Ahmed Aboulnaga is a Technical Director at IPN Web, Inc., a full life cycle systems integrator headquartered in Maryland, USA. Ahmed's professional focus is in technical management, architecture, and consulting within the Oracle Fusion Middleware stack, having implemented enterprise solutions for commercial, government, and global customers throughout the years. Ahmed has an OCE (Oracle SOA Architect) and OCA (Oracle Application Server) and has presented at OpenWorld, Collaborate, OAUG, IOUG, and various Oracle users groups in the past. He actively contributes to the online community in areas of WebLogic Server, SOA Suite, Application Integration Architecture, Oracle Service Bus, Grid Control, and other Oracle middleware technologies as well. Ahmed is currently president of the Western Michigan Oracle Users Group. Arun Pareek is an IASA certified software architect and has been actively working as a SOA and BPM practitioner. Over the past six years, he has worked in the capacity of consultant and architect in the implementation of a variety of SOA-based projects for customers across the globe. He has a knack for designing systems that are scalable, performance, and fault-tolerant, and is a keen enthusiast of automation techniques. He is currently employed with Rubicon Red, Australia; an innovative IT professional services firm focused on enabling enterprise agility and operational excellence through the adoption of emerging technologies such as SOA, BPM and Cloud Computing. He is also an active blogger on these technologies, and runs a popular blog at http://beatechnologies.wordpress.com