Thursday, 11 October 2007

IBM, Google To Jointly Work On Cloud Computing

IBM and Google have teamed up to do higher research in remote server technology—commonly called as Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a technology in which programmes and services are run on remote servers rather than on users' PCs.....

IBM and Google have teamed up to do higher research in remote server technology—commonly called as Cloud Computing. Cloud Computing is a technology in which programmes and services are run on remote servers rather than on users' PCs.

Both the US based technology giants said they would contribute anywhere between USD20-25 million each to build data centres in the US.

"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," Google chief executive Eric Schmidt said in a statement.

"We're aiming to train tomorrow's programmers to write software that can support a tidal wave of global web growth and trillions of secure transactions every day," IBM chief executive Sam Palmisano said.