CincyTech, Microsoft, Brazilian Broadband & More

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Friday, September 19, 2014 - 11:43am

Ohio Straight-A-Fund Recipient Schools Succeeding
Zanesville Times recorder, 9/18/2014
Ohio Superintendent of public instruction, Richard Ross, visits schools to see how the Straight-A-Fund grant money is being used…
http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2014/09/18/schools-succeeding-straight-funds/15848613/

 

IBM Supercomputer Watson Aims to Help Businesses
BBC News Technology, 9/17/2014
IBM’s supercomputer Watson will soon be made available to businesses to address issues and unanswered questions…
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29226737

 

Fights Over Digital Accessibility
Inside Higher Ed, 9/19/2014
Higher education associations and disability rights groups clash over campus technology standards…
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/19/higher-ed-associations-disability-rights-groups-clash-over-campus-technology

 

Vivendi, Telefonica seal $9.3 billion Brazilian broadband deal
Reuters, 9/19/2014
French media group Vivendi finalizes an agreement to sell its Brazilian broadband business to Spain’s Telefonica, subject to regulatory approval in Brazil…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/19/us-vivendi-gvt-idUSKBN0HE0FA20140919

 

Microsoft closes Silicon Valley R&D center in second wave of layoffs
Venture Beat, 9/18/2014
Microsoft lays off an additional 2,100 employees in announcement of its research lab closure on Mountain View, California campus…
http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/18/report-microsoft-closes-silicon-valley-rd-center-in-second-wave-of-layoffs/

 

CincyTech earns national kudos from top non-profit
Cincinnati news, 9/19/2014
Jobs-creating organization, CincyTech, is recognized for bringing in $420 million in follow-on funding to portfolio companies…
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/josh-pichler/2014/09/19/cincytech-earns-national-kudos-top-non-profit/15839147/

 

Future Cray Systems to United Analytics and Simulation
Enterprise Tech, 9/15/2014
Big Data and analytics are seen as an opportunity to Cray, intertwining workloads of modeling, simulation and analytics to play to the strengths of Cray’s system…
http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/09/15/future-cray-systems-unite-analytics-simulation/