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Nobels explained

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UD faculty members discuss 2013 prize-winners at annual symposium

Today’s chemists might work at a computer as often as in a laboratory, medical researchers studying conditions such as diabetes rely on understanding how cells carry and deposit materials within the body, and average investors in the market increasingly buy index funds to average out the short-term ups and downs of individual stocks.

The discoveries that led to these changes are among the work that was honored by this year’s Nobel Prizes. (more…)

IBM Master The Mainframe Contest Prepares Students With In Demand IT Skills For A Smarter Planet

By Guest PostMarch 29, 2013Technologyanalytics, austria, benjamin paul, big data, canada, certificate programs, cloud rise, ibm, India, it skills, mainframe contest, master, michael todd, miles nosler, mobile, mobile computing projects, poland, smarter planet, social business, spain, students, sushain cherivirala, system z job, US, william cunningham

Over 4,600 students compete from US and Canada

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – 29 Mar 2013: Throughout the last 49 years, the IBM mainframe has advanced, anticipating both the present and future needs of businesses. Organizations are moving more cloud, mobile, big data and analytics computing projects on to mainframes and joining them with traditional projects like transaction processing, operational analytics and database management to develop solutions that can empower a Smarter Planet. Because of these trends, today’s mainframes are growing in popularity, requiring a new generation of mainframe experts. (more…)