Cloud computing and the whole trend toward outsourcing compute power are hot topics, but how do you know when there is a problem out in the cloud? Open source cloud management software vendor Hyperic has launched a new web site called
CloudStatus, designed to let you monitor how particular clouds are performing. You can keep track of availability, latency, throughput and more. Our sister blog GigaOm has a good analysis of CloudStatus up today.
Check it out, and in case you missed our interview with Hyperic,
here it is. For more cutting-edge cloud thoughts, check out our recent
column series.