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

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.