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About the Authors

David S. Linthicum
is a Managing Partner at
ZapThink, LLC. He joined the firm through the
acquisition of Linthicum Group, LLC, a consult-
ing organization dedicated to excellence in SOA
product development, SOA implementation,
corporate SOA strategy, and leveraging the
next generation Web (Web 2.0).

Dave is the former CEO of BRIDGEWERX, former CTO of Mercator
Software, and has held key technology management roles with a
number of organizations including CTO of SAGA Software, Mobil
Oil, EDS, AT&T, and Ernst and Young. Dave is on the board of direc-
tors serving Bondmart.com, and provides advisory services for sev-
eral venture capital organizations and key technology companies.
In addition, Dave was an associate professor of computer science
for eight years, and continues to lecture at major technical colleges
and universities including the University of Virginia, Arizona State
University, and the University of Wisconsin. Dave keynotes at many
leading technology conferences on application integration, SOA,
Web 2.0, and enterprise architecture, and has appeared on a num-
ber of TV and radio shows as a computing expert.

Dave has authored over 800 articles and columns for major com-
puting publications, and has monthly columns in several popular
industry magazines including Web Services/SOA Journal and Busi-
ness Integration Journal
. Dave writes the Real World SOA blog on
InfoWorld.com, and hosts the InfoWorld SOA Report Podcast. He is
also a columnist and blogger for Intelligent Enterprise. Dave has
authored or co-authored ten books including David Linthicum's
Guide to Client/Server and Intranet Development, and the ground-
breaking and best selling Enterprise Application Integration, re-
leased in 1998. His latest book, Next Generation Application Inte-
gration
, is also a best seller.