Jimmy Ray is a Solutions Architect with ICF Ironworks in Glen Allen, VA. He has been developing client–server, and enterprise web applications for 20 years, and has developed applications using Java, C#, Groovy, Python, Perl, Lotus Notes, and PC–based measurement and data acquisition applications with LabVIEW. His main interests are SOA, persistence layer integration, NoSQL technologies, and teaching technology to those interested in learning.