Jay Ranade

Jay Ranade, a bestselling computer book author and information technology (IT) management consultant, is also a World Power Breaking Champion.

Ranade's first computer book was "VSAM: Concepts, Programming, and Design". It is widely regarded the definitive volume on Virtual storage access method (VSAM), a data management system introduced by IBM in the 1970s. The success of this book lead to Ranade being named editor in chief for J. Ranade IBM Series of books, by McGraw-Hill which cover most mainframe topics. [ [http://web.ncf.ca/ac255/os390.html Mainframes ] ]

He has written and published more than 35 IT-related books on various subjects ranging from networks, security, operating systems, languages, and systems. He has written and published articles for various computer magazines such as "Byte", "LAN Magazine", and "Enterprise Systems Journal". The "New York Times" critically acclaimed his book called "The Best of Byte". [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E7DE153AF932A35750C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print PERIPHERALS; The Bytes Of the Past Emerge As a Book - New York Times ] ]

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