If a client and a server are placed far apart, we may see network latency dominating overall performance. Design a solution to tackle this problem in a high-performance environment. b. Construct a computing system that will succeed using

(i) a centralized architecture and (ii) a distributed architecture, use real life examples.

c. Modern forms of virtualization can be done at the hardware, operating system and application level. Research on technologies that perform virtualization at each level of these levels. Briefly provide an operational description of each technology and deduce if it would succeed in a country like Ghana.

d. Cloud computing services like Amazons EC2 assign users virtual machines (VMs) instead of allocating physical machines directly. Doing so provides at least three major benefits to Amazon. Explain what these three benefits are, giving a brief motivation for each one.