Mayur Arvind Makwana is a software IT specialist who holds a degree in computer engineering from India and has more than six years of experience in the field of information technology, covering Microsoft, Citrix, and VMware technologies. He is currently working on infrastructure operations for a Citrix (XenApp®/XenDesktop®) and Windows (WSUS/SCCM) project at one of the leading Fortune 500 companies. He is a huge believer in certification. His current certifications include the following:
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenApp 6.5® (CCA)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Microsoft Specialist (Microsoft Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center)
VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) V3 foundation
ChangeBase AOK (Application Compatibility Testing and Remediation)
Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
Mayur writes technical blogs on www.all-about-software-applications-repackaging.com. He has attended several courses and conducted training on topics such as the following:
Licensing Windows Server
Advanced Tools and Scripting with PowerShell 3.0 Jump Start
Deploying Windows 8
Licensing Windows 8
Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7
Networking Fundamentals
Introduction to Hyper-V Jump Start
He has also reviewed the following technical books for Packt Publishing:
Microsoft Application Virtualization Cookbook, James Preston
Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers, Chendrayan Venkatesan and Sherif Talaat
Getting Started with PowerShell, Michael Shepard
Troubleshooting Citrix XenApp®, Stephen Paul (work in progress)
Puthiyavan Udayakumar has more than eight years of IT experience and has expertise in areas such as Citrix, VMware, Microsoft products, and Apache CloudStack. He has extensive experience in the field of designing and implementing virtualization solutions using various Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft products. He is an IBM Certified Solution Architect and a Citrix Certified Enterprise Engineer and has more than 16 certifications in infrastructure products. He has authored Getting Started with Citrix CloudPortal™, Getting Started with Citrix Provisioning Services™ 7.0, VMware vSphere Network Virtualization Recipe Book, and VMware vSphere Design Essentials. He holds a master's degree in science with a specialization in system software from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani. He also has a bachelor's degree in engineering from SKR Engineering College, affiliated to the Anna University. He has also received a national award from the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He has presented various research papers that follow the IEEE pattern at more than 15 national and international conferences, including IADIS (held in Dublin, Ireland).