IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that universities around the world are researching how to break down cultural and geographic barriers when developing software. Through Jazz Faculty Grants, universities are exploring the promise of global collaborative software development that taps into the skills and expertise of developers regardless of location.

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an initiative to promote new software development methods which will help students and researchers address the challenges of internet-scale applications in the future.

Fujitsu Limited announced that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today, it has decided to spin off through a simple incorporation-type separation its mainframe mission-critical software development and maintenance divisions into a newly established corporation, Fujitsu Mission Critical Software Limited, as of November 1, 2007.

IBM to Open IT Innovation Center in Spain Providing Software Development and Maintenance Services; IBM Will Also Manage a Data Center for Iberdrola

New software development center to be opened in fall 2007.

New Version of Alexa Web Search Service Gives Any Developer Tools to Innovate in Search at Web Scale

CodeGear developed new IDE (integrated development environment) for Ruby on Rails to make software developing process easier and more attractive.

Amit Sheth, Ph.D., is pioneering the next generation of Web technology with applications in diverse fields ranging from defense and thwarting terrorism to health care and financial services. The results of his efforts will spur economic development through the creation of high-tech jobs and the emergence of new information technology companies.