CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES AS A LEADING INSTRUMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATIZATION

In the article the cloud, which is now the leading technologies of the information society, can play a leading role instrument informatization of higher education. The possibilities offered by the introduction of cloud technologies in the educational process. Using cloud technology means evolutionary step in providing the educational process more flexibility, openness and portability. Cloud technology retain all user data, perform basic computing work that requires data, applications and settings. For their use enough Internet connection. Cloud technologies have several advantages: no need powerful computers, which reduces the price of a PC power increase thanks to PC servers, reducing acquisition costs of software (programs in the clouds), the unreasonableness of constant updates, since everything is in the cloud, no piracy, unlimited amount of stored data, access from anywhere and from different places, resistance to loss of data, the performance of many types of training, monitoring and evaluation of on-line; savings to pay for technicians; saving disk space; open educational environment.