Business Cloud News writes on the slow move to the cloud by higher education in "Ovum: Higher education lagging in cloud adoption". The focus in the article is on the use of Learning Management Systems for these institutions.
While I agree with the general premise of the article regarding the rate of adoption of the cloud by higher ed, I would argue that the use of cloud platforms will not just be driven by LMS usage, but will extend much further across their enterprises. Student information systems, housing systems, CRM, etc. will also drive them into the cloud - particularly where commodity platforms are much more cost effectively operated there.
Our customers are tech-savvy folks, but they are also pragmatic. The single biggest impediment to adoption, in my opinion, isn't the desire to move to the cloud, but is instead it's maturity. As the next generation of services are made available and stability and reliability go up, that's where you'll see the growth of adoption take off.
Bottom line: Until public cloud providers dramatically improve their product stability and make it a true value add you won't see the education sector move to it in large scale.
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