Avere Selected by Several Organizations in Life Sciences Research

Avere Systems, Inc., a provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, continues to make an impact within the life sciences industry with its FXT Edge filers.

In the last year, Avere has been selected to power research at a number of organizations including: Johns Hopkins University, H3 Biomedicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Avere’s technology featured at BioTeam’s Converged IT conference in San Francisco, CA, an event that highlighted computational solutions for modern research methodologies. Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI) director of informatics, Aaron Black, discussed Avere’s role in its research in the session, Creating a Hybrid Cloud Architecture with Large-Scale Whole Genome and Patient Data.

To leverage all of its data, ITMI uses Avere’s hybrid cloud solution to connect on-premises and cloud environments, allowing researchers quicker access to its database of more than 7,500 complete whole genome sequences.

As life sciences organizations leverage the cloud to analyze large quantities of data in real time, they are discovering the structural limitations of traditional IT solutions. Slow IT infrastructures stall research results, causing delays in critical scientific discoveries. While cloud computing offers promise for scalability, latency issues can make it difficult.

Avere’s hybrid cloud solution provides performance and eliminates latency to the cloud for research that requires analyzing massive amounts of data. The technology allows research organizations to benefit from the scalability and flexibility of cloud-based storage and computing while remaining cost-effective and retaining on-premises performance. With Avere, organizations can integrate cloud storage with on-premises storage and move data on and off the cloud.

“Avere is powering some of the most important life sciences research institutions in the world,” said Ron Bianchini, president and CEO, Avere. “This year’s Converged IT Summit highlights accomplishments from the intersection of IT and research teams who are leaders in their fields. We are excited to have Avere’s hybrid cloud solution speed time to results and ultimately, to new treatments.“