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The Small One!
My latest book is The Busy IT Manager’s Guide to Data Recovery. This book is short and to the point, designed for people who are either responsible, or accountable for data recovery. You can buy from here.
The Big One!
The second edition of Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability is now available. It’s not just an update to existing content, there’s significant new information in this new edition. Buy here.
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