Abstract — Cloud computing more commonly known as on demand computing has hugely impacted every field and changed the perception of how future IT services could be provided to organizations of discrete scale and requirements. Providing organizations with more robust, reliable and available infrastructure with literally no administrative overhead and much lesser cost, cloud computing has been a revolution in the recent history of Information and Communications Technology. Cloud Computing has benefitted organizations literally in every field of expertise irrespective of their size. Higher Education Institutions are certainly not an exception and many of the higher education institutions have successfully implemented cloud and are hugely benefitting from it. This research paper studies the common IT infrastructure of Higher Education Institutions in Sultanate of Oman and articulates how cloud computing can prove to be beneficial for higher education institutions in Sultanate of Oman

Abstract — Cloud computing more commonly known as on demand computing has hugely impacted every field and changed the perception of how future IT services could be provided to organizations of discrete scale and requirements. Providing organizations with more robust, reliable and available infr...