Ron Ben-Natan, Ph.d., is a consultant who specializes in object technology. He holds his doctorate in computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Ben-Natan is also the author of CORBA and Objects on the Web, both published by McGraw-Hill. He lives in Jerusalem, Israel. On the CD-ROM discover numerous samples that developers can use on the job, as well as an evaluation version of Iona's OrbixWeb, the leading web development ORB.