A Comprehensive, Proven Approach to IT Scalability from Two Veteran Software, Technology, and Business Executives

InThe 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

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作者：

马丁∙阿伯特（Martin L. Abbott） AKF公司的初创合伙人，曾任Quigo（广告技术初创公司，后来被AOL收购）的首席运营官，负责领导产品策略、产品管理、技术研发和客户服务。他在eBay工作了6年，先后担任技术副总裁、首席技术官和公司高管。

迈克∙费舍尔（Michael T. Fisher ）AKF公司的初创合伙人，曾任Quigo首席技术官，PayPal负责工程和架构的副总裁。他花了7年时间帮助通用电气公司（GE）形成了技术战略，获得过6西格玛黑带的荣誉，还在美军担任过上尉和飞行员。

译者：

陈斌（Chuck Chen）现任易宝CTO。1989年获得吉林大学硕士学位，1992年任新加坡航空公司高级系统分析师；1999年投身于硅谷互联网技术发展浪潮，曾任日立美国系统集成总监，Abacus首席架构师和Nokia美国首席工程师；2008年任eBay资深架构师，负责移动应用的架构设计。丰富的海外经历，多年的架构经验，深谙移动互联网对传统行业的影响；2014年再次投身易宝，提出大、平、移、商的战略方针，全力推动移动互联网技术，引领行业变革。