A Blueprint: Multi-Region, Multi-Cloud, Metadata-Searchable Storage Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.  HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. A top-10 global pharmaceutical.  Counsyl. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. Ploid. University of Virginia.  Georgia Tech. SURFsara. And more. These companies and institutions—ranging from leading pharmaceuticals to globally recognized not-for-profit researchers and myriad organizations providing specific services to the industry—have been […]

Introduction I recently had an opportunity to speak at HIMMS17—the conference “where the brightest minds in health and IT meet.”  According to the session abstract, my job was to share case studies for integrating object storage and leveraging metadata to advance the state of the art in genomics research.  I thought it might be useful […]

In the months since joining SwiftStack as an advisor, Bill Louv has helped give us insights into the role that object storage is playing in Life Sciences and Research. While picking his brain, he shared thoughtful answers to many of my questions. Shared here are a few of those answers: Q: Among CIOs in Pharma, […]

Speaking on behalf of the entire SwiftStack team that was at Bio-IT World, it was great seeing each and every one of you who took time to interact with us. The current energy in the life sciences space is more than exhilarating and that’s because we’re all  applying innovative technology to break through boundaries of […]