Chris M Evans has worked in the IT industry for over 27 years. After receiving a BSc (Hons) in computational science and mathematics from the University of Leeds, his early IT career started in mainframe and followed both systems programming and storage paths. During the dot.com boom, he also co-founded and successfully floated a company selling music and digital downloads. For most of the last 20 years, Chris has worked as an independent consultant, focusing on open systems storage and more recently, virtualization and cloud. He has worked in industry verticals including financials, transport, utilities and retail, designing, deploying and managing storage infrastructures from all the major vendors. In addition to his consultancy work, Chris writes a widely read and respected blog at blog.architecting.it and produces articles for online publications. He has also featured in numerous podcasts as a guest and content provider.