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Brilliant! That's my reaction to a new service called peerReview to be offered by Porivo Technologies (www.porivo.com/).
PeerReview is a system for measuring and monitoring Web-site performance from the end user's perspective. The neat technique Porivo uses is to have real end users run the peerReview client software (called Porivo PEER) – a Java-based application that runs in the background (rather like the SETI@home system; setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ can).
Clients of Porivo can specify the URLs and testing schedules required as well as the number of PCs in the test, hardware/operating system configuration, Internet connection (dial-up, cable/xDSL, etc.) and geographic location.
The clients retrieve their test scripts from, and return test data to, Porivo automatically. The results are aggregated and compiled into a report for the client.
Way cool!
Pricing hasn't been announced yet.
Porivo Technologies
2525 Meridian Parkway Suite 240
Durham, NC 27713
919-806-0566
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Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist. He writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World.
Mark Gibbs is a consultant, author, journalist, and columnist. He writes the weekly Backspin and Gearhead columns in Network World. Gibbs is also co-conspirator of the Vitally Important Information Web site.
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