Preface About The Authors Philip Philip Jönsson was born in Malmö City, Sweden 1988 where he still lives with his wife. He gained interest in technology at an early age. When he was eight years old the family got a home PC which was the first step in his career. Since Philip had a big interest in technology, choosing an education was easy. His IT-studies started at NTI (The Nordic Technical Institute) where he studied the basics of computer technology and eventually focused on network technology. Later on he studied IT-security at Academedia Masters. Philip’s first job in the IT business was at a home electronics company in Sweden. He worked at the IT-department and was responsible for managing and troubleshooting the sales equipment in the different stores and managing the ITinfrastructure within the organization. This is where Philip first encountered a BIG-IP controller. Philip eventually started working in a NOC (Network Operations Center) department at an IT security company that works with some of the largest companies in Sweden and as of this book’s printing he’s still there. For about 2 years his responsibility has been to troubleshoot and handle incidents and problems. Now he’s working with changes and implementations where F5 plays a big part.
Steve Steven Iveson, the last of four children of the seventies, was born in London and was never too far from a shooting, bombing or riot. He's now grateful to live in a small town in East Yorkshire in the north east of England with his wife Sam and their four children. He's worked in the IT industry for over 15 years in a variety of roles, predominantly in data centre environments. Steve first encountered a BIG-IP Controller in 2004 and has been working with TMOS and LTM since 2005. Steve’s iRules have been featured in two DevCentral 20 Lines or Less articles, he’s made over 3000 posts on the DevCentral forums and he’s been F5 certified since 2010.
Dedications Philip I would like to dedicate this book to my wife Helena and my family for their support throughout the writing of this book. A lot of late nights and spare time has gone into this book but she has never complained.
Steve For Linda Iveson; her strength and bravery facing and overcoming so many great obstacles, for so long, still inspires me. The capacity for love, resilience and tenacity you’ve passed to my siblings and I is beyond compare.
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