SAINT JOHN – Academic research at seven Atlantic Canadian colleges and universities is being supported by a $550,000 equipment donation from Sun Microsystems and Aliant.
The equipment is available thanks to a unique program established between Aliant and Sun Microsystems. After completing server upgrades and consolidation at Aliant, Sun and Aliant chose to donate the equipment to educational and research institutions across the region, rather than trading it in or re-selling it.
"We are delighted to accept this generous donation of Sun servers from Aliant. These servers are currently deployed in our research operations at the Geospatial Research Facility for Terrestrial Ecosystems (GRF) at our Corner Brook campus," said Glenn Payne, Research Coordinator at College of the North Atlantic (CNA), in the press release.
More than 65 servers have been donated to Nova Scotia Community College, Université de Moncton, Acadia University, University of New Brunswick – Saint John and Fredericton, Mount Allison University, College of the North Atlantic (CNA); and the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board. The servers are used in a range of academic fields, including humanities, health sciences, computer science, physics and engineering.
