About the Reviewers
Kenneth van Ditmarsch is a very experienced freelance virtualization consultant. As one of the few VMware Certified Design Experts (VCDX), he has a clear added value in virtualization infrastructure projects. His knowledge and extensive project experience has greatly improved over the last few years he has spent at VMware and as a result of several specialized consulting engagements he has worked on.
Kenneth agreed to review this book based on his extensive VMware product experience. Also, you can visit his personal blog on virtualization at http://www.virtualkenneth.com.
Andy Grant is a technical consultant for HP Enterprise Services. His primary focus is data center infrastructure and virtualization projects across a number of industries, including government, healthcare, forestry, financial, gas and oil, and international contracting. He currently holds a number of technical certifications, including VCAP4/5-DCA/DCD, VCP4/5, MCITP:EA, MCSE, CCNA, Security+, A+, and HP ASE BladeSystem.
Outside of work, Andy enjoys hiking, action pistol sports, and spending time adventuring with his son.
Daniel Langenhan is a virtualization expert with formidable skills in architecture, design, and implementation for large multitier systems. His experience and knowledge of process management, enterprise-level storage, and Linux and Windows operating systems has made him and his business a highly sought after international consultancy in the Asia Pacific and European regions for multinational clientele in the areas of finance, communication, education, and government. He has been working with VMware products since 2002 and has been directly associated with VMware since 2008. He has a proven track record of successful integrations of virtualization into different business areas while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability and effectiveness of the solution for his clients.
Daniel's expertise and practical approach to VMware has resulted in the publication of the following books:
- Instant VMware vCloud Starter, Packt Publishing
- VMware View Security Essentials, Packt Publishing
- VMware vCloud Director Cookbook, Packt Publishing
- VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook, Packt Publishing
He has also lent his expertise to many other publishing projects as a technical reviewer.