Cloud Computing
Impact on individuals and their place and role in the world
Topic Overview
Cloud computing is the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. With the current popularity cloud computing is experiencing, it is not surprising to expect that it will have a great impact on the global economy. In fact, according to the International Data Corporation, it is expected for cloud computing to generate at least 14 million jobs worldwide by the end of 2015.
Education
Educational institutions have been quick to realize the advantages of cloud technology and have been eagerly adopting it for several reasons, including:
- Ability for the students to access data anywhere, anytime, to enroll in online classes and to participate in group activities
- The value of combining business automation processes to streamline subscription, class enrollments and assignment tracking, thus reducing expenses significantly
- Ability for the institutional body to influence the storage cloud to store the daily 2.5 quintillion bytes of data securely and without the need to cater to a complicated infrastructure
- The benefit of process billing and charging for education and non-education related activities
Current news
Everyone will eventually be using cloud computing. According to McKendrick, every organization regardless of business will be in the clouds because it can offer a strategic advantage to a lot of businesses. Information and solutions will be delivered to customers through the clouds. It may also happen that some businesses can provide virtualized services to their partners and customers.
Citations
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