Sonia Cuff is a systems administrator & architect at heart with over 20 years experience, starting out in Banking, Government, and Defense with Microsoft and IBM software platforms. She’s now playing in the Small & Medium Business market, running a Managed Services Provider in Brisbane, Australia (though her accent is from New Zealand). Sonia is a ‘Cloud realist’ who’s passionate about technology solutions being the right fit and delivering business benefits. She loves helping IT professionals keep up with the rapid pace of change in technology and regularly appears as a guest on various blogs and podcasts. To step away from the keyboard, Sonia steps into orange overalls as a volunteer & trainer in the State Emergency Services. She also believes that life is too short to drink bad coffee.