What is “Cloud”

Computing?

What is “Cloud”

Computing?

Cloud computing is a recently

evolved computing terminology or

metaphor based on utility and

consumption of computing

resources

Why cloud computing?

Some example of cloud

computing applications that

could be useful for institutions of

higher education:

1- sky Drive service from

Microsoft

Sky Drive is the best because the user has

to 7 GB free bytes Unlike other services that

area does not exceed 5 GB As for the

service and sacrifice of Microsoft operating

systems

support both Windows and Mac.

2.Google Drive

service

Is a service provided by Google give you an area

of 5 GB free, supports multiple files and multiple

formats. Featuring service use across the web and

through (Android only), computers (Mac,

Windows), you can share files with several people

or with the public, which best supports the

amendment to the neuro files and create such as

Word and Excel, and PowerPoint.

3. Drop Box Drop box

service

Month is considered at all, and the oldest.

Give you the service initially area 2 GB and

allow overpaid Amabaldawat or follow

through stages start to increase the space

free of charge. Featuring service that can be

used over the Web from any place or mobile

devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry),

or through your computer (Windows, Mac,

Linux) your, well, you can specific file sharing

with a group of people and see the last

additions and modifications on behalf of all

people, you can raise all kinds of files on that

area also.

Cloud Computing System

Cloud Computing System like other

technologies contain the pros and cons, but in

the field of education will be a major tributary of

the e-learning and mobile private education,

education, widespread, and perhaps the only

challenge that must be overcome is the overall

service and fast Internet access coverage.

Types of cloud computing

Types of cloud computing

statistics cloud computing

1. By 2015, end-user spending on cloud services could

be more

than $180 billion (Tweet this).

2. It is predicted that the global market for cloud

equipment will reach $79.1 billion by 2018 (Tweet this)

3. If given the choice of only being able to move one

application to the cloud, 25% of

respondents would choose storage (Tweet

this)

4. By 2014, businesses in the United

States will spend more than $13 billion on cloud

computing and managed hosting services (Tweet this)

5. Throughout the next five years, a 44% annual growth in workloads

for the public cloud versus an 8.9% growth for “on-premise”

computing workloads is expected (Tweet this)

6. 82% of companies reportedly saved money by moving to the

cloud (Tweet this)

7. More than 60% of businesses utilize cloud for performing IT-related

operations (Tweet this)

14% of companies downsized their IT after cloud adoption (Tweet this)

9. 80% of cloud adopters saw improvements within 6 months of

moving to the cloud (Tweet this)

10. 32% of Americans believe cloud computing is a thing of the

future (Tweet this)

11. There’s an estimated 1 exabyte of data stored in the cloud (Tweet

this)

Cloud Computing in Education

Statistics Highlights:

A-27% of K-12 IT professionals and 34% of

higher education IT professionals were

implementing cloud-based services as of May,

2011.

B-The percentage of educational IT budgets

spent on cloud computing will rise steadily in

the next 5+ years

Benefits of Cloud Computing in

Education:

A-Browser-based access – Teachers, students and

staff can access educational tools from anywhere,

with any device.

B-Testing cloud solutions is more simple than

testing in-house

solutions.

C-IT maintenance costs are reduced dramatically.

Subscription based pricing models allow for

scalability and growth.

Disadvantages of cloud

computing in education:

Increased internet bandwidth is

necessary to allow for use of cloud

services.

If the internet goes down, most

tools and services will be

inaccessible.

Costs increase dramatically as the

number of subscribed students

increases.