The Possible Impact of Cloud Computing on the Liberal Arts College
For meanings of cloud computing equal to SOA, managed services, software-as-service, etc.
Here’s my short list of potential effects:
- network, network, network. Are you ready for more traffic, more reliance, more network monitoring?
- wireless, wireless, wireless. If you’re offering more networked services, then you’ll also need more network connections. That means wireless.
- IT staff. Are they ready? See this article G-lo mentions below. Do your staff truly understand the interrelatedness of your current operation and any reliance on location-based components? And, are you building expertise in converged networks and virtualization?
- Are you ready? Do you have someone who can manage contracts and who can … Continue Reading