Eben Hewitt is the Chief Information Officer at O'Reilly Media. For nearly 15 years, he has worked in positions throughout IT, most recently on large-scale web and SOA integration projects, event-driven architecture, rules engines, distributed software, and messaging systems. His team's architecture work for an integration with Google, Inc won the 2011 Fusion Middleware Innovation Award from Oracle Corp.Hewitt is the author of several technical books, including Cassandra: The Definitive Guide and Java SOA Cookbook, and he is a contributor to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. He is a popular speaker at international conferences, a TOGAF certified architect, and a certified Scum Master.Follow Eben on Twitter at @ebenhewitt or visit http://www.ebenhewitt.com.