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Partnering on smart water management
IBM, the King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia and the University of Texas
are collaborating to help utilities, governments and businesses manage their water usage. They have co-developed
a new membrane for water purification and are also working on sensor and intelligence networks with smart
water meters. Learn more on YouTube.
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Survey shows U.S. college students want technology skills
A survey of more than 1,600 college students conducted by IBM and Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY reveals that more than
50 percent are seeking to improve their own technology skills before they graduate. Eight in 10 expect to encounter
new technology that they will need to learn, adapt to and master once they enter the workforce. |
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Carnegie Mellon SEI launches Smart Grid Framework
The Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute will assume primary responsibility for the ongoing governance, growth
and
evolution of the Smart Grid Maturity Model. Initially developed by IBM with the cooperation of the Global Intelligent Utility
Network
Coalition and the American Productivity & Quality Center, the modeling tool offers observable indicators to measure
progress
and aid the development of smart grid programs, which are important for coping with today's energy concerns. |
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UAlbany NanoCollege to develop new technology for 22nm chips
In collaboration with IBM and Applied Materials, Inc., the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University
at
Albany, NY announced an agreement to jointly develop process modeling technology for manufacturing 22 nanometer (nm) logic
and memory chips. This project and partnership will accelerate the integration of advanced processing and innovative
nanoelectronics research and development. |
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Connecting with the cloud
The cloud is a computing model where data and services reside in massively scalable data centers and are
ubiquitously accessed over the Internet. Applications can make use of the cloud for
added value, such as storage, queuing, and hosting. This article examines a hybrid application
to help you understand the cloud's benefits.
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Utilizing Web 2.0 in business applications
If your students are designing business applications, point them to this article. It shows how popular
Web 2.0 services such as YouTube, Twitter, and SlideShare can provide business value, such as improving workplace
relationships, empowering employees to share information, and strengthening a company's brand identity. |
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Go to System z school this summer!
Come to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY or to the IBM Innovation Center in Dallas, TX for free faculty summer seminars.
Learn z/OS Basics, DB2, COBOL, Rational Developer for System z, Virtualization using z/VM, IBM Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
and SDK Technology. |
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Now is a good time to renew and report
The semester is almost over. Take a moment to renew your Academic Initiative membership and
tell us how many students you taught and what technologies you used.
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IMPACT 2009
Las Vegas, NV, USA
May 3-8, 2009
Over 400 technical sessions offering top SOA and WebSphere education.
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ICSS 2009
Beijing, China
May 14-15, 2009
Attend the International Conference on Service Science.
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Rational Software Conference
Orlando, FL, USA
May 31-June 4, 2009
Get discounted prices with these codes:
PROF9 for professors, SEED9 for students.
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ECC 2009
Poughkeepsie, NY
June 21 - 23, 2009
National conference for industry, government, and educators.
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CASCON 2009
Ontario, Canada
November 2-5, 2009
Accepting abstracts for technical papers.
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