W. Curtis Preston (aka Mr. Backup) is an expert in backup & recovery systems; a space he has been working in since 1993. He has written three books on the subject, Backup & Recovery, Using SANs and NAS, and Unix Backup & Recovery. Mr. Preston is also an independent consultant and writer and has spoken at over 300 seminars and conferences around the world. Whether it’s through TruthinIT.com, BackupCentral.com, or Backup Central Live!, Preston’s mission remains the same: arming today’s IT managers with truly unbiased information about today’s storage industry and its products.