BGI and Huawei Collaborate to Build Big Data Storage for Genomics
September 21, 2015 at 04:11 AM EDT
BGI, China's largest genomics sequencing company, signed an agreement with Huawei Technology, a Shenzhen networking and telecom equipment maker, to develop big data storage systems for genomic research. The companies set a goal of achieving at least a 30% improvement in the overall efficiency of genome sequencing research tasks. BGI and Huawei will work together to design the big data storage systems to minimize duplicating each other's work. Previously, Huawei has not been involved in genomics or other life science research. More details.... Share this with colleagues: // //