CLOUD COMPUTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA

Abstract

Cloud computing comprises of cooperation and coordination of different computing services to provide very high computing power for acquisition and analysis of wide spread out sources of data. It greatly helps in lowering the cost while maximizing the ability to process the required information. With cloud computing universities and other institutions can better manage their labs, research facilities, classrooms and libraries, etc. The students and teachers can benefit far better from it in individual and collaborative work because of easy access features provided by the cloud. This paper reviews the growth of cloud computing, its benefits and problem, features of common cloud computing services, and the various issues to be considered in selecting the most appropriate cloud computing service for academic institutions. The paper also discusses the importance of virtualization in growth of cloud computing.