Ted Neward is the principal with Neward and Associates, a consultancy that focuses on large-scale enterprise .NET, Java and XML services consulting. He is particularly interested in programming languages, virtual machine runtimes, messaging-based communications, and Java/.NET interoperability. He has authored over a half-dozen books in both the Java and .NET technology spaces, including C# In a Nutshell (1st and 2nd editions), SSCLI Essentials, Effective Enterprise Java, and Server-Based Java Programming, as well as a number of articles and papers that can be found on his website at tedneward.com. Contact him either at (ted at pluralsight dot com) or else through his website or blog.