Towards Cloud Computing Services for Higher Educational Institutions: Concepts & Literature Review

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norah Alsaeed ◽  
Mohamed Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Higher Educational

Managing the Cloud for Information Systems Agility

2015 ◽  
pp. 1877-1899
Author(s):  
Haibo Yang ◽  
Sid Huff ◽  
Mary Tate
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Cloud Computing Services

Change is endemic in modern business competition. In an age of globalization, with the rapid development of Internet technologies, changes occur at a much faster pace, and are also more unpredictable. Being agile in a turbulent environment has been ranked highly by executives in surveys of business issues conducted in past five years. Today nearly all organizations rely on information systems (IS) to operate. Agility in IS is critical in achieving overall agility in business. However, despite the interest from the practitioner community, IS agility (sometimes termed IT agility) in academia has received limited recognition and represents an under-researched area. The recent adoption of cloud computing services has presented a major change in the way IS are delivered, in the hope of creating more agile and responsive IS. However, whether or not cloud computing, as promised by the providers, increases IS agility, is still unclear. This research aims at providing a conceptualization of IS agility based on research to date, and examining how cloud computing might facilitate such agility. Based on a literature review, cloud computing services (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) are analyzed against multiple aspects of IS agility. Only IaaS is found to have the potential providing consistent agility, whereas agility at PaaS and SaaS levels is more determined by human/organization factors. Lastly, suggestions for businesses and directions to future research are proposed.

Managing the Cloud for Information Systems Agility

2012 ◽  
pp. 70-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haibo Yang ◽  
Sid L. Huff ◽  
Mary Tate
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Major Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Turbulent Environment ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
Cloud Computing Services

Change is endemic in modern business competition. In an age of globalization, with the rapid development of Internet technologies, changes occur at a much faster pace, and are also more unpredictable. Being agile in a turbulent environment has been ranked highly by executives in surveys of business issues conducted in past five years. Today nearly all organizations rely on information systems (IS) to operate. Agility in IS is critical in achieving overall agility in business. However, despite the interest from the practitioner community, IS agility (sometimes termed IT agility) in academia has received limited recognition and represents an under-researched area. The recent adoption of cloud computing services has presented a major change in the way IS are delivered, in the hope of creating more agile and responsive IS. However, whether or not cloud computing, as promised by the providers, increases IS agility, is still unclear. This research aims at providing a conceptualization of IS agility based on research to date, and examining how cloud computing might facilitate such agility. Based on a literature review, cloud computing services (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) are analyzed against multiple aspects of IS agility. Only IaaS is found to have the potential providing consistent agility, whereas agility at PaaS and SaaS levels is more determined by human/organization factors. Lastly, suggestions for businesses and directions to future research are proposed.

scholarly journals Financial Incentives for Adopting Cloud Computing in Higher Educational Institutions

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Al-Badi ◽  
Ali Tarhini ◽  
Wafaa Al-Kaaf
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Cloud Service ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Higher Educational

Teaching today relies a great deal on IT resources which require large investments and there are many higher institutions that cannot afford such investments. Educational institutions usually search for opportunities to better manage their resources, especially after the economic crisis, which has resulted in reducing government support, especially in western countries. It is argued that ‘cloud computing’ is one of those opportunities for any educational institution due to its benefits in terms of cost reduction. Today, ‘cloud computing’ can be seen as one of the latest dynamic services in the IT world because of its flexibility. This paper investigates the financial incentives for adopting cloud computing in higher educational institutions. To achieve this objective the research employs a qualitative method to collect the data. Interviews were conducted with a number of cloud service providers, experts in the field and users/potential users of the cloud. The results reveal that cloud computing drives down up-front and on-going costs, and that the number of IT staff can be reduced if the cloud is adopted. Disaster recovery and business continuity are other cost-savings areas for an educational institute in adopting the cloud, and cloud computing provides low cost testing and a development environment solution.

scholarly journals ПРОЕКТУВАННЯ МОДЕЛІ ХМАРНОЇ ІНФРАСТРУКТУРИ ВНЗ НА ОСНОВІ ПЛАТФОРМИ APACHE CLOUDSTACK

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Vasyl P. Oleksyuk
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Physical Components

This paper describes the problems of using cloud computing in education. In the article it has been investigated the concept of cloud infrastructure in higher educational institutions. The model of cloudy infrastructure is offered. The hybrid model is most recent for higher educational institution. Conceptual provisions (technical and methodical) of designing of cloud are formulated. Described experience of deployment corporate clouds on the basis of the Apache CloudStack platform. The diagram of the organization of physical components of cloudy infrastructure (a hypervisor, physical and virtual area networks, routers, the domain controller, the VPN server) is provided.

scholarly journals Methodology of using cloud technologies in the educational process

HUMANITARIUM ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Isak
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Processing Technologies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Cloud Technologies

The article highlights the possibility and feasibility of the use of cloud technologies by teacher in the educational process of higher educational institutions, modern schools or institutions of additional education. The advantages and disadvantages of using cloud technologies in the learning process are indicated. After all, cloud technologies are one of the perspective directions in the development of modern information technologies. Under cloud technologies are understood distributed data processing technologies, in which computer resources and power are provided to the user as an Internet service. The use of cloud technologies is not only associated with a huge reduction in costs and intensification, but also with significant consumer risks (especially the risks of storage and data transfer). On the other hand, cloud solutions are being improved all the time, and the cloud provider can now reach an acceptable level of security by adhering to a number of conditions. The use of cloud technologies in the educational process will, above all, make it possible to solve the problem of ensuring equal access of students and teachers to high-quality educational resources both at classes and in extra hours. Cloud computing has wide-ranging prospects for applications in education, research and applied research, as well as for distance learning for professionals, postgraduates and students. Cloud technologies are not only the future, it is in many respects also the present. The use of cloud technologies (cloud computing) by higher educational institutions is a promising direction, which allows to increase the efficiency of the educational process, reduce the cost of its implementation. Significantly reduced capital costs associated with the creation and maintenance of educational institutions of their own data centers, provides flexible scalability and high availability of services used in the learning process, which ultimately increases the level of satisfaction of users needs: students, faculty, teaching staff, as more time is spent on solving educational and research tasks.

Knowledge management practice in South Asian higher education institutions

IFLA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-321
Author(s):  
Saima Kanwal ◽  
Miguel Baptista Nunes ◽  
Muhammad Arif
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational

The investigation reported in this paper intended to explore the research on knowledge management in higher educational institutions in South Asian countries. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify, select and retrieve relevant scholarly literature, by following a detailed protocol and a systematic data extraction strategy. The findings of the study showed that limited research on knowledge management in the context of higher educational institutions was conducted in both theoretical aspects and practical implementations, denoting an imperative to conduct more research in this area. The findings also disclosed that multiple factors affect the knowledge management practices among primary higher educational institution agents: faculty, administrative staff, and information professionals. As the result of the analysis of the literature review findings, a conceptual framework is proposed, which is expected to provide a good foundation for future research as well as pave the way towards more successful knowledge management implementations in the higher educational institutions in South Asia and beyond.

Legal and Contractual Issues of Cloud Computing for Educational Institutions

2012 ◽  
pp. 186-199
Author(s):  
Niall Sclater
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Contractual Arrangements ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Faculty And Staff

The procurement of cloud computing services involves a wide range of issues and risks for educational institutions. The technologies and services available are rapidly evolving, differ greatly between providers, and are subject to complex contractual arrangements with potentially serious legal and business implications. There is no specific cloud computing legislation, but the area is subject to a wide and growing range of laws relating to Internet-based services, some written decades ago (Baker, 2009). Resolution of the new issues relating to security, privacy, and regulation in the cloud will take many years (Kaufman, 2009). This chapter outlines the key issues institutions need to investigate when considering the deployment of services in the cloud to students, faculty, and staff.

scholarly journals A Literature Review on the Readiness for Providing Cloud Services Locally in Yemen

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 66-79
Author(s):  
Omar Ahmed Al-Motwakel ◽  
Nagi Al-Shaibany
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
End User ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Cloud Migration ◽  
Cloud Computing Adoption ◽  
Cloud Computing Services ◽  
Telecom Sector

Over time, the importance of information and the need to use it are increased. Cloud computing provides data and computing resources to clients as a service. However, cloud computing provides to the end user computing recourses such as software, hardware, and information as a service through the available interface over the Internet to be with more advantages to make the information available and accessible whenever is needed, by using the cloud computing services offers these services. The main purpose of this literature review paper is to develop an understanding of cloud computing adoption. Moreover, this paper forms the basis of our theoretical study. In particular, we review the state of the art of cloud computing and discuss about it aspects and features. In addition, we provide a set of cloud readiness criteria and review cloud migration in some countries that have already shifted to cloud. In this paper, we investigate the readiness to provide cloud services locally, as well as the chances and challenges of combining cloud services with existing infrastructure. Furthermore, the telecom sector infrastructure is suitable to provide cloud services, as the first step to provide the cloud into the network infrastructure of such providers, enabling and enhancing the telecom sector services and infrastructure.

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