Information Technology Performance

by Joe Temple

 

Book Details

A Comprehensive Guide to IT Performance

Information Technology Performance provides a solid foundation in IT performance for those new to the subject—enabling continued study—along with unique insights and perspectives for those already familiar with it. Learn the fundamentals of IT performance, along with the effects of utilization, performance estimators, and scaling in this clear, concise guide—a book that also develops quantitative and qualitative methods of comparing solution infrastructures’ performance.

Typically, performance is not found in undergraduate and apprentice level Computer Sciences and Information Technology curricula. This book is an attempt to fill that void. From the fundamentals to the results of brand-new research, Information Technology Performance is a must for any IT professional, professor, or student.

 

About the Author

Joe Temple

After earning a BSEE, Joe Temple spent 39 years at IBM as a hardware design engineer. He worked in development, advanced technology, product engineering, new product introduction, electronic packaging, and marketing/sales technical support. Over 25 of his inventions were granted US patents. He led technical sales support teams, using relative performance methods to optimize workload placement and platform choices, and earned the position of IBM Distinguished Engineer. Since leaving IBM in 2013, Joe has continued to do consulting and research on performance, and he has been an adjunct professor in computer sciences at Coastal Carolina University. Joe lives with his wife Rae in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He passed the Coast Guard Captain’s license exam in 2013 but failed the physical— leaving him ample time to write Information Technology Performance.