IBM/Google Cloud Computing University Initiative

IBM/Google Cloud Computing University Initiative was a 2009 project using the resources developed in 2007's IBM/Google Cloud Computing partnership. This initiative was to provide access to cloud computing for the universities of all countries.[1]

This initiative was funded by the National Science Foundation awarding $5 million in grants to 14 universities, including Kyushu University, University of Washington, Carnegie Mellon University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

With funding help from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the cloud computing initiative provided assistance to hundreds of university scientists working on research projects.[2]

By 2011, Google and IBM were completing the program since high-performance cloud computing clusters had become widely available to researchers at reasonable costs.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Science Foundation Awards Millions to Fourteen Universities for Cloud Computing Research". IBM. April 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ Gonzalez, Amado (January 11, 2012). "The Payoff from the IBM-Google University Research Cloud". FIU.
  3. ↑ "The Payoff from the IBM-Google University Research Cloud". IBM. December 22, 2011.


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