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Knowledge Management (Km) In the Age of Cloud Computing (CC): Benefit and Challenges
(2015-09-03) Musa, Shittu; Musa, Aminu UMar; Abdulkadir, Aliyu
The paper explores the concept of knowledge management, (KM), KM activities in an organization comprises of organizing, transferring, locating and ensuring the usage of information and expertise. Cloud computing (CC), being one of the technology in which data and services reside in massively scalable data centers in the cloud and can be accessed from a web browser has greatly impacted on the way knowledge is being managed. Two CC models: service model and deployment model were discussed. Characteristics of CC such as Self Healing, Multi-tenancy, linear scalability, and others were highlighted. Impact of CC on KM in libraries was also discussed. KM software such as Igloo software, SpringCM solution, Office 365 and SharePoint Online and others were explained. KM tools such as blog, wiki, discussion board, RSS feed and others have also been treated in the paper. Issues and challenges associated with KM using cc were also discussed. The paper therefore, concluded that the new trend, KM in CC has made Knowledge management easy to capture, store, disseminate and share knowledge in large organizations. Finally, organization needs to harness the benefits of cloud computing in knowledge management as this will go a long way in reducing the difficulties face in the traditional knowledge management system.