Putting GenomeQuest 6.0Beta on the web for free use is a pretty radical step. Our servers could get over-run with data and our queues can get backed up with requests. We could face denial of service attacks from deviant users lurking on the web. Our competitors (who we consider partners and collaborators) will come to the site and look for weak points in performance or our algorithms. So why are we doing this?
Because a picture is worth 1000 words and simply, because we can. The best way to find us out is to use the product. The resources here are ample and they are scalable. If we get too many users and data, then we have a “high class problem” of needing to add more servers. What better proof-point for scalability?
By making our data, computation, and easy-to-use resources freely available we hope to unlock the data deluge and help the industry move beyond alignment technology to the real biology hidden in the data. As a side effect, we hope that GQ6.0 becomes a destination where newcomers can learn about NGS technology and Sequence Data Management in general.
If you are are researcher, we hope you will be so pleased that you will encourage your collaborators to use the system.
If you are a core lab manager and you want to run this in-house, please let us know.
If you are a software vendor, please contact us so that we can discuss ways to integrate your solutions to our platform and help our common customers find cures for cancer and discover new sources of clean energy.
