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Bioinformatics: TurboGenomicselpt
TurboGenomics, Inc. is a startup software company that is addressing critical bioinformatics
challenges by developing the "killer application" for the life sciences: an open bioinformatics
platform, delivered over the Internet or behind a firewall, that enables seamless integration,
pipeline acceleration, and easy customization. The TurboGenomics platform, including TurboBlast and TurboBench,
exploits proprietary technology to deliver glue, power, and customization.
TurboBlast and TurboBench stem from Scientific Computing's Paradise technology,
which can be used to create high-availability ensemble applications from otherwise independent parallel, distributed, and
sequential programs running within a network. Specifically, TurboBlast maximizes the performance of any version of Blast
by dividing the task among a group of networked computers, getting an additional boost from idle cycles on desktop PCs in
the network. the proposed TurboBench platform integrates a user-defined range of applications, databases, or search
engines into a seamless computing infrastructure that can be customized through a user interface.
The execution engine at the heart of the TurboBench platform -- labeled with the working name of TurboHub -- executes a given
specification using a variety of netowkred machines. "It does it not by pushing the work out," said TurboGenomics founder
Anrew Sherman, "but rather by simply posting information about what work needs to be done and letting the machines grab work
from the remote locations." The TurboHub runs on Windows, Unix, or Linux, but the applications run wherever they are loaded.
Read more:
TurboGenomics signs Genaissance as first customer (pdf)
www.turbogenomics.com
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Bioinformatics