Intel’s Cloud Vision 2015 Drives Innovative Research

Imagine driving down the street while your car sends data about weather and traffic to the cloud so you have the latest information to get you home quickly and safely. If this sounds like something out of a science-fiction novel, guess again. This is just one example of the kind of technology Intel is hoping may evolve from their latest collaborative investment with Carnegie Mellon, The Intel Science and Technology Center for Cloud Computing. This research center, one of two that are part of a five-year $100 million program to accelerate innovation in key areas and reach out to increase university research, is a partnership between Intel data center experts and Carnegie Mellon researchers. Along with the centers, the program has seen the development of the Open Data Center Alliance, an association of Global IT leaders to define customer requirements for cloud computing. The focus of the center is to resolve outstanding issues in device and task specialization, further research into automation for agility and scalability, increase results in the analysis of large bodies of data and explore the interaction between intelligence at the edge and in the data center. This new expanded program will be openly inviting researchers from across the US academic community to take part in the process of identifying additional ISTCs by submitting information they consider vital as part of the consideration. In addition, Intel is looking forward to “tighter collaboration between university thought leaders and Intel” by publicly releasing results through technical publications and open-source software releases of the open IP models they intend to use. The ISTCs which include the Intel Embedded Computing Center, “are expected to open amazing opportunities,” said Justin Rattner, Chief Technology Officer at Intel. These centers, the first expected to be awarded in 2011 and launch in 2012, will create a new cloud computing research community that includes ideas from the top academic researchers and broadens Intel’s “Cloud 2015” vision. For a look at that vision, and how this research center is at the heart of it, watch Intel Data Center Group VP and GM, Kirk Skaugen, discuss the future of the cloud. It’s a vision well worth considering. Our newsletters and blogs are written to provide you with tools and information to meet your IT and cloud solution needs. We invite you to engage in our online community by following us on Twitter @GMOCloud and 'Liking' us on Facebook.