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Collaborative Learning Based on a Cloud Computing Platform

Cloud computing is rapidly emerging as one of the most important resources for the future of education. Its ubiquity, convenience, and ease of customization let students and teachers have on-demand access to a vast pool of resources that can be shared among all participating individuals and institut... more

Social Media Applications and Cloud Computing

The new information era belongs to social media. Facebook and Twitter have become entwined in our daily lives, with Google hot on their heels to get in the game as well. The backbone of most prominent social media services is the cloud. But why exactly is cloud technology so important to social medi... more

This Week in the Cloud [13-04-07]

In case you missed it, here are a few notable stories posted on our GMO Cloud blog this past week, highlighting a few topics we focus on here at GMO Cloud. As always, you can follow us on Twitter or Facebook, or sign up for our newsletter updates here. Commercial Cloud Storage for Everyday Consumers... more

Commercial Cloud Storage for Everyday Consumers

A quiet revolution in data storage has occurred in recent years, with consumers all around the world enthusiastically adopting cloud storage services for their daily needs. This year seems to be a pivotal year in this massive data migration. It is expected that by the end of 2013 nearly 615 million ... more

How Cloud Computing is Changing Research Methods

How has cloud computing changed the lives of researchers and scholars? This is an interesting subject, and I’ve come across some interesting findings on the matter. The cloud has impacted research in several ways, but the most profound one has been in the domain of how data is stored and handl... more