First of all I would like to thank my co-author Andy Bell for his help in writing this book. Without his support this book would not have been possible.

Secondly I would like to thank my employer, HCL, especially Richard Turner, for giving the support required to commit to such a task.

I would also like to thank my reviewers, specially my editors, and project managers at Packt Publishing for their valuable feedback; and also Oracle, especially Juerguen Kress, Tim Hall, and Kevin Li for all the assistance provided throughout this journey.

Last but by no means least, I would like to thank my beautiful family (Mom, Dad, siblings), my daughter Helena for being my sunshine, but most importantly to my partner Elena who provided the much needed support over the past several months. Her love inspired me and her support gave me the confidence to carry on.

Andrew Bell has more than 26 years of experience in the IT industry covering a wide range of software products and industry verticals. He has more than 21 years of experience working with Oracle products including 6 years of solid experience with Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BPM. Andrew first started working in the SOA space 10 years ago and has successfully delivered many Oracle Middleware projects for large and blue chip clients. He currently works at CSC, where he is employed as a BPM/SOA Solution Architect for the Oracle Global Practice.

Andrew is well respected for his in-depth SOA and BPM knowledge. He has a strong team lead and communication skills, and a deep technical knowledge covering both Oracle and Java.