Cloud computing in education
CLOUD COMPUTING IN EDUCATION
Abstract
The students nowadays are demanding more technology services from their schools. It’s important not only to keep pace with their evolving needs, but also to prepare them for the demands of the workplace tomorrow. At the same time, education institutions are under increasing pressure to deliver more for less, and they need to find ways to offer rich, affordable services and tools.
Cloud computing can help provide those solutions. It’s a network of computing resources—located just about anywhere—that can be shared. Both public and private institutions can use the cloud to deliver better services, even as they work with fewer resources. By sharing IT services in the cloud, the education institution can outsource noncore services and better concentrate on offering students, teachers, faculty, and staff the essential tools to help them succeed.
This article will highlight the significance of cloud computing in the field of education.
Keywords
Cloud computing, Education
Introduction
A virtual computer is a logical representation of a computer in software. By separating the physical hardware from the operating system, virtualization provides more operational flexibility and increases the utilization rate of the underlying physical hardware. As specified in IBM Global Education White Paper, Virtualization in Education, although virtualization is implemented primarily in software, many modern microprocessors now include hardware features explicitly designed to improve the efficiency of the virtualization process.
In a traditional physical computer, multiple application programs are supported by one instance of the operating system. In a virtualization environment, a single physical computer runs software such that the physical computer’s resources can be shared between multiple virtual computers. Each virtual computer is capable of running a different operating system from all of the other virtual machines on the
Abstract
The students nowadays are demanding more technology services from their schools. It’s important not only to keep pace with their evolving needs, but also to prepare them for the demands of the workplace tomorrow. At the same time, education institutions are under increasing pressure to deliver more for less, and they need to find ways to offer rich, affordable services and tools.
Cloud computing can help provide those solutions. It’s a network of computing resources—located just about anywhere—that can be shared. Both public and private institutions can use the cloud to deliver better services, even as they work with fewer resources. By sharing IT services in the cloud, the education institution can outsource noncore services and better concentrate on offering students, teachers, faculty, and staff the essential tools to help them succeed.
This article will highlight the significance of cloud computing in the field of education.
Keywords
Cloud computing, Education
Introduction
A virtual computer is a logical representation of a computer in software. By separating the physical hardware from the operating system, virtualization provides more operational flexibility and increases the utilization rate of the underlying physical hardware. As specified in IBM Global Education White Paper, Virtualization in Education, although virtualization is implemented primarily in software, many modern microprocessors now include hardware features explicitly designed to improve the efficiency of the virtualization process.
In a traditional physical computer, multiple application programs are supported by one instance of the operating system. In a virtualization environment, a single physical computer runs software such that the physical computer’s resources can be shared between multiple virtual computers. Each virtual computer is capable of running a different operating system from all of the other virtual machines on the
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