Biographical Sketch: Edward McCarthy is an IBM certified specialist with over 12 years experience working with WebSphere Application Server on various operating systems such as z/OS, Linux on System z, AIX and Windows. He has designed and configured numerous WebSphere Application Server environments for a number of customers. Additionally he has been involved with all aspects of WebSphere Application Server such as tuning, automating administration, problem solving and integration. Prior to joining IBM in 2000, he was a CICS and MQ systems programmer with an Australian Government Department for over nine years, during which he implemented each new CICS version as part of IBM beta program. Mr McCarthy has worked on several IBM Redbooks, produced a number of IBM technical documents and presented on WebSphere topics as various conferences, such as the IBM Impact conference.