10. Personalized learning networks. For training, you can use network resources
that are popular with the modern generation, for example, social networks Facebook,
etc. These resources allow you to use many of your applications for educational
purposes, and to develop and create your own.
11. Development platforms (e.g. CMS). Now, many content management systems
are self-developed platforms that allow educational institutions and organizations,
which easily deploy their learning systems.
12. Cloud Computing Resources. Cloud technologies provide educational
organizations with free cloud services that could been used in the educational process.
It should be noted that the emergence and mass spread of computer technology at
the end of the last century played a major role in the evolution of cloud technologies.
On the one hand, the emergence of personal computers for some time suspended the
development of cloud technologies, because the computing power of large computers
and machine time, provided for rent, were irrelevant. On the other hand, the massive
spread of computer technology gave impetus to the development of network
technologies and the integration of personal computers in the network, which became
the basis for the further development of cloud technologies.
Recent trends in the cloud services market indicate strong competition among
cloud providers. Various large companies, such as Google and Microsoft, actively use
the concept of «computing cloud».
Several technological advances have contributed to the emergence and evolution
of cloud technologies, including:
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The emergence of reliable high-speed networks;
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Virtualization capabilities; open source software (such as Linux, Apache, and
Hadoop) that lowered the cost of data center software;
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Adoption of open standards for web 2.0 technology, which made application
development in the cloud much easier and faster;
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The emergence of infrastructures deployed by manufacturers such as Google
and Amazon;
Development and improvement of server equipment.
In the usual form of cloud technology appeared relatively recently, but it is worth
noting that in these calculations were predecessors:
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Distributed computing;
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Grid-calculations.
Cloud computing (Cloud computing) distinguishes from the previous models,
first, the principle of providing computing power: renting the necessary software and
hardware, or even providing the entire infrastructure as a service via the Internet.
Professor of the University of Milan (University of Milan) Federico Etro in his
article notes that cloud computing (CC) - new the main purpose of Internet - oriented
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