Its electronic health record is based on a 44-year-old programming language called MUMPS (Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System).
An Intel Senior Fellow recently complained at a New York conference that universities are slow to bring multi-threading programming into their curriculum.
To get the greatest business value from Big Data, companies are looking for multi-skilled experts who understand programming, large-scale mathematics, statistics and business.
The formation of the new Big East represents the latest round of musical chairs known as realignment a football-driven escapade that has broken up long-standing rivalries and traditions as schools chase the multi-billion-dollar riches that television networks desperate for DVR-proof programming are now willing to pay.