Economic Benefits of Implementing Cloud in Higher Education Institutions, a reflection

Abstract

Most of the organisations have deployed communication and information systems that provide them seamless connectivity with partners and branches, and control on the resources, resulting in efficiency, easy management, time saving and enhanced productivity. As information and communication systems are becoming part and parcel of organisations without which modern enterprises cannot even think of existence, their reliability, security and cost effectiveness are some major concerns for enterprises to deal with. The adoption of cloud computing had been a revolutionary milestone in this regard. Higher education institutions have also benefited from cloud implementations. The cloud implementations in higher education in Sultanate of Oman although being abysmally low has a gradual shift towards cloud hosting and implementation of clouds in higher education institutions. This research is a mere effort to highlight the economic benefits that higher education establishments can achieve by the implementation of cloud computing.