Databases in the cloud
Edward P. Holden, Jai W. Kang, Dianne P. Bills, Mukhtar Ilyassov · 2009
This paper describes a curricular initiative in cloud computing intended to keep our information technology (IT) curriculum at the forefront of technology. Currently, our IT degrees offer extensive database concentrations at both the undergraduate (BS-IT) and graduate (MS-IT) levels. Plus in the future, we plan to expand our offerings with a graduate degree focused on enterprise data management, initially on-campus, but ideally also in online learning format. Supporting this curriculum requires extensive lab facilities where students can experiment with different aspects of database architecture, implementation, and administration. Computing in the cloud may provide additional infrastructure and curricular flexibility.