Delta, NTU to build academic cloud computing environment

Delta Electronics Inc., a major Taiwanese  energy-saving solutions provider, will join with National Taiwan  University (NTU) to build the country's first cloud computing  environment for academic use. Delta will donate cloud infrastructure  worth NT$200 million (US$6.9 million), including a mobile container  cloud computing center equipped with 1,000 servers and large-capacity  hard disks, which will be used by NTU's College of Management. The  power supply unit maker will also sponsor a class at the college  starting this year, open to 30 undergraduate and graduate students, to  study business models and innovations in the cloud computing industry.  Ben Jai, senior director of Delta's cloud technology center, said the  company hopes to structure the class from the perspective of service  innovation and industrial upgrading, which was why Delta chose to work  with the College of Management inste

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