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NEWSBYTES n GIFT SUPPORTS LIBRARY Salmonella strains for animal vaccines and novel methods to deliver medications via inhalers. In that pilot project, CIMS researchers used several IBM data analysis tools to analyze 1.4 million Web pages in less than a week—a process that normally would have taken several months. As a result, OTT licensing professionals now have a ranked list of companies that are likely to ben- efit from these inventions. The projects began via an introduction from a former MBA student who learned of the software while interning in IBM's jStart Emerging Tech- nologies division. After a classroom discussion about the difficulty organizations were having identifying potential partners, he mentioned the software to his professor. Ultimately, he was able to introduce Paul Mugge, director of CIMS, to the technology. The project is still in Phase 2, which involves "proof-of-concept." Recently, the center has been conducting searches that analyze up to 400 Web sites, which is the equivalent of 10 million pages of text, Mugge explains in the center's Winter 2011 newsletter. In Phase 3, these analyses will involve datasets that are up to 1,000 times larger. Currently, the center is building its hardware storage capacity to manage this amount of data. Now, MBA students in the college's Jenkins Gradu- ate School are using the same software as they work with local biosciences companies in their biosciences management practicum. In the future, these tools also will be built into an MBA elective and executive educa- tion courses at the college. For more information about this project, visit cims. ncsu.edu/index.php/newsletters?id=37&view=default. By 2020, the IDC predicts that the total amount of available digital data will comprise approximately 25 quintillion files, or 35 zettabytes. A zettabyte is equal to 1 quadrillion gigabytes. Harvard Business School's Baker Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has received Mass Opinion Business Software, or MOBI 2.0, as a gift from WiseWindow, based in Irvine, California. The US$5 million software pack- age will provide faculty and students with tools such as cloud computing, Web site crawling, and statistical lan- guage analysis for research on the online sentiment and behavior of consumers. n LAB FOR SECURITY The School of Business Administration at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, opened its new Security Network Instruc- tional Lab this spring. The lab, funded by a donation of hardware from California- based Juniper Networks, uses a network of servers that will allow faculty and students to run simulations of new technologies in mul- tiple server environments. Faculty also will use the lab to study issues related to desktop virtualization, surveil- lance, and information sys- tems security. For informa- tion, visit www.oakland.edu/ sbasecuritylab. n GOOGLE ADDS EDU AISLE Google recently added EDU, a category of apps devoted to education, to the Google Apps Marketplace. The marketplace includes exter- nally designed apps that can integrate with Google's free software tools such as Google Docs and Google Spreadsheets. Currently, the category has a good start, with apps such as EasyBib, a bibliography management tool; RCampus, an e-Portfo- lio builder and assessment system; and EDUBrite, an online test, quiz, and survey app. To see those and other offerings, visit www.google. com/enterprise/marketplace/ and click the "EDU" link. n MIT EXPANDS OCW Educators at the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology in Cambridge once believed that OpenCourseWare (OCW) would appeal mostly to teachers and professors who wanted a glimpse into MIT's curriculum. However, the free online repository of lecture notes and course materials has proved even more popular among college students and self-learners worldwide, who have asked for access to more com- plete courses. To meet that demand, MIT is using a US$2 million grant from the Stanton Foundation to cre- ate OCW Scholar, which now offers more complete online versions of five cours- es in science and calculus; the school plans to have 20 courses available by 2014, including some in econom- ics. OCW already includes more limited materials for the majority of courses offered through MIT's Sloan School of Management. BizEd May/June 2011 71 DAVE CUTLER/ IMAGES.COM