Books like Art of Scalability, The by Martin L. Abbott

"Most startups are built to fail. But those failures, according to entrepreneur Eric Ries, are preventable. Startups don't fail because of bad execution, or missed deadlines, or blown budgets. They fail because they are building something nobody wants. Whether they arise from someone's garage or are created within a mature Fortune 500 organization, new ventures, by definition, are designed to create new products or services under conditions of extreme uncertainly. Their primary mission is to find out what customers ultimately will buy. One of the central premises of The Lean Startup movement is what Ries calls "validated learning" about the customer. It is a way of getting continuous feedback from customers so that the company can shift directions or alter its plans inch by inch, minute by minute. Rather than creating an elaborate business plan and a product-centric approach, Lean Startup prizes testing your vision continuously with your customers and making constant adjustments"--

The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win is the third book by Gene Kim. The business novel tells the story of an IT manager who has ninety days to rescue an over-budget and late IT initiative, code-named The Phoenix Project.

Members of the SRE team explain how their engagement with the entire software lifecycle has enabled Google to build, deploy, monitor, and maintain some of the largest software systems in the world.

全书分为三大部分： 第一部分，主要讨论有关增强数据密集型应用系统所需的若干基本原则。首先开篇第1章即瞄准目标：可靠性、可扩展性与可维护性，如何认识这些问题以及如何达成目标。第2章我们比较了多种不同的数据模型和查询语言，讨论各自的适用场景。接下来第3章主要针对存储引擎，即数据库是如何安排磁盘结构从而提高检索效率。第4章转向数据编码（序列化）方面，包括常见模式的演化历程。 第二部分，我们将从单机的数据存储转向跨机器的分布式系统，这是扩展性的重要一步，但随之而来的是各种挑战。所以将依次讨论数据远程复制（第5章）、数据分区（第6章）以及事务（第7章）。接下来的第8章包括分布式系统的更多细节，以及分布式环境如何达成一致性与共识（第9章）。 第三部分，主要针对产生派生数据的系统，所谓派生数据主要指在异构系统中，如果无法用一个数据源来解决所有问题，那么一种自然的方式就是集成多个不同的数据库、缓存模块以及索引模块等。首先第10章以批处理开始来处理派生数据，紧接着第11章采用流式处理。第12章总结之前介绍的多种技术，并分析讨论未来构建可靠、可扩展和可维护应用系统可能的新方向或方法。

So you want to own your own business, be your own boss, set your own hours, and make real money. If you're comfortable with computers and have a marketable idea, service, or product, this guide will help you become an ontrepreneur (online entrepreneur). It covers everything you need to know to set up shop in cyberspace. You'll find out about using established storefronts as a shortcut (sort of like setting up shop in a huge, established cybermall) or building your own Web site from scratch. You'll explore: Doing research, defining your niche and target market, and putting it together in a practical business plan Getting the hardware and software you'll need to get going Creating your own Web site with good organization, useful content, and eye-catching design, including ten must-have features and info on clip art and photos Selecting a Web hosting service (with info on free Web site homesteading) Setting up for handling business online, including building in security, accepting charge cards, creating shopping carts, and more Managing your goods and services, including sourcing goods, handling returns, adding shipping fees, and maintaining inventory Taking advantage of successful online business models, including storefronts such as Amazon.com, Yahoo!, CafePress, PayPal, or Microsoft that already have all the tools and systems, plus great traffic Running a business on eBay Marketing your business and the secrets to search engine success Keeping good business records and staying on the right side of the law, including everything from trademarks , copyrights, and licensing to taxes, with info on accounting tools and software Written by e-biz whiz Greg Holden, Starting an Online Business For Dummies, Fourth Edition has all kinds of case studies of successful cyber businesses, including a woman who sells her own insect repellent, a mapmaker, a housewife who sells sweetener and coffee on eBay, a sculptor and painter, and more. Packed with inspiration and information, it includes: Lots of Web sites that will give you good ideas A companion Web site that includes an online directory of Internet business resources A list of legal and business requirements Get going, and build a booming business right at home. The only people you'll have to take orders from are customers, and those are the kind of orders you'll like!