Tom Nolle is president of CIMI Corporation, a strategic technology consultancy founded in 1982 that serves the networking and IT industries. He's a software architect and developer by background, leading development activities in early applications in distributed computing, electronic funds transfer and software-defined networking and virtual functions. He provides strategy consulting in cloud computing and advanced development concepts, as well as in related areas of networking. His blog is read by over 20,000 professionals each month, and he writes for many TechTarget sites.