Estimating application performance in a networked environment

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly embodying a set of instructions executable by one or more processors of one or more computer systems at a control location to perform a method for estimating application performance metrics, the method comprising:

• performing one or more tests involving an application exchange with an application provided by a target location not in proximity to the control location;
• determining a control-target path profile by performing a first set of one or more network tests over a network path between the control location and the target location;
• determining a test-target path profile by performing a second set of one or more network tests;
• generating a target profile based on results of the one or more tests involving the application exchange with the application and the control-target path profile;
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• providing an estimate of one or more performance metrics of an application exchange with the application between a test location and the target location based on the test-target path profile and the target profile.