Oct 10, 2007 : Google, IBM Educate Students
📅 - Search engine giant Google (google.com) and IBM (ibm.com) announced on Monday that they have partnered to build large data centers so that students and researchers can get experience working on Internet-scale applications, or cloud computing.
The initiative is designed to improve computer science students' knowledge of highly parallel computing practices to better address the emerging paradigm of large-scale distributed computing, says IBM. The companies will be providing hardware, software and services to augment university curricula and expand research horizons. With their combined resources, the companies hope to lower the financial and logistical barriers for the academic community to explore this emerging model of computing.
"Google is excited to partner with IBM to provide resources which will better equip students and researchers to address today's developing computational challenges," says Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. "In order to most effectively serve the long-term interests of our users, it is imperative that students are adequately equipped to harness the potential of modern computing systems and for researchers to be able to innovate ways to address emerging problems."
Most of the innovation in cloud computing has been led by corporations, but industry executives and computer scientists say a shortage of skills and talent could limit future growth. Six universities will be involved in the initiative including Carnegie Mellon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Maryland and the University of Washington.
The initiative is designed to improve computer science students' knowledge of highly parallel computing practices to better address the emerging paradigm of large-scale distributed computing, says IBM. The companies will be providing hardware, software and services to augment university curricula and expand research horizons. With their combined resources, the companies hope to lower the financial and logistical barriers for the academic community to explore this emerging model of computing.
"Google is excited to partner with IBM to provide resources which will better equip students and researchers to address today's developing computational challenges," says Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. "In order to most effectively serve the long-term interests of our users, it is imperative that students are adequately equipped to harness the potential of modern computing systems and for researchers to be able to innovate ways to address emerging problems."
Most of the innovation in cloud computing has been led by corporations, but industry executives and computer scientists say a shortage of skills and talent could limit future growth. Six universities will be involved in the initiative including Carnegie Mellon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Maryland and the University of Washington.
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