Top Cloud-Based Innovations in Higher Education Infographic

• 55% of institutions want increased efficiency, and believe that could computing is the best way to make this happen.
• By the end of 2014, more than 4 out of 5 higher education students are expected to take some or all their classes online.

Top 5 Higher Education Uses of Could

1. 68% Conferencing/Collaboration
2. 65% Storage
3. 65% Offline/Productive Suites
4. 62% Messaging
5. 59% Compute Power

Top Higher Education Institution Using the Could

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Berkeley University of California
• University of Washington
• University of Michigan
• Harvard University
• University of San Francisco

Top 5 Higher Education Cloud-Based Tools

1. Banner by Ellucian
   Banner is a Enterprise Resource Planning platform for higher education to help support department and users on campus
2. Cirrus Insight
   Cirrus Insight is a tool that helps staff manage student and alumni relationships by connecting the cloud-based Salesforce CRM with Gmail
3. Evernote
   Evernote is a cloud-based note taking platform, allowing teachers to capture notes, organize lesson plans, collaborate on projects, snap photos of whiteboards, and more.
4. Amazon Web Services
   Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a scalable could platform that gives institutions access to a variety of IT management tools, while allowing them to store large amounts of data on Amazon’s remote servers.
5. Prezi
   Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software, allowing teachers and instructors to create presentations with images, video and text right from their internet browser – and they can even edit offline.