Fintan Bolton is a software consultant, trainer, and technical writer for IONA Technologies, the world's leading developer of CORBA tools and software. Mr. Bolton has trained developers in the use of CORBA-based software such as Orbix, OrbixWeb, and OrbixOTM. He has also written technical documentation for many CORBA-based products, including Orbix 2000 and OrbixOTM. He can be reached at fbolton@pure-corba.com or at the accompanying Web site for this book, pure-corba.