Acknowledgments

First of all, I would like to thank my coauthors Rolando, Arturo, and Andy for their efforts and hard work in making this title a reality.

Second, I would like to thank our Packt editors Vivek Anantharaman and Gaurav Sharma for their support in publishing this title. I also thank our Packt reviewers and specially to Jorge Quilcate for his excellent feedback! Finally, also thanks to Claudio Ivaldi and Lalitha Hari Priya for their valuable inputs.

Third, I would like to thank Kiran Somalwar, Ram Mangati, and Anil Balwanti, from HCL and Jürgen Kress, Bob Bhubart, Yogesh Sontakke, Peter Belknap, and Mark Dutra from Oracle Corporation for their help in publishing and promoting this title. Special thanks to Jürgen and Bob for their outstanding support throughout the entire process.

Finally, but by no means least, I would like to thank my beautiful family, my mom, dad, and siblings, but most importantly infinite thanks to my beautiful wife, Elena, and our two gorgeous daughters, Helena and Clara. You are what matter most and the real reason I do what I do.