eSchool News Publisher’s Report: Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth

Dec. 5, 2011 - PRLog -- Bethesda, Md. – eSchool News has published a special new resource for educators, “eSN Publisher’s Report: Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth.”

Is cloud computing secure? That’s a question many ed-tech leaders have been asking as they’ve considered moving applications to the cloud. And the answer many are finding is: Yes, it is.

Despite concerns about security, more K-12 schools and districts have begun to move toward cloud computing solutions over the past few years. According to a 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking Poll by technology solution provider CDW-G, 83 percent of K-12 organizations already have used at least one cloud-based application, and 27 percent are currently implementing or maintaining cloud computing.

Cloud computing—a model for enabling convenient, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources, such as networks, servers, storage, applications, and services, that are hosted by a third-party technology provider and delivered to users through the internet—is an approach that is attractive for education, because it allows K-12 organizations to scale and grow without having to own the technology, says Martin Capurro, senior director of product management for cloud services at CenturyLink (formerly Qwest).

To access the full report for free, please visit http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/09/30/esn-publishers-repo....

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