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Looking to the future
I Cloud computing
• Use vendor data centers and applications on a pay-for-use basis
• Excellent for handling overflow (seasonal) and special processing
• Depending on cost, can choose either on premise or cloud computing
• Currently vvorking on cloud projects in three areas
- Student email (ll/Iicrosolt and Google)
- Enterprise systems (SAP - Dell)
- High performance research computing and storage (Dell)
I E-text books
• Publishing is quickly going electronic. Text books vvill be follovving
• Open educational content uses electronic material created elsevvhere
- Suited for common, introductory courses
• A combination of open content and electronic access can reduce the
costs of text books (vvA slate egllmalea a 25% Boa adoption $7 mllllonlyealln student wings)
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