Private Cloud: A Paradigm of Cloud Computing with University Shared data Center (USDC) International Journal of Computer & Communication Technology ISSN (PRINT): 0975 - 7449, Volume-3, Issue-6, 7, 8, 2012 117 PRIVATE CLOUD: A PARADIGM OF CLOUD COMPUTING WITH UNIVERSITY SHARED DATA CENTER (USDC) SARVESH KUMAR 1 , SAURABH SRIVASTAVA 2 , VIJAY KUMAR 3 , OPINDER KUMAR, 4 & ASHWANEE KUMAR SINGH 5 1,4 Computer Science and Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab 5 Electronics and Communication Engineering, bhagwant University, Ajmer, India Email:sarvi899@gmail.com, iam100rabh@gmail.com, vijay.ame02@gmail.com, opinderkumar1@gmail.com, conquer3927@gmail.com Abstract— Cloud computing in academic environment will be benefitted by every student and staff where lots of collaboration and safety of data is needed in academia. Academic has various departments and many semesters where lots of students need to access the computing a need for highly available up-to-date software and hardware is must. Cloud computing has the capacity of scaling and elasticity which is perfect for such an environment. Use of Cloud computing on universities has many benefits such as accessing the file storages, e-mails, databases, educational resources, research applications and tools anywhere for faculty, administrators, staff, students and other users in university, on demand. Furthermore, cloud computing reduces universities’ IT complexity and cost. In this paper we focuses on the future scope of private cloud computing for universities and security issues between them. The implementation part will show that the universities expenditure will be reduced by decreasing their demand for software licensing. Keywords—cloud computing; private cloud; USDC I. INTRODUCTION Many managers in small business and academicians in universities are not aware of benefits and characteristic of minimizing the cost of cloud computing. IT companies are eager to encourage educational adoption of cloud computing; for example, Google has designed cloud based Google- Apps for educational usage, and another example, IBM launched IBM Cloud Academy that is provide a global forum for educators, researchers and IT professionals from education industry to pursue cloud computing initiatives, develop skills and share best practices for reducing operating costs while improving quality and access to education. Some benefits of Cloud Computing can be listed: 1. Reduced implementation and maintenance costs 2. Increased mobility for a global workforce 3. Flexible and scalable infrastructures 4. Quick time to market 5. IT department transformation (focus on innovation vs. Maintenance and implementation) 6. “Greening” of the data center. With the increasing number in receiving education, a series of new problems have emerged. For example: As teaching methods change, the existing teaching- learning methods cannot meet demand; and with the constant expansion of education, the existing teaching facilities also need to constantly update. When Cloud Computing appears, it provides a new solution to establish a unified, open and flexible network teaching platform and reduce the hardware input. Taking into account the last two examples, we can see that both approaches, industrial (or commercial) and non-commercial cloud computing solutions can be successfully employed within educational institutions and another example, IBM launched IBM Cloud Academy that is provide a global forum for educators, researchers and IT professionals from education industry to pursue cloud computing initiatives, develop skill and share best practices for reducing operating costs while improving quality and access to education. In this way users do not need to buy a server, only need to purchase related "services" can create an efficient network teaching platform [10]. Using of cloud computing in academicians in universities are not aware of benefits and characteristic of minimizing the cost of cloud computing. From an IT-management view, it radically reduces resource management costs — including electric power, cooling and system management personnel, while driving up the utilization of servers and software licenses, which in turn reduces purchasing requirements II. CONCEPT OF CLOUD COMPUTING: Cloud Computing provides resources and capabilities of Information Technology (e.g., applications, storages, communication, collaboration, infrastructure) via services offered by CSP (cloud service provider). Cloud Computing has various characteristics as shared infrastructure, self-service, pay-per use model, dynamic and virtualized, elastic and scalable. That’s the big question! The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) defines it as: ‘a model for enabling convenient, on-demand