NCSU´s Virtual Computing Lab: A Cloud Computing Solution

Author

Schaffer, Henry E. ; Averitt, Samuel F. ; Hoit, Marc I. ; Peeler, Aaron ; Sills, Eric D. ; Vouk, Mladen A.

Author_Institution

Special IT Projects, North Carolina State Univ. (NCSU), NC, USA

Volume

42

Issue

7

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

97

Abstract

The delivery of many diverse computing services over the Internet, with flexible provisioning, has led to much greater efficiency, substantial cost savings, and many ways to enable and empower end users. NCSU´s own experience with cloud computing, through its Virtual Computing Lab, indicates that this approach would be beneficial to a much wider audience.ays to enable and empower end users. NCSU´s own experience with cloud computing, through its Virtual Computing Lab, indicates that this approach would be beneficial to a much wider audience.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; cost accounting; educational institutions; laboratories; Internet; NCSU; Virtual Computing Lab; cloud computing solution; cost savings; diverse computing services; Application software; Blades; Cloud computing; Computer applications; Costs; Educational institutions; Internet; Licenses; Linux; Portable computers; Education; IT systems; Information technology; Networking and communications; Systems engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2009.230

Filename

5165541