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Toward Using Cloud Computing at Universities in Developing Countries Considering the Covid-19 Crisis

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Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 5 (SCA 2021)

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The Cloud computing is one of the trendiest buzzwords utilized these days. It is the upcoming technology provisioning resources to the customers in the form of different services like software, infrastructure and platform. Services are made available via the Internet to users on demand. Cloud Computing services are aimed to furnish easy, scalable access to resources, applications, and services and are wholly handled by a cloud service provider. A Cloud Computing service can automatically scale to satisfy the demands of its customers. The service provider delivers the hardware and software needed for the service therefore there is no essential for a company to supply or deploy its own resources or assign information technology (IT) staff to control the service. Universities take benefit of available cloud services delivered by service providers and allow their own users/learners to accomplish business and academic works. In this paper, we will review what the cloud computing services will furnish in the educational field, specially at universities in developing countries where the usage of computers are more concentrated and determine the opportunities of common applications for students and teachers, and particularly considering the Covid-19 crisis. The teachers and students can use the Cloud applications anywhere at any time without going through the installation step using a device connected to Internet. This work presents a guideline for successful Cloud Computing usage.

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  1. Laboratory of Technological Information and Modelisation (LTIM), Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

    M’rhaouarh Ibtissam & Namir Abdelwahed

  2. Second Multidisciplinary Laboratory in Sciences and Information, Communication, and Education Technology (LAPSTICE), Faculty of Sciences Ben M’Sik, University Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco

    Chafiq Nadia

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  1. Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Computer Engineering Department, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

    Mohamed Ben Ahmed

  2. Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Computer Engineering Department, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tangier, Morocco

    Anouar Abdelhakim Boudhir

  3. Computer Engineering Department, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey

    İsmail Rakıp Karaș

  4. Operations and Supply Chain Management, Wellington School of Business and Govern, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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  5. Département Des Systèmes d'Information Organisationnels, Faculty of Business Administration. Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada

    Sehl Mellouli

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Ibtissam, M., Nadia, C., Abdelwahed, N. (2022). Toward Using Cloud Computing at Universities in Developing Countries Considering the Covid-19 Crisis. In: Ben Ahmed, M., Boudhir, A.A., Karaș, İ.R., Jain, V., Mellouli, S. (eds) Innovations in Smart Cities Applications Volume 5. SCA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 393. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94191-8_59

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