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...plans to test Higgins at the College later this month, giving students the opportunity to obtain their own identity cards to try out the system, according to Clippinger. He said he expects some of the most useful feedback to come from students. The program’s partners include IBM, Novell, and Microsoft, according to Clippinger. The Higgins project is open source, meaning that anyone will be able to see the code behind the technology. The popular internet browser Mozilla Firefox and the operating system Linux are also open source programs. The code-name “Higgins?...
Also found near the Pit, IBM Professor of Business and Government Roger B. Porter, who teaches a popular course on “The American Presidency,” looked surprised upon hearing the news of Summers’ resignation but declined to comment...
...IBM, the aging workforce represents both a business opportunity and an internal dilemma. Over the past year, the technology giant, based in Armonk, N.Y., has launched a business initiative focused on the aging workforce, with consulting packages, software and other tools to serve older employees and the companies that employ them. But like many of its clients, the company is encountering issues presented by its own aging workers. Facing narrowing profit margins and changed employment norms, IBM announced in January that it would freeze its pension plan...
...same time, IBM launched a $2 million program that will pay for tuition, licensing and interim salaries for employees who want a bridge to new careers as math and science teachers. Kathy Kelly, 58, plans to cross over. In her 36 years with IBM, she has stuck with the company through 18 different job titles and assignments in China and Chicago. As the single mother of two school-age children, Kelly isn't ready to retire but needs to dial back the 24/7 demands of her job as a global-strategies director. Teaching middle-school math will better match...
...team of four engineers enters the meeting room, each clutching an IBM Think Pad. They have just 20 minutes: a digital clock projected on the wall ticks it down. You don't go before Brin and Page--joined by CEO Eric Schmidt, 51, the Silicon Valley veteran brought in a few years ago to provide adult supervision--until you have your pitch down. And the way Google operates, you don't have your pitch down until you have the numbers to quantify its superiority. The engineers tell Brin and Page that they can generate extra advertising revenue by adding small...