Gregory S. Smith - The New Normal in IT: How the Global Pandemic Changed Information Technology Forever

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Smith, Gregory S., 1963- author.

Title: The new normal in IT : how the global pandemic changed information technology forever / Gregory S. Smith.

Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2022] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2021056410 (print) | LCCN 2021056411 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119839767 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119839781 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119839774 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Data processing service centers. | Information technology. | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020Influence.

Classification: LCC HD9696.C62 S548 2022 (print) | LCC HD9696.C62 (ebook) | DDC 005.74dc23/eng/20211228

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056410

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021056411

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