Preface Authors ' Copyright IBM Corp. 2 019. All rights reserved. xvii Austin Grice  is a Blockchain Technical Leader for IBM out of the  Washington Systems Center and Federal market. Since joining IBM in  2016, Austin has focused on blockchain running on the IBM Zfi  platform. He helps North American clients, IBMers, and everyone  in-between with blockchain. He specializes on creating innovative  hands-on lab material that focuses on Hyperledger Fabric and the IBM  Blockchain Platform. He firmly believes that blockchain is a  revolutionary technology that will impact businesses from various  industries, not only transforming their daily processes, but also  transforming their customers’ experience. Eric Everson Mendes Marins  is a Senior IT Architect for IBM Global  Technology and Services in Brazil, focused on hybrid cloud solutions,  Infrastructure and Platform solutions and competencies, including High  Availability, Disaster Recovery, networking, Linux, and Cloud. Eric  works with IGA (IBM Global Account), designing and implementing  complex hybrid cloud solutions that involve Infrastructure-as-a-Service  (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities. He has more  than 17 years of experience in designing and implementing Linux on  IBM Z solutions. He is IBM L3 IT Specialist certified and an IBM L3 IT  Architect certified. Also, he holds a degree in Computer Science from  Faculdade Ruy Barbosa and a post-graduate degree in Computer  Information Systems (Database Management). His areas of expertise  include Linux, IBM z/VMfi, Docker, Ku bernetes, high availability, IP  networking, and server management. Eric has co-authored several  IBM Redbooks publications, including  Advanced Networking Concepts  Applied Using Linux on IBM System z , SG24-7995,  Security for Linux  on System z,  SG24-7728,  Scale up for Linux on IBM Z,  REDP-5461  and  Getting Started with Docker Enterprise Edition on IBM Z,  SG24-8429. This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world who worked together  at the at IBM Redbooks Austin Center. IBMfi Blockchain Platform for Multicloud enables users to deploy the blockchain across  public and private clouds, such as the IBM Cloud™, their own data center, and third-party  public clouds, such as AWS and Microsoft Azure. It provides a blockchain console user  interface that you can use to deploy and manage blockchain components on an IBM Cloud  Private cluster. This IBM Redbooksfi publication discusses the major features, use case scenarios,  deployment options, configuration details, performance, and scalability considerations of IBM  Blockchain Platform for Multicloud. It also covers step-by-step implementation details for both  Secure Service Container and non-Secure Service Container environments. You also learn  about the benefits of deploying and using a blockchain environment on LinuxONE. The target audience for this book is blockchain deployment specialists, developers, and  solution architects.