Higher education sees security and efficiency benefits with cloud computing
May 7, 2012
Higher education continues to look into and adopt cloud computing solutions, according to a recent Sys-Con Media article.
Financial aid and admissions departments are realizing benefits from implementing cloud solutions. Because of an increasing volume of applications and requests, these departments need ways of processing requests more efficiently. The advantage to cloud-based technology is that it doesn't put extra responsibility on the college's own IT staff.
According to the article, cloud technology procurement in higher education faces several barriers. One of the larger ques...