Category: MOC News

Daily Free Press: BU Awarded $3M to Build Mass Open Cloud

Written by Adrian Baker, Published in the Daily Free Press on Apr 29, 2014 Boston University has received $3 million in state funding from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in addition to support from technology companies to develop the Massachusetts Open Cloud, the first cloud computing software of its kind. “The MOC is conceived as a marketplace where […]

Plexxi: Our Pledge to the MOC

Michael Bushong, vice president of marketing at Plexxi, announces $1M pledge in support of the MOC. The most powerful innovations in human history are born out of collaboration. And so it is thrilling and deeply satisfying for me to announce Plexxi’s participation in the Massachusetts Open Cloud (MOC) project. [Read Article]  

BU Today: Pioneering a Cloud Computing “Mall”

Massachusetts awards $3 million to BU-led project By Rich Barlow, Published in BU Today on April 28, 2014 With the governor of Massachusetts pledging $3 million in state support, BU leaders Friday announced plans for development of a pathbreaking computing cloud that could spur economic growth and technology innovation. Azer Bestavros, director of BU’s Rafik B. Hariri […]

$3M Awarded to Launch the Massachusetts Open Cloud @ BU

[For Immediate Release – April 25, 2014] GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES FUNDING TO LAUNCH MASSACHUSETTS OPEN CLOUD PROJECT, CELEBRATES RELEASE OF 2014 MASS BIG DATA REPORT State’s first big data industry status report finds 3,000 new Big Data jobs in Massachusetts over the course of the next year HOLYOKE – Friday, April 25, 2014 – Governor […]