About the Authors

Charles Poole has been a senior engineering manager at IONA Technologies for three years. He is currently working on IONA Technologies Web Services Integration Platform and is based in Santa Clara, California. He was formerly a senior consultant and principal consulting architect with various U.S. government agencies and in private industry. Contact him at [e-mail].

Jan Willem Huisman is currently working with IONA Technologies in Dublin, Ireland, as an engineering manager responsible for the maintenance team for the Orbix Generation 3 product. He has extensive experience in software quality control and software development. Contact him at [e-mail].