Feasibility Study for Cloud Computing in Education Field Sudanese Research and Education Network (SudREN)

Abstract: The cost of managing, acquiring and maintaining IT infrastructure is one of the main factors that facing Sudanese higher educational institutions in Sudan to adopt and implement eLearning. Recently, cloud computing has emerged as a new computing paradigm for delivering cost effective computing services that can be used to harness eLearning. However, the adoption of cloud computing in Sudanese higher educational institutions in Sudan is very low. Although there are many factors that may influence educational institutions to adopt cloud services, cost effectiveness is often a main factor. The objective of this paper is to declare feasibility study for cloud computing in education field, taking Sudanese research and education network SudREN case study, that with introduce their current resources use in Sudanese research and education network and there need additional resource require to implemented cloud computing in Sudanese higher educational institutions.

Keyword: Cloud computing, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Sudanese Research and Education Network (SudREN).