Acknowledgement

I'd like to give a tremendous thank you to my wonderful wife, Tomoko, and my playful son, Nikko. You both gave me incredible support and motivation during the writing process for both editions of this book. There were many early morning, long weekend and late night writing sessions that I could not have done without you both. You're smiles move mountains I could not on my own. You are my True north and guiding light in the storm.

I'd also like to give a special thanks to all my colleagues and friends at Cloud Technology Partners. Many of whom provided the encouragement and support for the original inception of this book. I'd like to especially thank Mike Kavis, David Linthicum, Alan Zall, Lisa Noon, Charles Radi and also the amazing CTP marketing team (Brad Young, Shannon Croy, and Nicole Givin) for guiding me along the way!