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President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs

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President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs

Yesterday, at the White House, President Obama announced the award of $2.3 billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States. The 183 projects in 43 states will generate more than 17,000 high quality clean energy jobs and the domestic manufacturingof advanced clean energy technologies including solar, wind, and efficiency and energy management technologies. This investment will be matched by as much as $5.4 billion in private sector funding likely supporting up to 41,000 additional jobs.

First Green Data Center Degree Established

By Tracey de Morsella on September 11, 2009 Comments Off on First Green Data Center Degree Established AIX, Associate Degree in Information Technology - Data Center Management, business resiliency, business security, compliance skills, Data Center, Data Center Internship, DNS, Encryption, energy efficiency, energy efficient data centers, green data center management degree, green data center management track, IBM, IBM hardware, IBM i, IBM Power Systems servers, IPSec, Linux, MCC, Metropolitan Community College, NAT, NE, Network Address Translation, Omaha, PKS, Remote Access, remote students, server consolidation, software, two-year associates degree, virtual learning program, virtualization, VPNs, Web servers

Last week, IBM announced a collaboration with Metropolitan Community College (MCC) in Omaha, Nebraska, to develop a first-of-its-kind green data center management degree using IBM hardware, software and online skills training resources. The two-year associates degree includes courses to help students gain technical and business skills to prepare them for careers in the design and management of energy efficient data centers.