Cloud Computing: An Economic Solution to Higher Education
Aman Sharma, Anita Ganpati · 2013
In the information age it seems mandatory to use the services of Information Technology (IT) in all the activities of higher education. The computing resources of present are powerful, capable and aid in improving quality of work. A dilemma is faced as technology in terms of hardware and software is quickly being improved for the better. Newer technology costs and the educational institutes face financial constraints. The cloud computing provides support and as well as develops means and ways to bestow computing services at an affordable price to educational institutes. This paper, discusses the challenges of higher education environment, cloud computing followed by the cloud architecture for higher education and finally concludes by presenting cloud solution for higher education environment.