Prospects of Cloud Computing in Education and e-Governance

Ganesh Chandra Deka

ISBN 10: 3659210269 / ISBN 13: 9783659210266

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Aug 2012, 2012

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Neuware -Cloud computing combines the best practices of Virtualization, Grid Computing, Utility computing and Web technologies that inherits the agility of Virtualization,Scalability of Grid computing and simplicity of Web 2.0. The educational institutions are under increasing pressure to deliver more from less due to current resource crunch and the growing demand for quality education. Both public and private educational institutions can use the potential benefit of Ccloud computing to deliver better services even with fewer resources. Deployment of cloud computing in education will not only relieve the educational institutions from the burden of handling the complex IT infrastructure management activities but also lead to huge cost savings. Advances in e-Government oriented technologies and services are taking place with a considerable speed around the world. Recent attention has shifted from traditional e-Government to a new initiative called Government Cloud(G-Cloud). The G-Cloud Program¿s core benefits are Cost reduction, Improved & faster delivery of Government services and the sustainability agenda. This book highlights the prospects of Cloud Computing in Education & e-Governance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 160 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prospects of Cloud Computing in Education and e-Governance
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Aug 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659210269
• ISBN 13: 9783659210266
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 10D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 256 grams

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Synopsis

Cloud computing combines the best practices of Virtualization, Grid Computing, Utility computing and Web technologies that inherits the agility of Virtualization,Scalability of Grid computing and simplicity of Web 2.0. The educational institutions are under increasing pressure to deliver more from less due to current resource crunch and the growing demand for quality education. Both public and private educational institutions can use the potential benefit of Ccloud computing to deliver better services even with fewer resources. Deployment of cloud computing in education will not only relieve the educational institutions from the burden of handling the complex IT infrastructure management activities but also lead to huge cost savings. Advances in e-Government oriented technologies and services are taking place with a considerable speed around the world. Recent attention has shifted from traditional e-Government to a new initiative called Government Cloud(G-Cloud). The G-Cloud Program’s core benefits are Cost reduction, Improved & faster delivery of Government services and the sustainability agenda. This book highlights the prospects of Cloud Computing in Education & e-Governance.

About the Author

G C Deka is Assistant Director(Training)in Directorate General of Employment & Training in the Ministry of Labour and Employment,Government of India. Area of research are Cloud Computing,e-Governance and Data Mining.Published more than 27 papers in International Journals & Conferences. Editor in Chief of two Online International Journal of repute.