Google and IBM aim high to support students

[Thilaga]

Google and IBM have put $30m into a combined project to "improve the technical training that universities offer to computer science students so they become familiar with the approaches they will find increasingly being used in the workplace." Known as 'cloud computing' it harnesses a multitude of libraries, processors, and complex algorithms to carry out research.

To date the cost of such projects has been beyond the means of most colleges, but a combination of IBM's experience in running large projects and Googles use of data centers, and of course the cash should make for some very interesting research in the future.

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