Category Archives: The life science cloud

Once again we hear from Michael Klepper, who headed up the security assessment for the Sequence Services Phase 2 proofs of concept. In his last entry, Michael discussed the nature of modern security threats. In this entry, he discusses AT&T’s … Continue reading

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Security testing has been an important step in both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Sequence Services project. Last year, AT&T Consulting application security services evaluated the four Phase 1 proofs of concept, and we called on them again … Continue reading

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This week marks the start of Phase 2 of the sequence services project, and it’s pretty exciting to see a Pistoia project progressing past its initial focus and taking things to the next level. Of course, we couldn’t have made … 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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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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The Pistoia Alliance has a new look. But more importantly, our new website offers new content that we hope will spark the debate and discussion that drives our initiative. Continue reading

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