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of Business and ManagementTHE FOX SCHOOL Graduate International Business Top 25 in the Nation MBA in Healthcare Management Top 35 in the Nation Undergraduate Risk Management and Insurance Top 10 in the Nation International Business Top 15 in the Nation Undergraduate Business Programs Top 100 in the Nation www.fox.temple.edu principle that the capacity of many connected computers is greater than the sum of individual systems. Like the Internet, a grid connects many different computer systems to each other. Grids, however, make the resources of all linked machines available to every user. Although many computer systems can be involved, users can access the grid through a single, unified interface. "A grid could potentially provide place, project planners hope to expand it to other nearby universities and, eventually, to national and international locations. Bridging the Digital Divide the tools to solve any type problem, from a complex literature search to mining the genome," said Dr. Jayanta Sircar, CIO and IT director of Harvard's Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) and principal investigator for the project, in a press release. "Harvard's goal is to help create an 'out-of-the-box' implementation of grid computing that will enable students throughout the region to leverage commonly shared resources for collaborative research and knowledge sharing." Once the Crimson Grid is in countries, the conference dealt with questions ranging from how to battle spam to whether the Internet should be internationally supervised. Speakers at the conference included UN Secre- tary-General Kofi Annan and Zim- babwe President RobertMugabe. The conference ended with the unanimous adoption of "The Decla- At a recent three-day conference of the World Summit on the Information Society, discussion centered on increasing access to information and communi- cations technology (ICT) in developing nations. Approximately 90 percent of the global population is still without access to the Internet. Attended by officials from 175 ration of Principles," which high- lighted the goal of creating a free and inclusive "information society" where everyone can access and utilize ICT. Delegates agreed to form working groups for future discussions of topics such as Internet governance and funding technological development. According to Computerworld, few delegates from Europe and North America attended, which sparked criticism by the UN. Some also noted that certain governments at the conference were them- development in their countries. Even so, the conference was the selves obstacles to technological first to create an international agenda for global technological develop- ment, saidMarkMalloch Brown, administrator of the UN develop- ment program, at a press conference. However, he admitted that no con- sensus was reached on the issue. The next World Summit will be z held in 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia. ■ BizEd MARCH/APRIL 2004 65 Making History in Philadelphia. Again. U.S. News and World Report Financial Times Forbes Executive MBA Top 25 in the World # 14 in the Nation Top 75 MBA Business Schools in the World TEMPLE