Cloud computing for education: A new dawn?

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-116

  Sultan, Nabil ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Grid computing; Small and medium enterprises (SMEs); Virtualization; Web services

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; GRID COMPUTING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; TAXATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION; WEBSITES;

COMPUTING PARADIGM; COMPUTING SERVICES; COST STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC CRISIS; EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; PAY AS YOU GO; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 76449099878     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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