The Information Society in Spain - Plan Avanza

Recent analysts’ opinions … (XII)
IBM and HP to install new science supercomputers in Spain. Cinco Días 03/11/2009
• HP and IBM have announced, in two days time, two different projects to promote supercomputing in
Spain. IBM is planning to locale a brand-new computer which is 100 times faster than the current “Mare
Nostrum” in Barcelona (Supercomputing National Centre), which means 10 13 flops. On the other hand,
HP has recently launched, along with the Regional Government of Castile Leon, the “Calendula”
supercomputer, which is able to process 35 teraflops.
Spain is the referent in digital education (06/11/2009)
• According to Vicepresident of Toshiba for Southern Europe in declarations to Expansión “Nowadays,
Spain is the European referent as far as schools modernization model is concern.”
• “In Italy, it has began providing the teachers with digital billboards, videoprojectors, and portable
DVD, but it hasn’t already tackled the pupils digital equipment provision, since they are the ones who
pressure teachers to increase their digital skills faster.”
Telefónica strengthenes the staff to lead M2M market (Cinco Días. 16/12/2009)
• Telefónica has set up a specific international unit, called Global M2M, in order to provide this kind of
solutions.
• More than 100 proffesional will be involved all around the countries where the unit will operate. The
development centre has been located in Madrid.
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