consulting Ltd., an independent middleware consultancy specializing in SOA and JEE, providing professional services on the leading Java middleware platforms. C2B2 is an Oracle Gold Partner with Application Grid Specialization.
I would like to thank my partner, Caroline, and our dog, Minstrel, for their understanding while I was writing this book, my father for encouraging me at the start, and C2B2 for giving me the time and experience necessary to do it.
Nicholas Wright is a Java middleware consultant and technical evangelist with 9 years of experience from Embedded C real-time systems to Enterprise Java. He has served on a Java Community Process Expert Group, and spoken at conferences across the world.
Nick is a senior consultant at C2B2 Consulting Ltd., where he works with a wide range of commercial and open source JEE and SOA middleware platforms.
I would like to thank my family, friends, and colleagues for whom I have disappeared off the face of the Earth while working on this book. For your patience and understanding, I thank you. Mostly I must thank my partner, Kay Louise, for putting up with my continual slaving over a computer whenever I have any spare time, love you.