Abstract: The invention relates to a cut gem comprising a girdle having four girdle sides and four girdle corners, a table realized by a flat facet, a crown which extends between the table and the girdle, in a first direction, and a pavilion which extends in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, between said girdle and a tip of the pavilion. The gem is noteworthy in that the crown has 24 facets, the pavilion has 32 facets and in that the four girdle sides are identical in the form of an arc of a circle, the concavity of which is oriented towards the outside of the gem.

Abstract: A method of measuring performance of a transaction over a network. The transaction includes requesting information from an information source connected to the network and interacting with the information source. The method includes connecting a data acquisition agent to the network, sending a request for information from the data acquisition agent to the information source, and loading data responsive to the request for information onto the data acquisition agent. The transaction is executed and performance measurements for the transactions are collected and sent to a storage device. A system for measuring performance of a transaction over a network is also disclosed.