Why Has IBM Given Warwick a Pounds 2m Computer?: Science and Research ; the Answer? Because Warwick Is Just One of a Number of UK Universities Tapping into a Golden Age of Private-Sector Funding for Scientific Research, Writes Chris Brown

Brown, Chris, The Independent (London, England)

Two weeks ago, a senior executive from IBM was at Warwick University. Various dignitaries and a handful of photographers were there to witness Nicholas Donofrio formally open the new pounds 10m computer-science building. Why was IBM's senior vice-president there? Because his company had given the university - free of charge - one of its latest pounds 2m super-computers.

The new centre has risen from the original university building built in 1965; a time when it was surrounded by farmland. Now it is at the centre of a university ranked in the top five for research in the UK. IBM's contribution - the S/390 computer - will be used by academics at the cutting edge of new …

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Publication information: Article title: Why Has IBM Given Warwick a Pounds 2m Computer?: Science and Research ; the Answer? Because Warwick Is Just One of a Number of UK Universities Tapping into a Golden Age of Private-Sector Funding for Scientific Research, Writes Chris Brown. Contributors: Brown, Chris - Author. Newspaper title: The Independent (London, England). Publication date: February 1, 2001. Page number: 8. © 2009 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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