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From: Frank A. Coluccio	7/31/2010 12:55:53 AM
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[Cloud] How Fast Can a Cloud Run? A new tool tracks the speed at which cloud services from Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com run, and then displays their worldwide performance. By ASHLEE VANCE \| NY TIMES \| July 29, 2010 The cloud has been put on notice: It’s being watched. A new graphical tool from Compuware, CloudSleuth, has arrived, in beta form, to measure and display the speeds at which cloud computing services run. The CloudSleuth tool already tracks Amazon.com, Microsoft, Google and a couple of other cloud providers. And it demonstrates that response times do indeed vary from operator to operator. It displays these results on a map that gives people an idea for the worldwide performance of different data centers at a quick glance. Cont.: bits.blogs.nytimes.com fac: this will add fuel to the low-latency arms race that was originally instigated not so long ago by the need for faster response times on financial services lines used by program/algorithmic traders, only, the influence and impact that will be felt due to the latency demands of distributed cloud environments will be greater, by far ... ------

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