Microsoft Investing $1 million in Cloud-Computing Resources to Help Answer ALS
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Microsoft Investing $1 million in Cloud-Computing Resources to Help Answer ALS

ByHamid Patel

Microsoft is investing $1 million in cloud-computing resources for the nonprofit, which will make the huge repository of valuable data openly available to researchers around the globe. Maybe, Joel Shamaskin thought, he was working too many hours, not getting enough sleep.  That wouldn’t have been unusual for the longtime primary care doctor at the University…

Answer ALS Announces Grants Totaling $7 Million From Caterpillar Inc. and Stay Strong vs ALS
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Answer ALS Announces Grants Totaling $7 Million From Caterpillar Inc. and Stay Strong vs ALS

ByHamid Patel

NEW ORLEANS: The Answer ALS Foundation today announces two gifts totaling $7 million. Caterpillar Inc. has contributed $4 million and the Stay Strong vs ALS Fund has contributed $3 million. Stay Strong was founded by Ed Rapp, former Caterpillar Group president, who is living with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The gifts will support the aggressive and ongoing Answer ALS research project….