num_pages: 559
description: A Comprehensive Proven Approach to IT Scalability from Two Veteran Software Technology and Business Executives In The Art of Scalability AKF Partners cofounders Martin L. Abbott and Michael T. Fisher cover everything IT and business leaders must know to build technology infrastructures that can scale smoothly to meet any business requirement. Drawing on their unparalleled experience managing some of the worlds highest-transaction-volume Web sites the authors provide detailed models and best-practice approaches available in no other book. Unlike previous books on scalability The Art of Scalability doesnt limit its coverage to technology. Writing for both technical and nontechnical decision-makers this book covers everything that impacts scalability including architecture processes people and organizations. Throughout the authors address a broad spectrum of real-world challenges from performance testing to IT governance. Using their tools and guidance organizations can systematically overcome obstacles to scalability and achieve unprecedented levels of technical and business performance. Coverage includes
language: English
title: The Art of Scalability: Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional