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Trends | Feature 5 Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2012 And ed tech companies appear eager to help schools take greater advantage of the potential offered by these devices. Desire2Learn's Mobile Web platform, for instance, enables students to access course materials, calendars, bookmarks, and other learning materials through their Blackberry, Android, or iOS devices.

Will the year 2012 prove to be a turning point for education? There's certainly an ever-increasing spotlight on the quality of education and an interest to help improve it from all corners of society. As I travel around the world, I see many technology companies increasing their focus and investment in education.

Top Trends In Cloud Computing For SMEs Following Gartner's recent report on what it sees as the 5 key trends that will shape cloud computing strategies between now and 2015, provides his perspective on the impact cloud computing will have on an SME audience.

By Ed King Everyone is familiar with the notion of securing the edge of the enterprise. With the growing adoption of cloud technologies, IT must now also think about securing the "edge of the Cloud". The edge of the Cloud is the perimeter around any Cloud environment where it touches the open Internet.

NEW DELHI: The government has set up committee to recommend framework for cloud computing services under the chairmanship of Infosys' Executive Co-Chairman S Gopalakrishnan (Kris). The committee has been set up following instructions from IT and Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal. "Infosys' Kris Gopalakrishnan is chairing the committee.

In a recent article in Communications World Weekly, a leading Chinese technology news outlet, they noted that Cloud Computing was the fourth IT Industrial Revolution, after Mainframes, PCs, and the Internet. In a related article, KPMG, noted that China is projected to be on par with the U.S.

The technology provides an innovative alternative to bricks-and-mortar schooling, enabling personal learning, interactive learning and many-to-many learning. The cloud also allows students to interact and collaborate with an ever-expanding circle of their peers, regardless of geographical location.

Cloud Computing and Why Educational Sectors Need to Modernize Cloud computing has been one of the hottest trends today. Basically, in the world of business, cloud computing has been seen as something that is highly beneficial. In fact, to say that it is beneficial is largely an underestimation.

Recently, I started working on a committee developing a technology plan for our school district.This has been a huge eye-opener for me. The web, social software and cloud computing will definitely have an impact on enterprise IT - but the impact on our educational system will be astounding, and many in our educational system don't see it coming.

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing and storage capacity as a service to a community of end-recipients. The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts services with a user's data, software and computation over a network.

CCCC 2012 was a Smashing Success! The 4th Cloud Computing China Congress (CCCC 2012) is specially designed for senior IT and line of business executives evaluating and making purchasing decisions in the areas of on-demand infrastructure and software services.