Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next.

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United Arab Emirates Qatar eBook Language 162

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. We found that lack of knowledge is the biggest barrier to deeper cloud computing adoption. What Didn't Surprise Me.

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Survey Global South Africa Results 61

Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

60% of respondents cite lack of knowledge as a barrier to cloud adoption. A significant percentage of respondents, (37%) said that lack of knowledge about cloud computing is a motivator to move to the cloud because it offers good training opportunities for organizations. Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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NGO Survey Global Adopt 62