Renjith V C is a senior system administrator with over 11 years of experience in enterprise system administration. He is currently working for an international health care group in Dubai, UAE. Before he decided to move to Dubai back in 2008, he was working for a top MNC in India. He holds several certifications from most vendors.
At work, on a daily basis, he deals with virtualization technologies, backup and replication, most Microsoft Server roles, and so on. He likes tech blogging and learning new technologies.
Renjith started his blogging journey with www.hackstacks.com back in 2007 and has recently started his personal blog as well (http://www.renjithmenon.com/). You can follow him on Twitter at @vcrenjith.
Anthony Fortunato is a technical infrastructure center manager for the Pima County Government in Arizona, USA. He leverages his 20 years of experience in data center infrastructure, virtualization, and information security leadership to meet the ever-changing technological needs of the public sector. He delivers expert guidance on infrastructure implementation and Agile methodologies with his in-depth knowledge of system architecture, policy development, and operational overhead, shaping the future of Pima County.
Anthony has been involved in VMware virtualization using VMware's vCloud Enterprise platform to construct a software-defined data center, allowing the adoption of agile system deployment on demand. He leads the implementation of server and storage hardware platform standardization to allow Pima County to formally observe hardware life cycle management for system replacements.
Additionally, he serves as an information security program adjunct lecturer for the Department of Management Information Systems at the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. Anthony has developed and taught graduate and senior-level undergraduate coursework in systems security and information assurance. He uses VMware as a platform to engage students and provide real-world experiences with virtualization and information security. This information security program is designated by the National Information Assurance Education and Training Program (NIETP) office, under the scrutiny of the United States National Security Agency as a National Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. U.S. News & World Report ranked the program in the top five among America's Best Colleges 2015 and America's Best Graduate Schools 2016.
Before coming to Pima County, Anthony worked as a leader for the IT department of the Eller College of Management, where he gained valuable experience by implementing VMware virtualization technology, leading security initiatives, and building resiliency for the organization.
Jan Gerrit Kootstra studied mathematics and became an engineer in applied mathematics from the University of Groningen in 1993. He works as a Linux and Unix system administrator. His major hobby is traveling all over the world with his wife and two children.
His employer is a major Dutch telecommunication company with a large IT subsidiary.
He has not worked on any books yet, but he is an author of a scientific article called H.W. Hoogstraten, J.G. Kootstra, B. Hillen, J.K.B. Krijger, and P.J.W. Wensing: Numerical simulation of blood flow in an artery with two successive bends, Journal of Biomechanics, Volume 29 (8) 1996 1075-1083. It is related to his master's thesis.
Jason Langer works as a solutions architect for a VMware partner in the Pacific Northwest, helping customers achieve their data center server virtualization and end user computing goals. He has obtained multiple levels of certification from both Microsoft (MCSE/MCSA) and VMware (VCP/VCAP), and he brings over 15 years of IT experience to the table. When not in his daily job, Jason is active in the VMware community, as a member of the Seattle VMUG Steering Committee, and writes content for his blog at http://www.virtuallanger.com/.
He was a technical reviewer on VMware ESXi Cookbook, Troubleshooting vSphere Storage, VMware Horizon View 5.3 Design Patterns and Best Practices, and Getting Started with VMware Virtual SAN, all by Packt Publishing.