peer member institutions, as well as with the IBM research and development community, to create new approaches and strategies to improve educational services through cloud computing.
The higher educational institutions pursue cloud computing initiatives, develop skills and share
best practices for reducing operating costs while improving quality and access to education.
According to IBM: “Cloud computing makes it easier for those in the education environment such as students, faculty and administrators”, to gain immediate access to a wide range of new educational resources and research software and too
ls [10]. IBM Cloud Academy members also can [9]