Cloud computing on the rise in education sector
December 4, 2015
Grazed from CloudPro. Author: Clare Hopping.
A report by MarketsandMarkets has revealed the education-based cloud computing market is accelerating at an amazing pace, with researchers predicting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.8 per cent between 2015 and 2020. The research firm said the market will grow from $5.83bn in 2015 to $15.02bn by 2020, with the US continuing to demonstrate the biggest gains and Asia-Pacific (APAC), Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Latin America breaking out of the nascent stage.
"Cloud services in [the] education sector enable efficient management of business processes and effective knowledge delivery to students," MarketsandMarkets said. "This results in higher student engagement, better collaboration among stakeholders, and improved student performance."…
The report explained that every educational establishment, from nurseries to primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities are using the latest IT technology to centrally manage their processes, whether admissions and registrations, student management, faculty management, course management, and/or library management…
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