The Art of Scalability: Scalable Web Architecture, Processes, and Organizations for the Modern Enterprise - Softcover

Abbott, Martin L; Fisher, Michael T

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0137030428 ISBN 13: 9780137030422

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2009

Synopsis

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 world’s 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 Scalabilitydoesn’t 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

• Staffing the scalable organization: essential organizational, management, and leadership skills for technical leaders
• Building processes for scale: process lessons from hyper-growth companies, from technical issue resolution to crisis management
• Making better “build versus buy” decisions
• Architecting scalable solutions: powerful proprietary models for identifying scalability needs and choosing the best approaches to meet them
• Optimizing performance through caching, application and database splitting, and asynchronous design
• Scalability techniques for emerging technologies, including clouds and grids
• Planning for rapid data growth and new data centers
• Evolving monitoring strategies to tightly align with customer requirements

About this title

About the Author

Martin L. Abbott and Michael T. Fisher are founding partners of AKF Partners, where they advise companies on scaling technology platforms, organizations, leadership, and processes. Previously, Marty was COO of the advertising technology startup Quigo, where he was responsible for product strategy and management, technology, and client services. Marty also spent nearly six years at eBay, most recently as SVP of Technology and CTO. Mike spent two years as CTO of Quigo, serving as President during the transition following its acquisition by AOL. Prior to that, Mike led a development organization of more than two-hundred engineers as Paypal's VP of Engineering and Architecture.

From the Back Cover

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 world's 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" doesn't 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 includesStaffing the scalable organization: essential organizational, management, and leadership skills for technical leadersBuilding processes for scale: process lessons from hyper-growth companies, from technical issue resolution to crisis managementMaking better "build versus buy" decisionsArchitecting scalable solutions: powerful proprietary models for identifying scalability needs and choosing the best approaches to meet themOptimizing performance through caching, application and database splitting, and asynchronous designScalability techniques for emerging technologies, including clouds and gridsPlanning for rapid data growth and new data centersEvolving monitoring strategies to tightly align with customer requirements

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0137030428
• ISBN 13: 9780137030422
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 559