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Ruminations on the System i Market
June 9, 2008
From the Mouths (and Hands) of Babes...
VAI (Vormittag Associates) has partnered with Stony Brook University’s Center of Excellence in Wireless & Information Technology (CEWIT) to gain a valuable edge in the vendor market. Through the agreement, Stony Brook computer science graduate students will aid VAI in the development of several WebSphere e-commerce applications. Stony Brook’s graduate students have already designed several web portal applications that will be added to VAI’s S2K Commerce Express software package.
VAI Vice President Russ Cereola says, “Stony Brook University is a world-renowned educational institution, and VAI is privileged to have access to some of the brightest minds in information technology today. The CEWIT partnership has allowed VAI to develop several advanced IBM WebSphere portal applications that will be available to our customers at no additional cost. VAI understands that the best way to stay abreast of current technology trends is to utilize those with the most up-to-date knowledge, and this partnership has allowed us to do just that.”
One major edge that VAI has over other product vendors: fresh new ideas stemming from a team of workers who can go days without sleep and only need a couple of Red Bulls for payment. No, really, students will get a lot out of the deal, too: actual experience and a better shot at a job after graduation.
On another positive note, CEWIT’s new building, which opens next month, adds 90 new research labs and a million square feet of active research and development lab space. I hope that is a good sign for the i development world of the future…
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--Erin Bradford, systems management & availability editor
Posted by ebradford at June 9, 2008 10:19 AM
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