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Cloud Computing & Data Center Virtualization

Campuses are under intense pressure to reduce costs, improve services, and increase transparency. Innovative use of IT is a logical solution, but such agility has proved frustratingly elusive. Cisco has developed a strategy to improve data center operations and optimize infrastructure, enabling campuses to leverage the benefits of cloud computing and employ technology to its greatest potential for service.

A Monograph on Cloud Computing


By Teresa Bozelli, Bozelli Enterprises

Education and Government Institutions face intense pressure for cost control and improvement of services

The Situation
Today is a time of crisis, chaos, and challenge. Our governments and educational institutions have not been spared in these tough economic times and are facing severe budget shortfalls today and likely for several years to come. The tax base has eroded and rainy day funds are depleted, thus a significant crisis for [read more...]

FAQ

What is cloud computing?

Very simply stated, cloud computing is the delivery of a service or a capability over the network. More specifically, cloud computing refers to IT resources and services that are abstracted from the underlying infrastructure and are provided "on demand" and "at scale" in a multitenant environment.

What are the benefits of cloud computing?

Cloud computing fundamentally changes the way IT services are delivered. Organizations can employ cloud computing to meet their IT requirements using a flexible, on demand, and rapidly scalable model that requires neither ownership on their part, nor provision of dedicated resources.

Are there security issues connected with cloud computing?

Traditional issues around data and resource access control, encryption, and incident detection are factors in cloud computing. The key take-away in cloud data center computing is that security should not be an afterthought or a building block; it should be pervasively implemented across all layers of architecture

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On-Demand Webinar:

Cloud Computing: The Future of IT

A growing number of today’s colleges and universities are moving to a from legacy data center infrastructure to a cloud computing model. This session will detail the benefits and value of cloud computing and provide a blueprint for making it a reality on your campus.

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