PROSPECTS OF CLOUD COMPUTING IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT Cloud computing comes into focus only when you think about what IT always needs: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real time over the Internet, extends IT's existing capabilities. Cloud computing is all the rage. "It's become the phrase du jour," says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition. As a metaphor for the Internet, "the cloud" is a familiar cliché, but when combined with "computing," the meaning gets bigger and fuzzier. Some analysts and vendors define cloud computing narrowly as an updated version of utility computing: basically virtual servers available over the Internet. Others go very broad, arguing anything you consume outside the firewall is "in the cloud," including conventional outsourcing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE CERTIFICATION PAGE DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION  1.1STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 1.2PURPOSE OF STUDY 1.3IMPORTANCE OF STUDY 1.4DEFINITION OF TERMS 1.5ASSUMPTION OF STUDY
CHAPTER TWO 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 HISTORY 2.2 CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER THREE 3.0 BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING 3.1 NEED TO EDUCATE NIGERIANS 3.2 KEEPING UP WITH TRENDS
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0 CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE 4.3 SECURITY
CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION 5.1LIMITATION OF STUDY 5.2SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH REFERENCES