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Sukwong, Orathai – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Virtualization enables the ability to consolidate multiple servers on a single physical machine, increasing the infrastructure utilization. Maximizing the ratio of server virtual machines (VMs) to physical machines, namely the consolidation ratio, becomes an important goal toward infrastructure cost saving in a cloud. However, the consolidation…
Descriptors: Information Storage, Scheduling, Internet, Client Server Architecture
Alshihri, Bandar A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Cloud computing is a recent computing paradigm that has been integrated into the educational system. It provides numerous opportunities for delivering a variety of computing services in a way that has not been experienced before. The Google Company is among the top business companies that afford their cloud services by launching a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Information Storage
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Changchit, Chuleeporn – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2015
Cloud computing has become increasingly popular among users and businesses around the world, and education is no exception. Cloud computing can bring an increased number of benefits to an educational setting, not only for its cost effectiveness, but also for the thirst for technology that college students have today, which allows learning and…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Storage, Computer Software, Technology Integration
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Anshari, Muhammad; Alas, Yabit; Guan, Lim Sei – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
Embedding Web 2.0 in learning processes has extended learning from traditional based learning-centred to a collaborative based learning-centred institution that emphasises learning anywhere and anytime. While deploying Semantic Web into e-learning offers a broader spectrum of pervasive knowledge acquisition to enrich users' experience in learning.…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Learning, Educational Technology
Hastings, Robin – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Backups are a modern fact of life. Every organization that has any kind of computing technology (and that is all of them these days) needs to back up its data in case of technological or user errors. Traditionally, large-scale backups have been done via an internal or external tape drive that takes magnetic tapes (minicassettes, essentially) and…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Storage Devices, Information Storage, Computer Software Evaluation
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Paul, Prantosh Kr.; Lata Dangwal, Kiran – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
Cloud Computing (CC) is actually is a set of hardware, software, networks, storage, services an interface combines to deliver aspects of computing as a service. Cloud Computing (CC) actually uses the central remote servers to maintain data and applications. Practically Cloud Computing (CC) is extension of Grid computing with independency and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Storage, Information Management, Internet
Togawa, Satoshi; Kanenishi, Kazuhide – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
In this research, we have built a framework of disaster recovery such as against earthquake, tsunami disaster and a heavy floods for e-Learning environment. Especially, our proposed framework is based on private cloud collaboration. We build a prototype system based on IaaS architecture, and this prototype system is constructed by several private…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Electronic Learning, Integrated Learning Systems, Information Storage
Sundareswaran, Smitha – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Much like its meteorological counterpart, "Cloud Computing" is an amorphous agglomeration of entities. It is amorphous in that the exact layout of the servers, the load balancers and their functions are neither known nor fixed. Its an agglomerate in that multiple service providers and vendors often coordinate to form a multitenant system…
Descriptors: Information Storage, Internet, Information Management, Adoption (Ideas)
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Brady, Corey; Orton, Kai; Weintrop, David; Anton, Gabriella; Rodriguez, Sebastian; Wilensky, Uri – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2017
Computer science (CS) is becoming an increasingly diverse domain. This paper reports on an initiative designed to introduce underrepresented populations to computing using an eclectic, multifaceted approach. As part of a yearlong computing course, students engage in Maker activities, participatory simulations, and computing projects that…
Descriptors: Simulation, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Student Projects
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Ro, Hyun Kyoung; Menard, Tiffany; Kniess, Dena; Nickelsen, Ashley – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017
This chapter provides examples of innovative methods and tools to collect, analyze, and report both quantitative and qualitative data in student affairs assessment.
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Vithayathil, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Why do some firms organize their IT departments as profit centers whereas other firms organize IT as a cost center? Due to information asymmetry regarding the cost and demand for IT, the firm is unable to achieve the first best outcome in terms of optimizing the value from IT services. Two commonly used organizational models for the IT department…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Governance, Information Storage, Internet
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Zadahmad, Manouchehr; Yousefzadehfard, Parisa – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2016
Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) aims to improve all mobile applications such as m-learning systems. This study presents an innovative method to use web technology and software engineering's best practices to provide m-learning functionalities hosted in a MCC-learning system as service. Components hosted by MCC are used to empower developers to create…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Software, Handheld Devices, Internet
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Lazarinis, Fotis – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
iLM is a Web based application for representation, management and sharing of IMS LIP conformant user profiles. The tool is developed using a service oriented architecture with emphasis on the easy data sharing. Data elicitation from user profiles is based on the utilization of XQuery scripts and sharing with other applications is achieved through…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Management, Knowledge Management, Shared Resources and Services
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Wang, Minjuan; Chen, Yong; Khan, Muhammad Jahanzaib – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2014
Mobile cloud learning, a combination of mobile learning and cloud computing, is a relatively new concept that holds considerable promise for future development and delivery in the education sectors. Cloud computing helps mobile learning overcome obstacles related to mobile computing. The main focus of this paper is to explore how cloud computing…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Information Storage, Internet, Case Studies
Wheelock, Michael D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation uses a survey methodology to determine the factors behind the decision to adopt cloud storage. The dependent variable in the study is the intent to adopt cloud storage. Four independent variables are utilized including need, security, cost-effectiveness and reliability. The survey includes a pilot test, field test and statistical…
Descriptors: Internet, Information Storage, Surveys, Technology Integration
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