Monthly Archives: May 2011

We’re happy to introduce Giles Ratcliffe, a seasoned informatics professional who be identifying the specifications for the next (generation sequencing) phase of the sequence services project. Giles has spent his entire career in the pharmaceutical sector. He started out initially … Continue reading

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In my last entry in this series, I alluded to the perception that SaaS is not secure enough to handle sensitive data. Concerns about SaaS security have delayed adoption of this software delivery model since its inception, even as vendors … Continue reading

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Security is routinely cited as the top concern about adopting software-as-a-service (SaaS), particularly when it comes to sensitive enterprise data. I’ll leave the question of whether this perception is fair or accurate for another blog entry. But the perception alone … Continue reading

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Drug Discovery World wants to know and has asked the Pistoia Alliance to submit an article next month on this subject. And while we have some ideas already, we’d love to open this question to the floor. What do you … Continue reading

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BioInform published a great write up on the sequence services proofs of concept last week. In case you need to subscribe to view the whole article (it wasn’t available last week), we’re excerpting portions of the piece here with the … Continue reading

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Some great content was shared at our conference last month. We invite you–whether you attended the meeting or not–to check out some of the presentations. Pistoia personnel provided overviews of our strategy, working groups, and deliverables. In the afternoon, vendors … Continue reading

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