Cloud Computing - 74 Resources

Overview
Publications (31)
Presentations (12)
Podcasts (10)
Blogs (21)

Overview

As higher education faces budget restrictions and sustainability challenges, one approach to relieve these pressures is cloud computing. Although distinct definitions of “cloud computing” abound, the concept fundamentally involves delivering technology resources to users over the Internet. With cloud computing, the operation of services moves “above the campus,” and an institution saves the upfront costs of building technology systems and instead pays only for the services that are used. As capacity needs rise and fall, and as new applications and services become available, institutions can meet the needs of their constituents quickly and cost-effectively. In some cases, a large university might beme a provider of cloud services. More often, individual campuses will obtain services from the cloud. The trend toward greater use of mobile devices also supports cloud computing because it provides access to applications, storage, and other resources to users from nearly any device. While cost savings and flexibility are benefits to the use of cloud computing, the downside of such service adoption could include possible risks to privacy and security. But ultimately cloud computing could provide a means to stretch limited resources and make them more useful, to more people, more of the time.

Articles, Books and Reports

7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing EDUCAUSE 7 Things You Should Know, March 2009
2009 Horizon Report EDUCAUSE and NMC, January 2009.
Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing, UC Berkeley Technical Report, February 2009
Painting the Clouds, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 6 , November/December 2008.
The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing, EDUCAUSE, October 2008.
Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services, Pew Internet & American Life Project, September 2008.

Podcasts and Web Seminars

Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution, EDUCAUSE Live!, July 29, 2009
The 2009 Horizon Report, EDUCAUSE Live!, February 18, 2009.
The Tower and the Cloud, EDUCAUSE Now, February 2009.

Publications (31)

EDUCAUSE publications address a diverse range of professional challenges in higher education IT, from updates on current developments to explorations of important overarching issues. Listed below are the full range of research, reports and other publications that EDUCAUSE and its members have written about Cloud Computing.

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
ERM0949	Cloud Computing: “Be Prepared” Interviews/Podcasts/Videos	EDUCAUSE Review	07/30/2009	1,485
ERM0963	Above-Campus Services: Shaping the Promise of Cloud Computing for Higher Education Brad Wheeler and Shelton M. Waggener Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/30/2009	781
CSD5612	2009 Horizon Report Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative	01/20/2009	12,198
ERM0951	Identity Management and Trust Services: Foundations for Cloud Computing John J. Suess and Kevin M. Morooney Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	09/04/2009	2,125
ERM0964	Provisioning Above-Campus IT Services: Supply and Demand Brad Wheeler and Shelton M. Waggener Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/30/2009	242
ERS0905	Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud Philip J. Goldstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/20/2009	2,875
EKF0905	Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud–Key Findings Philip J. Goldstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/17/2009	720
ECM0905	Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud—Roadmap Philip J. Goldstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/20/2009	196
ECS0907	Partnership of Four: Managing Alternative Sourcing at Oakland University Bob Albrecht and Judith A. Pirani Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/19/2009	118
ERS0905C	Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies: From the Campus to the Cloud - Corporate Edition Philip J. Goldstein Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/20/2009	178
PUB7202	The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing Richard N. Katz and Diana G. Oblinger Books and Monographs	EDUCAUSE Publications	10/20/2008	1,995
ERB0912	Strategic Outsourcing and Cloud Computing: Reality Is a Sober Adversary Michael A. Corn Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	06/16/2009	1,639
ECS0906	Thomas Jefferson University: Enhancing IT Operations with an Outsourced Data Center Judith A. Pirani and Susan J. Foster Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/13/2009	197
ERS0907	New Directions in Federation Gerry Gebel Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	11/16/2009	648
ERM0862	Painting the Clouds Colin Currie Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	10/23/2008	2,798
CSD2648	Open Education: A New Paradigm Michael D. King Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	01/21/2009	365
CSD2695	Where is the cloud? Geography, economics, environment, and jurisdiction in cloud computing Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	05/08/2009	256
EST0902	7 Things You Should Know About Cloud Computing Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Publications	08/03/2009	5,341
ERS0904	Cloud Storage: An Emerging Market Gene Ruth Articles, Papers, and Reports	ECAR	08/04/2009	1,161
ERM08310	On Being Green Cynthia Golden Articles, Papers, and Reports	EDUCAUSE Review	05/07/2008	1,427
ESI08D	IT Services Sourcing Survey Philip J. Goldstein Surveys	ECAR	11/04/2008	2,477
CSD5487	Computing In The Cloud: Who Owns Your Files? Laura Sydell Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	08/21/2008	334
CSD5489	Behind the Myths of Cloud Computing Larry Dignan Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Recommendation	04/08/2008	489
CSD5507	Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services John B. Horrigan Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	09/12/2008	656
CSD2651	Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing Articles, Papers, and Reports	Community Contributions	02/20/2009	619

Presentations (12)

Stepping away from the distractions of normal routine to meet with peers, share experiences, and learn together can be invaluable. EDUCAUSE places great emphasis on the face-to-face meeting experience, offering you numerous opportunities throughout the year to gather with colleagues - from small regional events and special topic meetings to large, national conferences covering the full spectrum of roles and issues important to higher education. For more information on EDUCAUSE conferences and seminars, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page. Listed below is the full range of presentations EDUCAUSE and its members tagged with Cloud Computing

Item ID	Title	Resource Category	Pub Date	Views
E09_175837	Cloud Computing: Hype or Hope? Michael Dieckmann, Melissa Woo term:Presentations and Seminars	term:EDUCAUSE Annual	11/04/2009	2,800
LIVE0920	The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing Richard N. Katz Presentations and Seminars	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	11/13/2009	94
LIVE094	The 2009 Horizon Report Malcolm B. Brown and Laurence F. Johnson Presentations/Speeches	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	02/18/2009	1,331
ENT09_171896	The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing Presentations and Seminars	Enterprise Technology	05/18/2009	161
NMM09_48135	E-Research in the Clouds Samuel F. Averitt Presentations/Speeches	Net@EDU (State Networks)	02/02/2009	942
ENT09_171515	Cloud Computing: Three Views of the Cloud Presentations and Seminars	Enterprise Technology	05/12/2009	125
LIVE0913	Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution Henry E. Schaffer and Sarah R. Stein Presentations and Seminars	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	07/29/2009	619
LIVE0918	Emerging Technologies in Higher Education: Big School Solutions to Small School Problems Presentations and Seminars	Web Seminars EDUCAUSE	10/02/2009	356
E08_47630	Cloud Computing Craig A. Stewart and Dennis J. Cromwell Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/29/2008	1,222
E08_47793	Cloud Computing Made Simple and Affordable: Using the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) to Provide an Effective, Powerful, and Economical Rich Services Environment Henry E. Schaffer, John Savage, Mladen A. Vouk, Sarah R. Stein, Aaron Peeler, Sharon P. Pitt, and Samuel F. Averitt Presentations/Speeches	EDUCAUSE Annual	10/28/2008	1,886
NC09_48450	Cloud Computing: Possibilities and Practice Justin Riley, Greg Banwarth and Richard E. Mickool Presentations/Speeches	NERCOMP	03/10/2009	745
EPO0925	Partly Cloudy? What a CBO Should Know about Cloud Computing Rodney J. Petersen and Steven J. McDonald Presentations and Seminars	EDUCAUSE Policy Office	06/29/2009	76

Podcasts (10)

Name	Views	Post date
In Conversation: Cloud Computing—Hype or Hope? Play \| Show Notes \| Download (8.61 MB audio/mpeg)	33	11/19/2009
E08 Podcast: An Interview with Allan Williams - Head of Systems and Desktop Services at Australian National University Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.04 MB audio/mpeg)	141	06/15/2009
Podcast: The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing Play \| Show Notes \| Download (35.99 MB audio/mpeg)	393	05/18/2009
An Interview with Michael Wesch Play \| Show Notes \| Download (22.58 MB audio/mpeg)	590	03/18/2009
EDUCAUSE Now -Show #13 - Obama's 2010 Budget for Higher Ed, Michael Wesch Interview Play \| Show Notes \| Download (26.26 MB audio/mpeg)	756	03/12/2009
EDUCAUSE Now - Show #12 - The Age of Budget Cuts -- The Tower and the Cloud Play \| Show Notes \| Download (26.96 MB audio/mpeg)	1,229	02/12/2009
E07 Podcast: Using Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud Service to Expand the Data Center Play \| Show Notes \| Download (26.99 MB audio/mpeg)	280	09/10/2008
An Interview with David Rosenthal Play \| Show Notes \| Download (15.7 MB audio/mpeg)	6,968	12/18/2006
An Interview with MacKenzie Smith Play \| Show Notes \| Download (13.33 MB audio/mpeg)	6,802	12/18/2006
An Interview with MIT's MacKenzie Smith Play \| Show Notes \| Download (23.76 MB audio/mpeg)	7,591	12/16/2005

Blogs (21)

EDUCAUSE hosts a number of blogs for its members. To view a list of all our blogs, click here.

Title	Blogger	Posted	Views
December 10, 2009: NACUA Virtual Seminar on "Outsourcing Email and Other Institutional IT Services"	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	11/19/2009	6
Tune In November 13: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	10/28/2009	225
21st Century Technology and Business Practices to be Subject of FTC Privacy Roundtables	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	09/29/2009	49
Identity Management and Trust Services: Foundations for Cloud Computing (EDUCAUSE Review Article)	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/17/2009	35
September/October 2009 EDUCAUSE Review: Spotlight on Cybersecurity	Valerie M. Vogel, EDUCAUSE	09/11/2009	122
Resource Center Update - August 2009	Colleen Keller, EDUCAUSE	08/28/2009	109
EDUCAUSE Announces New ECAR Study on Alternative IT Sourcing Strategies	Lisa Gesner, EDUCAUSE	08/19/2009	231
EDUCAUSE Releases 7 Things... Brief on Cloud Computing	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	08/13/2009	613
Tune In July 29: Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	07/22/2009	298
Institute for Computer Policy and Law (ICPL) Annual Seminar July 20-23	Rodney J. Petersen, EDUCAUSE	06/25/2009	114
EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2009 - Think Stops	Lida L. Larsen, EDUCAUSE	06/22/2009	98
Cloud Computing: Winding Up for Change	Greg Banwarth, Wheelock College	05/20/2009	172
Registration for Cornell's Institute for Computer Policy and Law Now Open	Colleen Luckett, EDUCAUSE	05/01/2009	421
Focusing on Cloud Computing	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	03/23/2009	490
Tune In February 18: The 2009 Horizon Report	Peggy Kurkowski, EDUCAUSE	02/10/2009	1,073
Amazon Cloudfront Debuts	Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University	11/19/2008	427
Cloud Computing and the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL)	Henry E. Schaffer, North Carolina State University	10/28/2008	1,676
Talking About Cloud Computing (Part 2)	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	09/19/2008	441
Talking About Cloud Computing (Part 1)	Anna Gould, EDUCAUSE	09/12/2008	484
ALA/LITA Pre-Conference on DataGrid Technologies and Libraries	Robert H. McDonald, Indiana University	05/16/2008	370
2008 EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference Think Stops	Lida L. Larsen, EDUCAUSE	04/15/2008	595

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