IDG Contributor Network: How cloudbursting could accelerate discovery

At the recent Bio-IT World Conference in Boston, I had the privilege of speaking to an audience made up primarily of life sciences and medical researchers. My main message concerned the cloud, specifically the trend of cloudbursting. This audience is extremely important to me personally, as my daughter was diagnosed with autism at the age of two.

She is now seven years old, stands 3’9” and is in the first grade -- the sweetest kid you could ever meet -- and though she is reading at grade level, her life is not without serious challenges. As a parent, when you see your child hooked up to machines and sensor probes that monitor her brainwaves due to a recent string of epileptic seizures, it is heartbreaking to watch.

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