Biosciences: Features
On Algorithm Wars and Predictive Apps
Predictive apps are going to be one the next major disruptions in technology as enterprises begin to take advantage of the combined power of big data and predictive analytics says Forrester analyst Mike Gualtieri. “I call them robot armies, because the algorithms are the things that scour through the data and do all the work,” he said. Let the algorithm wars begin.Read more...
Cloudera Releases Impala Into the Wild
The week, Cloudera announced that Impala, their SQL on Hadoop initiative, is moving out of public beta and into general availability. Datanami spoke with Cloudera to get an overview of the state of Impala, how they see it stacking up in the competitive landscape, and where the space will move in the near future.Read more...
What Can Enterprises Learn From Genome Sequencing?
Data sets are exploding in traditional sciences as the data becomes cheaper and cheaper to process and the scope of the research expands. Can enterprises learn from the data pioneering happening in genomic research?Read more...
Biosciences: News in Brief
A Gateway to Unstructured Data
The ability to access the recent explosion of unstructured data, in the forms of social media data as well as video and audio files, can be limited. SGI, with their planned release of the InfinteStorage Gateway on June 15, hopes to quicken that access, with the goal being to provide a single universal place from which to draw all sorts of media types and files. Read more...
Preventing Brain Injuries with Predictive Analytics
From the National Football League’s various attempts to crack down on concussions and dodge various concussion-related lawsuits to the recent death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from a stroke, the treatment and prevention of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) has caught the public attention of late. Coincidentally, IBM and Excel Medical announced a partnership with the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery recently in an attempt to tackle TBIs with predictive analyticsRead more...
Biosciences: This Just In
BIO to Use ViS Analytics for Pediatric Clinical Research
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the ViS Research Institute (ViS) announce a new initiative aimed at improving the efficiency of clinical development for pediatric therapeutics.Read more...
Eagle Gemonics Organizes Bioinformatics Symposium
Eagle Genomics is organizing the Bioinformatics Symposium at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge on March 21. Read more...
Entagen Named a Gartner "Cool Vendor" in Life Sciences for 2013
Entagen announced that the company has earned a spot on Gartner's prestigious list of Cool Vendors in Life Sciences for 2013 according to the Gartner report published May 2nd, 2013.Read more...
Convey Hybrid-core to Speed Genomic Research at Broad Institute
Convey Computer announced that the Broad Institute has installed a Convey HC-2 system as part of their high performance compute farm to boost genomic research.Read more...
Big Data Platform for Genomics Released
Bina Technologies today announced the commercial launch of the Bina Genomic Analysis Platform. Read more...






























