Cloud computing is being touted as a significant transformation tool the world over.
According
to the paper, the education sector, a small vertical but with
better-than-average cloud-related job growth, will see IT cloud services as an
attractive way to deal with budget constraints. Many are worried about being
locked into a single cloud vendor, but in many developed countries, they may
find cloud computing is still a good way to face budget cuts. In less
financially constrained geographies, IT cloud services will offer standardisation
and lower capital costs of expansion.
In a white paper commissioned by Microsoft, IDC estimates that spending on public and
private IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide by
2015. The paper also reveals that a majority of these jobs will be found in emerging
markets because of their immense workforces — 1.2 billion workers in China and India alone.
Cloud Computing: transformation tool? |
Dr Elizabeth Sherly |
Explains Dr
Elizabeth Sherly, Director (In-Charge), Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K): “Kerala’s state education
department, for instance, would gain significantly by switching to the cloud
platform. There are a number of applications in the education department,
handling functions such as common admission counselling and results. These
applications register heavy traffic only at certain times, for instance during
the time of admission or results. In other periods, the system remains idle.”
By adopting cloud computing for this sector, the government can create a central pool of shared resources including software and infrastructure. Not to mention, setting off cloud-related job growth.
By adopting cloud computing for this sector, the government can create a central pool of shared resources including software and infrastructure. Not to mention, setting off cloud-related job growth.