<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2208075,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">IBM is pushing its Jazz developer collaboration technology</A> as a research tool and has given money to some universities that are researching how to break down cultural and geographic barriers when developing software. Eric Gamma, a lead architect on Jazz, announced the grants Oct. 24 at the Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages and Applications conference here.