FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Partnership with Innovative Genomic Services Company
Corvallis, Oregon (May 13, 2009) – CenterSpace Software, a leading provider of enterprise class numerical component libraries for the .NET platform, and Floragenex, an innovative genomic research services company, today announced that they have teamed up to build a flexible genomics data analysis pipeline in the cloud.
Rapid growth of the research services business at Floragenex requires expansion of computing resources beyond the company’s current infrastructure. CenterSpace has deep knowledge of high-powered analytical software and experience developing applications utilizing the cloud computing power of Amazon Web Services. Together, the two companies are working to build a cloud-computing infrastructure to improve ease of use, lower costs, and accelerate data throughput for Floragenex.
“The new system retrieves genetic sequence data from the sequencing facility of choice, places it into storage in the cloud and runs analysis based on the particular needs of the project. The Floragenex end user can login to a web page to select their data, choose their parameters and run their analysis. The work is done on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) computers and results are archived on Amazon S3 for easy retrieval. The costs are small and the benefits large,” says Trevor Misfeldt, CEO of CenterSpace Software.
“The massive volume of data that genome sequencers produce has required us to look for creative ways to scale our business. Working with CenterSpace allows us to lay the foundation for continued growth without making capital investments in IT hardware,” says Nathan Lillegard, CEO of Floragenex. “The bioinformatics work we do for our customers is particularly well suited to cloud computing, with large sets of data requiring intensive but discreet data processing. Building a cloud infrastructure now will allow us to grow our business and expand our service offerings more responsively.”
About the Companies
CenterSpace Software is a leading provider of enterprise class numerical component libraries for the .NET platform. Developers worldwide use CenterSpace products to develop .NET financial, engineering, and scientific applications. CenterSpace Software has offices in Corvallis, OR, and can be found on the Internet at www.centerspace.net.
Floragenex is a research services company focused on genomic technology applications in plant sciences. Floragenex enables scientists to do more, expanding their capability using a suite of advanced genomic services matched to the specific resources and goals of each project. Floragenex is based in Eugene, OR, and can be found on the internet at www.floragenex.com.
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