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1. Introduction to cloud Cloud Computing Is Task-Centric
Cloud Computing Is Powerful
computing
accessed via the Internet. Basically, the
Cloud Computing Is Programmable
Internet is the "cloud" of applications and
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2. Services of Cloud Computing Policy-based services.
Internet connectivity.
The rapid improvement of the capacity of b) Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS):
online connectivity gave birth to cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a
computing. Although the term was already way to rent hardware, operating
used since the 90s, the actual adoption of systems, storage and network
cloud computing in relation to online capacity over the Internet.
computing started in the 21st century. Characteristics of Paas include:
Cloud computing is a general term for Operating system features
anything that involves delivering hosted can be changed and
services over the Internet. These services upgraded frequently.
are broadly divided into three categories: Geographically distributed
a) Infrastructure-as-a-Service development teams can
(IaaS): Infrastructure as a Service work together on software
is a provision model in which an development projects.
organization outsources the Services can be obtained
equipment used to support from diverse sources that
operations, including storage, cross international
hardware, servers and networking boundaries. Initial and
components. The client typically ongoing costs can be
pays on a per-use basis. reduced by the use of
infrastructure services from
Characteristics and components of
a single vendor rather than
IaaS include:
maintaining multiple
easier administration
automatic updates and
patch management
(acquiring, testing, and
installing multiple patches It all starts with the front-end interface
(code)) seen by individual users. This is how users
Compatibility: All users select a task or service (either starting an
will have the same version application or opening a document). The
of software. user’s request then gets passed to the
easier collaboration system management, which finds the
global accessibility. correct resources and then calls the
system’s appropriate provisioning services.
The traditional model of software
These services carve out the necessary
distribution, in which software is
resources in the cloud, launch the
purchased for and installed on
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appropriate web application, and either opportunity to lap up the latest Cloud
creates or opens the requested document. Computing technologies.
After the web application is launched, the
Currently, most of the companies are start-
system’s monitoring and metering
ups and are nowhere near the global giants
functions track the usage of the cloud so
like Amazon, Google, Salesforce or
that resources are apportioned and
Microsoft but they have the potentials to
attributed to the proper user(s).
compete with these giants in near future.
4. Services of Cloud Computing in
Here’s the list of India based Cloud
India:21st century economic power
Computing Service Providers, in random
house order.
India, the 2nd fastest growing economy a) Zenith InfoTech (Location: Mumbai,
has mesmerized the world with its India; Cloud Offering: PROUD; Type:
stunningly high economic growth rate IaaS): An IT product development and
since last 2 decades. A World Bank report innovation company. With an investment
has projected that in 2010, the rate of of INR 175-crore, this is considered as
growth of India's economy would be faster India’s one of the most ambitious R&D
than the currently fastest growing efforts in IT. The company is expecting
economy (i.e. China). What does this mean 2,000 - 3,000 clients of Proud in next 2
for SMBs, PSUs, MNCs or any business years.
entity based in India? Last 5 years have
seen Indian companies on a buying spree, b) Wolf Frameworks (Location:
resulting in acquiring many big & small Bangaluru, India;Cloud Offering: Wolf
overseas companies. In brief, Indian PaaS;Type: PaaS): Founded in 2006, it
companies, sitting on a huge cash piles, are provides affordable cloud service with
ready to rapidly scale up in their niche. 99.97% Service Level Assurance. Wolf is a
browser based On Demand Platform-as-a-
Interestingly, India is a global leader in Service (PaaS) for rapidly designing and
providing IT services but the delivering database driven multi-tenant
implementation of IT in its burgeoning Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.
domestic market is still lagging. This may
be a boon in disguise as they have an c) OrangeScape (Location: Chennai,
India;Cloud Offering: OrangeScape; Type:
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PaaS): The experience of building business f) Wipro Technologies(Location:
applications of varying complexity across India;Cloud Offering: Wipro w-SaaS;
industries has made OrangeScape the most Type: SaaS): Wipro has built w-SaaS, a
comprehensive PaaS (Platform as a platform for rapid SaaS enablement and
Service) offering in the market. You can deployment on cloud, using some of the
transform your idea into a SaaS commonly accepted trends in software
application and can showcase them to your engineering and open standards. Wipro
investors, partners and potential chose Oracle (Oracle Database, Oracle
customers. It has an impressive list of WebLogic Application Server and Oracle
customers viz. Ford, Pfizer, Geojit, Sify VM) as the deployment platform for w-
etc. SaaS enabled applications. The software
vendor can deploy the same application
d) TCS(Location: India; Cloud Offering:
on-premise or on the cloud using w-SaaS
ITaaS; Type: IaaS+SaaS): ITaaS is
and Oracle.
a Nano in software. ITaaS framework is a
one-stop shop for total end-to-end IT and g) Netmagic Solutions(Location: Mumbai,
hardware solutions. It includes hardware, India;Cloud Offering: CloudNet,
network, bandwidth & business software. CloudServe, PrivateCloud; Type: IaaS):
Currently ITaaS is available for 5 sectors: Netmagic looks like a dedicated cloud
Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, provider in Indian market with a potential
Education and Professional Services. to become a big player in near future.
Though the companies listed here have a available, free, and ready to use.
long way to go before they can be For students cloud applications can
compared with the best in the world yet add richness and variety to their
they have the potential to grow big with learning experience enabling them
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Cloud computing is used to provide tremendous financial incentive to build
enterprise services to schools and shared cloud computing facilities.
jurisdictions. A simple example of this is
the New South Wales Department of 6. Conclusion
Education and Training which is using
We see, in this paper, 40% of online
Google’s Gmail service to provide an
Indians use webmail services, store data
email service to all its school students. The
online, or use software programs such as
service provider can supply additional
word processing applications whose
computer processing power or storage
functionality is located on the web. Online
capacity at peak periods, and can reduce
users who take advantage of cloud
supply when it’s not needed. That means
applications say they like the convenience
jurisdictions don’t have to have to buy,
of having access to data and applications
support and maintain a whole
from any Web-connected device. But
infrastructure to service short peak
cloud computing can be used to address
periods. Instead it can utilize the capacity
tactical problems with which IT
of the cloud.
continually deals, like resource
Cloud Computing in Education- 2010 availability. I hope this problem will be
recovered soon.
Universities are already onboard.
According to Educause, about 20% of 7. References
Universities have already moved to a SaaS
model for email. This isn't limited to small 1. Brown, A. L. (1992). Design
schools, Clemson University which has experiments: Theoretical and
nearly 20,000 students switched from web methodological challenges in creating
mail to Gmail several years ago. Many complex interventions in classroom
schools are also embracing or considering settings. The Journal of the Learning
Google Apps. Sciences, 2(2), 141-178.
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