Adrian Cockcroft

ADRIAN COCKCROFT is a Distinguished Systems Engineer at Sun Microsystems, working in the Performance Applications Engineering organization. He has broad experience of both hardware and software and works to make sure that many diverse products come together to form complete and consistent systems. He is the primary author of Sun Performance and Tuning: Java and the Internet, and contributed to the Sun BluePrint on Resource Management. An Englishman, he holds a degree in Applied Physics and Electronics from the City University, London.

BILL WALKER is an IT Architect in Sun Professional Services, working in the IT Consulting and Operations Services (ITCOPS) practice. With an extensive background in IT management, he is currently focused on services including performance analysis, capacity planning, performance management, and server consolidation. He is a co-author and instructor of the Sun Educational Services Technology Seminar, "Solaris Performance and Tuning Secrets," and has taught several courses on Unix System Administration for local colleges. He attended Millersville University, studying Electrical Engineering, and Management of Information Systems.

Richard Pettit

ADRIAN COCKCROFT has a physics degree, worked as a software engineer, then joined Sun in the United Kingdom in 1988. He relocated to the U.S. between 1993 and 1996, and now lives in the UK. He tele-works to the U.S. based Enterprise Engineering group as Sun's performance management specialist. Since 1995 he has written a monthly Performance Q&A column for SunWorld Online. Contact him at Adrian.Cockcroft@Sun.COM

RICHARD PETTIT is the Chief Performance Architect for Resolute Software, Inc. (https://www.resolute.com). He has been involved in all levels of performance analysis and tuning for 8 of his 14 years of UNIX systems experience. Rich can be reached at richp@resolute.com

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