Web-based applications offer teachers, students, and school districts a convenient way to accomplish a wide range of tasks, from accounting to word processing, for free. Cloud computing has the potential to offer staff and students better services at a lower cost than the technology deployment models they're using now. Saving money and improving efficiencies are two areas where schools can use all the help they can get. The term "cloud computing" originated from the cloud metaphor and graphic that often represent the Internet on network diagrams, because cloud computing relies on applications and file storage that reside on a network--either a local-area network, a district intranet, or the Internet itself. This article discusses several real advantages of cloud computing.