China's education system modernised by the cloud
China's education system modernised by the cloud
The biggest education cloud project is being rolled out in China, highlighting the impact the technology is having across the globe.
3Tcloud, the Chinese cloud services provider, is currently implementing the project, which will allow numerous local authorities to make better use of resource allocation as well as making major cost savings.
The city of Zhuji in Zhejiang, which is one of the most developed provinces in the country, has already seen the introduction of more than 6,000 cloud computing terminal devices across 118 schools of the area’s schools.
A recent report published on Chinese technology information source, CCIDNet.com revealed that the devices were supported by blade servers as well as 60TB HDD storage which was based in the information centre in the city centre.
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Director of the IT centre at Zhuji's education bureau, Chen Xikun, told ZDNet: “By using such a 30,000 cloud terminal devices.
As well as slashing software and hardware costs and maintenance costs, it would also see power consumption fall to 3W per device.
Director of the IT centre at Zhuji's education bureau, Chen Xikun, told ZDNet: “By using such a system, we could effectively push forward the development of the city's teaching, resources, research, and evaluation - all of which is done on the cloud.
“Take teaching on the cloud, for example, students in different courses have full access to all resources available, and it helps the elementary and secondary education of Zhuji develop in a balanced way", Xikun added.
3Tcloud CEO Tan Tianting confirmed that the current implementation was merely the start of a new trend: “To modernise an information-based education system, we will continue to set up multiple Zhuji-like education clouds in China in the future."
Businesses looking to move services into the cloud, should evaluate the performance of their existing network and consider setting up a leased line or MPLS network.
