Small Colleges Take Giant Steps into the Cloud

Campus Technology: With technology assuming an ever-greater role on campuses nationwide, IT shops are struggling to handle the increased demand for services. While cloud-based computing services are an attractive solution for midsize and large schools, many smaller institutions have been wary about the opportunities, in part because they often lack the ability to do extensive due diligence. That may be changing, however, as schools discover the collective power of consortia (see Contracting for Cloud Services on a Massive Scale), the cost-benefit equation improves, and cloud vendors start to offer turnkey solutions

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