About the Author

Barry Silverstein has worked with scores of information technology companies during his more than 25 years in the direct and Internet marketing business. He has founded and run a business-to-business direct marketing agency and has written two non-fiction books, Business-to-Business Internet Marketing and Internet Marketing for Information Technology Companies. Business-to-Business Internet Marketing, now in its Fourth Edition, was the first book to cover how direct marketing principles could be applied to B-to-B Internet marketing. It became a business best-seller that was published in seven countries.

During his career, Barry has observed first-hand the way software products are introduced and marketed. He has an insider's perspective on software, networking, and Internet companies. He is also fascinated by the role information technology plays in human society. He sees the Internet as a network with a life of its own… and finds computer viruses to be startlingly similar to biological ones. The only difference, and it is a terrifying one, is that humans can create computer viruses.

Barry hopes that The Doomsday Virus not only entertains and enlightens readers, but also makes them stop and think about the way information technology can be manipulated by humans with both good and evil intentions.

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www.barrysilverstein.com