Deal with IBM targets new jobs, IU computer upgrade
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Nov 30, 2006
By Rick Callahan
IBM Corp. dangled two attractive offers -- 1,000 new jobs and a big expansion of Indiana University's powerful supercomputer -- before state officials in the company's negotiations for a contract to upgrade Indiana's welfare system. IU and Purdue would jointly own the new "e1350 BladeCenter Cluster," which would be located at the same IU complex that houses Big Red.
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Read more about IU's supercomputer: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/3660.html
