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CLOUD COMPUTING TRANSFORMING THE DYNAMICS OF TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF INDIA
Authors: Shazli Hasan Khan
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Cloud computing is the next stage in the Internet's evolution, providing the means through which
everything-----from computing power to computing infrastructure, applications, business processes to
personal collaboration ----can be delivered. Cloud computing refers to manipulating, configuring,
and accessing the applications online. It offers online data storage, infrastructure and application.
The term "cloud computing" originated from the cloud metaphor and graphic that often represents the
Internet on network diagrams, because cloud computing relies on applications and file storage that
reside on a network: a local-are network, a district intranet, or the Internet itself. . The "cloud" in
cloud computing can be defined as the set of hardware, networks, storage, services, and interfaces
that combine to delivery aspects of computing as a service. Cloud services include the delivery of
software, infrastructure, and storage over the Internet (either as separate components or a complete
platform) based on user demand. Cloud computing offers many possibilities to developmental
educators for its use, whether for communicating with students through social networking services
like Face book, sending out updates via Twitter, providing online tutoring or having students
collaborate on their writing using a wiki. Cloud computing has the potential to offer staff and students
better services at a lower cost that the technology deployment models they are using now. The present
research paper discusses about the models of cloud computing, application of cloud computing,
benefits and disadvantages of cloud computing. The investigator also focuses upon the various
challenges in implementation of cloud computing in higher education.