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Author Mike Evans
ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE CATALYST THAT IGNITES: Accelerated Change, Robust Employee Engagement, Intensified Ownership, Relentless Perseverance, Impeccable Alignment, and propels individuals, teams and organizations to desired results. Accountability crumbles silos, bo....
Release Date 2017/02 -
Author Tom Barker
Up to this point, few software engineers and technical leaders have been prepared to meet the challenges of running web applications on a national or global scale. Sites that serve tens of millions of users and receive hundreds of millions of requests per day will ....
Release Date 2017/01 -
Web Performance in Action: Building Fast Web Pages
Author Jeremy L. Wagner
SummaryWeb Performance in Action is your companion guide to making websites faster. You’ll learn techniques that speed the delivery of your site's assets to the user, increase rendering speed, decrease the overall footprint of your site, as well as how to build a ....
Release Date 2016/12 -
Author Mike McCall , Nick Doyle , Guy Podjarny , Yoav Weiss , Tim Kadlec , Colin Bendell
High-quality images have an amazing power of attraction. Just add some stunning photos and graphics to your website or app and watch your user engagement and conversion numbers climb. It can be tricky, but with this practical guide, you’ll master the many facets of....
Release Date 2016/11 -
Scalability Rules: Principles for Scaling Web Sites, 2nd Edition
Author Michael T. Fisher , Martin L. Abbott
Fully updated! Fifty Powerful, Easy-to-Use Rules for Supporting Hyper Growth “Whether you’re taking on a role as a technology leader in a new company or you simply want to make great technology decisions, Scalability Rules will be the go-to resource on your bookshe....
Release Date 2016/08 -
Building Web Apps that Work Everywhere
Author Adam D. Scott
One of the joys of web development is the chance to use the latest technologies, but relying on new tools can have unintended consequences. This O’Reilly report explains how today’s massive, resource-heavy websites limit the options for millions of users, and shows....
Release Date 2016/08 -
The New Rules for Crisis Management
Author Knut Haanaes , Maria Besiou , Luk N. Van Wassenhove , Mark Lee Hunter
In today’s world, the traditional news media do not always control how crises unfold. Executives may face stakeholder communities that control their own sources of information and their own media and have their own ideas about how companies should resolve cri....
Release Date 2016/07 -
Author Tammy Everts
If you want to convince your organization to conduct a web performance upgrade, this concise book will strengthen your case. Drawing upon her many years of web performance research, author Tammy Everts uses cases studies and other data to explain how web page spee....
Release Date 2016/06 -
Performance Basics, 2nd Edition
Author Joe Willmore
Understanding performance improvement is imperative. Have you noticed the trend toward performance in your profession? It’s happening around the world. With organizations placing greater emphasis on results and accountability, having knowledge of performance ....
Release Date 2016/05 -
Author David S. Rose
25 Steps to Found and Scale a High-Growth BusinessThe Startup Checklist is the entrepreneur's essential companion. While most entrepreneurship books focus on strategy, this invaluable guide provides the concrete steps that will get your new business off to a stron....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Author Robert C. Carlson
Create the retirement you desire with proven financial strategiesThe New Rules of Retirement throws away the rules of thumb, clichés, and obsolete ideas. It provides a proven, updated approach to retiring successfully in today's world. In this new second edition b....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Author Raghu Varma Tirumalaraju
Gain essential knowledge and keep your NetScaler environment in top formAbout This BookLearn how the main features - Load Balancing, Content Switching, GSLB, SSL offloading, AAA, AppFirewall, and Gateway work under the hood using vividly explained flows and tracesE....
Release Date 2016/04 -
Performance Optimizations in a Cloud-Centric World
Author Andy Still
Moving your web operations to the cloud means having less control over the way your website operates. That’s not a bad thing—it’s actually advantageous given today’s larger audiences and wider variety of media—but in an era when reliability is key to user satisfact....
Release Date 2015/10 -
Web Scalability for Startup Engineers
Author Artur Ejsmont
This invaluable roadmap for startup engineers reveals how to successfully handle web application scalability challenges to meet increasing product and traffic demands.Web Scalability for Startup Engineers shows engineers working at startups and small companies how ....
Release Date 2015/07 -
Author Michael T. Fisher , Martin L. Abbott
A Comprehensive, Proven Approach to IT Scalability from Two Veteran Software, Technology, and Business ExecutivesIn this second edition of The Art of Scalability, AKF Partners cofounders Martin L. Abbott and Michael T. Fisher cover everything product, technology and....
Release Date 2015/06 -
The Startup Equation: A Visual Guidebook to Building Your Startup
Author Ja-Nae Duane , Steve Fisher
Filled with infographics, visuals, and case studies—a vibrant, practical guide to creating a winning business model for any startupThe Startup Equation leads you step by step through the decisions and data to find your perfect startup model. You'll learn how to id....
Release Date 2015/05 -
Author Shelley Powers
Want to build your own website—one that represents you, your cause, or your organization—without outside help? With this free guide, Shelley Powers quickly teaches you the basics: you’ll learn how to use HTML, CSS, and other web tools to create a simple site that w....
Release Date 2015/04 -
Author Andy Still
If you're aware of the need for faster, more responsive web applications, you can become a warrior who marshals the rest of your organization—including development, testing, marketing, and management—to create a workable plan to improve performance. This report sh....
Release Date 2015/02 -
Understanding Big Data Scalability: Big Data Scalability Series, Part I
Author Cory Isaacson
Get Started Scaling Your Database Infrastructure for High-Volume Big Data Applications “Understanding Big Data Scalability presents the fundamentals of scaling databases from a single node to large clusters. It provides a practical explanation of what ‘Big Data’ sy....
Release Date 2014/07 -
Author Marius Sandbu
Leverage the features of NetScaler VPX™ to optimize and deploy responsive web services and applications on multiple virtualization platformsIn DetailWith a larger demand for responsive websites and availability of services, the IT domain is faced with an ever-rising....
Release Date 2014/04 -
Author Paul D. Gessler , Christopher Papadopoulos , Vincent C. Prantil
In teaching an introduction to the finite element method at the undergraduate level, a prudent mix of theory and applications is often sought. In many cases, analysts use the finite element method to perform parametric studies on potential designs to size parts....
Release Date 2013/08 -
The Rules of Management, 3rd Edition
Author Richard Templar
Some people find management so easy. They glide effortlessly onwards and upwards through the system, the politics, the people problems, the impossible targets and the work overload. They always seem to say the right thing, do the right thing and know instinctively h....
Release Date 2013/05 -
The Rules of Wealth, 3rd Edition
Author Richard Templar
The Rules of WealthA personal code for prosperity and plenty Some people seem to find money so easy. Easy to make, easy to hold on to and easy to grow. The rest of us just find it easy to spend. So, is it all luck or is there something that rich people know or do th....
Release Date 2013/05 -
Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 4th Edition
Author William A. Beckman , John A. Duffie
The updated fourth edition of the "bible" of solar energy theory and applicationsOver several editions, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes has become a classic solar engineering text and reference. This revised Fourth Edition offers current coverage of solar ene....
Release Date 2013/04 -
The Rules of Parenting, 2nd Edition
Author Richard Templar
Is there something these parents know that the rest of us don’t? Is it something we could learn? The answer is a resounding yes. They know The Rules of Parenting. The golden principles and behaviours that will guide you smoothly through the challenges of raising chi....
Release Date 2013/02 -
Fisher Investments on Financials
Author Jarred Kriz , Fisher Investments
The easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to learn more about the financial sector and how to make the most of itThe Fisher Investments On series is designed to provide individual investors, students, and aspiring investment professionals with the tools necessary ....
Release Date 2012/10 -
Rules of the Hunt: Real-World Advice for Entrepreneurial and Business Success
Author Michael Dalton Johnson
RULES OF THE HUNT is unlike any business book you’ll ever read. You won’t find any trendy advice, complex theories, or unrealistic promises. Rather, you’ll get the kind of honest, down-to-earth advice you would expect from a trusted mentor.A successful entrepreneur ....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Practical Load Balancing: Ride the Performance Tiger
Author Eelco Plugge , David Hows , Peter Membrey
The emergence of the cloud and modern, fast corporate networks demands that you perform judicious balancing of computational loads. Practical Load Balancing presents an entire analytical framework to increase performance not just of one machine, but of your entire i....
Release Date 2012/04 -
Startup: An Insider's Guide to Launching and Running a Business
Author Kevin Ready
"If I was going to start a new business today I would be sure to study and pay close attention to Kevin Ready's new book, Startup. His wisdom, experience, and his self-effacing and honest writing make this a real gem for aspiring entrepreneurs and business people o....
Release Date 2011/12 -
Author Andrew S. Teufel , Dan Sinton , Fisher Investments
The Fisher Investments On series is designed to provide individual investors, students, and aspiring investment professionals the tools necessary to understand and analyze investment opportunities—primarily for investing in global stocks.Each guide is an easily acce....
Release Date 2011/06