Demand for cloud services as an infrastructure in higher education
Stieglitz, S., Meske, C., Vogl, R. & Rudolph, D.
Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Peer reviewedAbstract
Cloud computing is one of the major current trends in IS. It is said to be able to increase work productivity and simultaneously lower costs in organizations. However, institutions of higher education, like universities, remain hesitant to adopt it. The 'NSA scandal' and similar revelations lead to a sharp decline in trust (especially in Europe) in commercial cloud computing providers like Dropbox and Google. At the same time, cloud computing solutions often are not customized to students' and employees' needs. In this context, we examine the concept of 'university cloud computing services' by discussing it from the theoretical viewpoint as an 'infrastructure.' We conducted a large-scale survey with over 10,000 student respondents and employees from three universities. Our findings indicate a high demand for cloud computing at those universities and offer valuable implications for designing and managing cloud computing in a higher educational context.
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Authors from the University of Münster
| Meske, Christian | Research Group Communication and Collaboration Management (KUK) |
| Rudolph, Dominik | ZIV - Leitungsgruppe |
| Stieglitz, Stefan | Research Group Communication and Collaboration Management (KUK) |
| Vogl, Raimund | ZIV - Leitungsgruppe |
Projects the publication originates from
Einführung und Betrieb eines landesweiten Cloud-Speicherdienstes für Forschung und Lehre (Sync & Share NRW) Duration: 01/10/2014 - 31/10/2019 Funded by: Wirtschaft, Federal Ministry of Culture and Science of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 28/05/2014 - 31/12/2016 Funded by: ownCloud GmbH Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/04/2013 - 28/02/2014 Type of project: Own resources project |