TechnoLearn: An International Journal of Educational Technology
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

Open Source Software Vis-à-Vis Cloud Computing: Healthy Requirement for Social Development: A Brief Case Study

1FBAS, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology [IIEST], Shibpur-An Institute of National Importance, West Bengal, India

2Vice-Chancellor, VMS University, Sikkim, India

3Principal, Institute of Engineering and Management, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

4Managing Director, Cloud Net Institute of Information Technology Private Limited, India

*Address for Correspondence FBAS, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology [IIEST], Shibpur-An Institute of National Importance, West Bengal, India E-mail: prantoshkpaul@gmail.com

Online published on 1 September, 2016.

Abstract

Cloud Computing is one of the important computing platform in today's age which is responsible for virtualization of several Information Technology product which including hardware, software, application, packages, utilities and operating systems. The developments of Information Technology rejuvenate by the application of Cloud Computing application and promotion. Practically Cloud Computing is a consortium based computing service, in which most of the cases, a service provider build all the facilities and provides services of software, hardware, and others to the remote based organization and institutions. This paper is briefly discuses about the Open Source Software dedicated to cloud platform creation and promotion in very simple manner.

Keywords

Cloud computing, information technology, information services, open source, software, systems, IT application, information centers