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In business, “scalability” refers to an organization's ability to grow without being hampered by its structure or available resources when faced with increased production, whether in a financial context or within the context of business strategy. A company that scales well can maintain or even improve its performance and efficiency despite increasing operational demands.

In technology, “scalability” is the measure of a system’s ability to increase or decrease in performance and cost in response to changes in application and system processing demands. Scalable software and operational processes are essential in promoting a scalable business.

Business and technology scalability are deeply intertwined and interdependent, and must be managed with efficiency and expedience to respond to changing markets, evolving customer needs and tastes, and advancements in technology tools.

Scalable technology enables a scalable business; organizational collaboration that scales in step is a foundational requirement to ensure continuous alignment. With the ever-increasing pace of market and technological evolution, simply having scalability is no longer sufficient. Being able to adapt, pivot, and reset quickly is critical — a modern business must have scaleagility.