This is a question that is often asked when I demo the GenomeQuest platform to potential customers. I always answer that question in three phases. The first phase goes like this: "It's really fast, it's certainly not any slower than BWA/Bowtie or anything else out there.". Next question is always: "Well, do you have any benchmarks?". Which ...
A plot of the Evolution of Computer Capacity and Costs shows that compute power will be 1,000X cheaper in 10 years. How much lower can it go? As this happens the relative cost of managing another computer goes asymptotic to zero, regardless of whether its hosted internally or externally. I don't think there is ...
At the CHI NGS conference, I chaired a roundtable of key managers and influencers discussing the opportunity and challenges to adoption of "cloud computing" for NGS applications. As a first observation, the session was well attended and people are thinking deeply about cloud issues. About 16 participated including representatives from major pharmaceuticals, agroscience, major ...
