Globus, a $10 million network to enable scientists to share large sets of data with colleagues far and wide. Data modeling and networking software for physicists researching gravity waves, the gravitational forces generated by celestial bodies. The software will allow scientists to analyze quadrillions of data points from the information they obtain and share on Globus. The price tag? A cool $11.8 million. Purchase of a new $45 million supercomputer capable of making 6 trillion calculations per second. Other agencies, including the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), also bankroll basic IT research. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is studying embedded systems, high-bandwidth networks on demand and multilingual voice recognition, says former Director of the IT Office Shankar Sastry (Sastry left DARPA last spring to chair the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of California at Berkeley). NIH, meanwhile, is doling out dollars for technology that aids image-guided surgery and supercomputers that will be able to compute relationships between molecules in the human genome, according to National Center for Research Resources Associate Director Michael Marron. Most of these are eight- to 12-year initiatives that, like the Internet, have inherent commercial appeal. Related content BrandPost The Era of Multi-Cloud Services Has Arrived How to unlock the benefits of multi-cloud environments By Adelino Simao Mar 21, 2023 4 mins VMware BrandPost Why CISOs Are Looking to Lateral Security to Mitigate Ransomware How to fight ransomeware attacks with lateral security By Adelino Simao Mar 21, 2023 4 mins VMware BrandPost 4 Factors That Influence Modern App Success in a Multi-Cloud Environment Enable your developers to do what they do best: code By Adelino Simao Mar 21, 2023 5 mins VMware Feature 10 cloud mistakes that can sink your business Just a single mistake can send your cloud strategy plummeting to earth. Here’s a rundown of how not to approach the cloud. By John Edwards Mar 21, 2023 8 mins IT Strategy Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe