DB Web Access From Around the World

Here's a nice little scenario:

Say you have users who would be accessing a SQL Server database over the web from around the world (mainly the US, Japan, and UK), and you wanted to make the access as fast as possible.

Say also you have a couple of million dollars for hardware and software.

What architectures would you build?

Thanks.

HenryIf the project is still in design stage then refer to http://www.microsoft.com/sql & Technet which has case study and required information.|||Yes, it is in the design phase. Thanks for the links.

Henry|||http://msdn.microsoft.com/sqlserver/ - way to go.