Kentik Blog: Latency

CLM Chowder is a new series which highlights notable observations of cloud connectivity surfaced by Kentik’s Cloud Latency Map. In this edition, we look at measurements from Alibaba (China), latency swings from South Africa, and a temporary latency jump from Marseilles to Asia.

To monitor your SaaS applications, it has to be done by thinking creatively. Traditional tactics lack insight. It’s time to consider synthetic monitoring.

Adding more bandwidth from the business to the cloud is like adding more cowbell to Grazing in the Grass. In many cases, it won’t improve the end-user experience when latency is the real problem.