Barrie Sosinsky, Ph.D., is the Chief Analyst and Founder of the Sosinsky Group. He has written or contributed to over 35 technical books and 500 articles and is a contributing editor for Windows 2000 magazine and the founding editor of Storage Update newsletter. He closely follows the network operating system, storage, server, and enterprise application fields.

Carol Tanielu is a Senior Project Manager with the Sosinsky Group. She has more than twenty-five years of experience in programming, design implementation, and relational databases. She previously served as the network administrator for the government of Samoa.