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Abbott, Martin L.
The art of scalability : scalable web architecture, processes, and organizations for
the modern enterprise / Martin L. Abbott, Michael T. Fisher.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-13-403280-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Web site development. 2. Computer networks—Scalability. 3. Business enterprises—
Computer networks. I. Fisher, Michael T. II. Title.
TK5105.888.A2178 2015
658.4’06—dc23
2015009317
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ISBN-13: 978-0-13-403280-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-403280-2
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First printing, June 2015
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