Topic
Cloud computing
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Communities in the cloud
PhD student Steven Gonzalez studies cloud computing with the eye of an anthropologist.
June 5, 2019 -
Computing at full capacity
MIT spinout Jisto helps companies optimize utilization with real-time deployment, monitoring, and analytics.
July 31, 2015 -
Diagnosing “broken" buildings to make them greener
Startup’s software detects inefficient equipment in facilities — saving energy, time, and money.
June 13, 2014 -
Detecting program-tampering in the cloud
A new version of ‘zero-knowledge proofs’ allows cloud customers to verify the proper execution of their software with a single packet of data.
September 11, 2013 -
Protecting data in the cloud
A new hardware design makes data encryption more secure by disguising cloud servers’ memory-access patterns.
July 2, 2013 -
Securing the cloud
A new algorithm solves a major problem with homomorphic encryption, which would let Web servers process data without decrypting it.
June 10, 2013 -
Drew Houston's Commencement address
'I stopped trying to make my life perfect, and instead tried to make it interesting.'
June 7, 2013 -
Opening Dropbox
MIT alumnus Drew Houston took Dropbox from conception to a multibillion-dollar business.
June 6, 2013 -
Valuing versatility
In an age of specialization, a little versatility could improve operations management, cloud computing, and possibly even the provision of health care.
May 1, 2013 -
Making cloud computing more efficient
For database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 percent while actually improving performance.
March 12, 2013 -
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston will be MIT’s 2013 Commencement speaker
MIT alumnus and co-founder of popular file-transfer service will address the Class of 2013 on June 7.
November 13, 2012 -
MIT Auto-ID Labs launches ‘Cloud of Things’ initiative
Initiative brings together academia, industry to support the development, adoption, best practices and commercial success of big-data applications in mobile retail commerce.
November 2, 2012 -
CloudTop takes top $100K competition prize
A record 215 teams competed in this year’s business plan competition.
May 17, 2012 -
New CSAIL research could help secure the cloud
DARPA funding awarded to a project that aims to develop a smart, self-healing cloud computing infrastructure.
March 14, 2012