Cloud Computing in the Field of Rural Education

Abstract:

In this period of prevalence of Cloud Computing, SaaS, Virtualization and Software renting, what would be the magnitude of their impact in the field of education As an academician, one can visualize a lot of benefits in a variety of ways, if the benefits offered by these concepts are exploited in a productive and cost effective manner. When the gap of availability of knowledge and guidance, among rural students is bridged, the results are bound to be tremendously exciting. Since this research is about spreading knowledge, targeting the rural population, the aim is to concentrate on renting software free of cost. This research takes cognizance of the fact; the evolution in the field of virtualization of hardware and software; sets out to explore, how the technologies be successfully married to education, for the empowerment of the poor and rich alike. This paper therefore analyzes the current advancement in virtualization, various aspects of SaaS and Software renting in detail and suggests that the best way is to take the cautious approach, at every step to adopt these technologies/concepts. This also suggests starting small and scaling up the entire adoption after performing the due diligence of long term impacts, gives the best results. Sticking to the same principle, a real time environment of sample education institutions under one umbrella is considered for this study in a relatively rural setup.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 573)
• Pages: 593-599
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.573.593
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: R. Sukanesh, A. Kanmani*
• Keywords: Cloud Computing, Cognizance of Evolution, SaaS, Software Renting, Virtualization

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