Greenpeace tips hat to Facebook, Google for renewable energy use (Network World) Both Facebook and Google have made large strides toward using renewable energy to power their datacenters. When large companies like this are able to push power companies toward renewable energy sources, everyone benefits.
Lockheed Martin to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Close Sites (The Wall Street Journal) In response to continued declines in U.S. government spending, Lockheed Martin will close sites and lay off numerous employees. The Akron, Ohio plant is slated to close by mid-2015, leaving over 500 unemployed.
Not Dead Yet (Inside Higher Ed) The leaning management system industry is anticipated to post a year-over-year growth rate of about 25 percent for the next five years, expanding from $2.55 billion today to $7.83 billion in 2018. Most predict that the growth will not come from the higher education sector alone and much of it will occur outside of North America.
Oak Ridge gets help to manage Titan's massive data stream (GNC) To sift through the massive amounts of data collected by Titan, Oak Ridge is employing two smaller supercomputers whose sole purpose is to sort through the data.
Push to Track Veterans' College Success Gets a $3.2-Million Boost From Google (The Chronicle of Higher Education) Google announced on that it would provide grants to support national research to assess student veterans' academic performance and determine what kinds of campus-based programs were most effective in helping them. There is little information available on the effectiveness of the GI bill or veterans’ experiences in college.
White House Unveils Big Data Projects, Round Two (Information Week) The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Networking and Information Technology R&D program introduced a slew of new big-data collaboration projects aimed at stimulating private-sector interest in federal data. The projects range from space exploration to linguistics.
