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IBM, EU and European universities work to create cost-effective cloud computing

July 8, 2010 - 5:40am | News | Other themes
IBM, EU and European universities work to create cost-effective cloud computing

IBM is establishing a consortium in association with the European Union and a number of universities to conduct a research into new cloud-computing models in a move to reduce costs for hosting and maintaining Internet-based services.


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Business online education is flourishing

October 2, 2009 - 5:40am | News | Other themes
Business online education is flourishing

 When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master's degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.


The 44-year-old's educational experience exceeded her expectations, and her new employer paid for her to take four more courses online to sharpen her skills.


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More and more Universities in Canada are eliminating credit card payments

July 13, 2009 - 5:29am | News | Plastic cards
More and more Universities in Canada are eliminating credit card payments

As it’s known, Canadian universities remove the option of paying with credit cards, as universities want to trim the transaction fees they pay to financial institutions and most schools are putting the money they save into their operating budgets, while others are directing the savings towards specific projects like bursaries for first-year students.


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Students squeezed by the crisis, credit cards become too dear to pay for tuition

July 1, 2009 - 2:03am | News | Plastic cards
Students squeezed by the crisis, credit cards become too dear to pay for tuition

Students are getting constrained in using their credit cards all over the United States. Starting today students at the University of Southern Maine who pay tuition with cards will be charged a 2.75% processing fee. George Mason University, Northwestern University, Wichita State and the University of Virginia are among other educational institutions who have adopted or are adopting similar practices.


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