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Научное обозрение. Экономические науки
ISSN 2500-3410
ПИ №ФС77-57503
ISSN 2500-3410
ПИ №ФС77-57503
THE POTENTIAL OF THE CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM USING MICROSOFT OFFICE 365 AS AN EXAMPLE
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We examine one of the most up-to-date modernization trends of educational information infrastructure. The trend is based on a great number of different approaches, including both technological and economic aspects, and it is called «cloud technologies». «Cloud technologies» introduces the new paradigm into the information technologies application, turning these technologies into provided and consumed services. Information infrastructure based on «clouds» will meet all the established requirements to the information environment of the university: productivity, scalability and flexibility, uninterruptedness, reliability and efficiency. The description of one of the cloud decisions that represents «software as a service», Microsoft Office 365, is examined in this article. Despite its name, this product represents the holistic decision for the collaboration, the workflow and the integrated communication. We described its economic potential for companies and particularly for educational organizations. We defined that Office 365 introduces the new payment scheme for educational organizations – «the payment for use». Moreover, this decision allows to replace entirely capital investments with operating costs, reducing the last one. We considered the economic effect of this cloud decision application by the example of several big companies and educational organizations that chose this technology.