The practical work that is involved in producing the types
of results shown in this paper requires initial familiarization,
trouble-shooting, and self-guided technical learning for
students and providing solid background beforehand should be
considered necessary. One tutor should be sufficient for a
number of ten students. Learning also involves students
understanding the bigger picture, and teachers need to appeal to
students’ overall business perspectives and values. It needs to
be emphasized that cloud computing and virtualization offer
additional benefits in terms of freeing up physical resources,
migrating resources and services elsewhere, and enhancing
disaster recovery. These tools and ideas also have positive
implications for the environment, which many students tend to
appreciate. Each company is a unique case; if virtualization is
considered and implemented appropriately for a given scenario,
energy consumption for power and cooling can be better
controlled. This paper also recommends software developers to
consider using online resources and virtual environments for
building and testing. This is more relevant in the current market
with ever increasing numbers of web based applications,
mobile applications, and software-as-a-service (SaaS)
provisions. In conclusion, cloud computing has moved from
being an initial hype to providing greater productivity to
companies. Overall, the cloud continues to offer new
opportunities to a diverse group of IT professionals.