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Using Cloud Infrastructure as Part of a Digital Preservation Strategy with DuraCloud
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Preservation of digital content in digital repositories and archives requires appropriate backup and replication, with geographic separation of the replicas as a best practice…
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Measuring the Cloud
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Measuring cloud services will finally make it obvious that measuring effectiveness is more important than tracking possible efficiencies. Obtaining the desired metrics dat…
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Cloud Support for Web Development
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Cloud services can help colleges and universities meet sudden surges or long-term increases in demand for processing, bandwidth, and storage from the campus community. The…
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If It's in the Cloud, Get It on Paper: Cloud Computing Contract Issues
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Ensure that your contract with a cloud service provider: Codifies the specific parameters and minimum levels required for each element of the service, as well as remedies f…
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Innovating in the Cloud: Exploring Cloud Computing to Solve IT Challenges
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways When resources and budgets are tight, implementing low-cost, high-innovation solutions addresses multiple challenges effectively. Higher education institutions can strateg…
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A Tale of Two Clouds
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways The University of Washington adopted a dual-provider cloud-computing strategy, focusing initially on software as a service. The original project — to replace an obsolete…
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Embracing the Cloud: Six Ways to Look at the Shift to Cloud Computing
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways Cloud computing embraces some of the things you might already be doing to deliver IT services. Rather than struggle with a strict definition of the term, consider a loose …
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Cloud Computing Explained
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June 24, 2010
Key Takeaways The NIST definition of cloud computing is concise and uses industry-standard terms. Exploring the five characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models fo…
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Structuring the IT Organization for Cloud Services
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June 15, 2010
This ECAR research bulletin is based on recent ECAR research on the continuing evolution of the IT help desk and the ramifications of above-campus services and cloud computing for higher educati…
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Cloud Computing and the Power to Choose
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June 10, 2010
© 2010 Rob Bristow, Ted Dodds, Richard Northam, and Leo Plugge EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 45, no. 3 (May/June 2010): 14-31 Rob Bristow is Programme Manager for e-Administration, Joint In…


















