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On Thursday, March 17, science professionals will gather in Oakland, California, to learn about the future of supercomputing and collaboration technology in biotechnology and bioinformatics. This one-day symposium, hosted by Science Tools Corporation in collaboration with ANTs Software Inc., will feature the next generation of high-performance data management, processing, and workflow technology for life science professionals. Special guest speaker Barry Bunin, Ph.D., author and world-renowned expert in the field of combinatorial chemistry, will also provide an overview of computational science. The ground-breaking forum will feature speakers in bioinformatics and drug discovery and address the full integration of methods and technologies that enhance all phases of research; the tools used in the dissemination of these methods in lab and clinical practice – whenever they are developed, deployed and maintained; integration of multiple facilities collecting data; robust computing power for supercomputing and resource collaboration efficiencies; data mining, complex processing, publishing, tracking, archiving and much more. “Today’s software technology has evolved to ensure high-performance architecture and a vision of computational unification,” said Richard Troy III, CEO/Founder/Chief Scientist for Science Tools. “We now have incredibly, robust solutions for high-performance, scalable computing. As is needed in reducing costs and creating efficiencies in Drug Discovery, we provide your compute- and data-intensive applications a single unified platform across heterogeneous and distributed computing environments – including ‘Grid’ and clusters.” The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that the high-performance computing market will grow exponentially in the next few years. Its current market is less than a billion dollars; however, growth is predicted at a rate of $7 billion annually by 2007. Primary drivers of this explosive growth is a combination of a desire to efficiently process ever larger data sets coupled with the rapid reduction in cost of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) servers running UNIX, Linux, Windows, and other operating systems. Additionally, gigabit and faster networking equipment coupled with plummeting prices for storage makes data less expensive to collect, transport, and store than ever before. The symposium will closely examine the various high-computing systems in the market today, based on: • Heterogeneity: Simultaneously managing data and processing across diverse operating systems, databases, file systems, file types, and storage area networks. • Scalability: No logical limits to number of nodes, CPUs, or storage capacity. Identifying system designs that reduce, eliminate, or avoid performance bottle-necks, ensuring scalability. “Publishing” features permit easy division of interconnected installations along functional boundaries, further enhancing capacity. • Architecture Performance: Architecture that delivers order-of-magnitude performance acceleration over traditional approaches for data and compute intensive processing. Matching these performance achievements would require fundamental redesign by competitors and not simply incremental enhancements. • Market Lead: Look for the next generation of capabilities today and enjoy a head start on the closest competitors. Explore restartable processing, lineage, object level security, distributed data management, automated workflow, and codeless integration of other tools. • Compatibility: No need to throw out your existing system - Incorporate, manage and leverage virtually any computing system in which you’ve already invested. Oakland-based Science Tools Corporation offers a high-performance computing platform – The BigSur System TM – which has been managing the super-computing activities at NASA Langley Research Center since 1997. The system drives distributed processing, automated workflow, and manages the archiving of massive data sets. Science Tools data infrastructure provides researchers and engineers an opportunity to answer questions, design products, and share resources from the desktop, in real time. Symposium attendees will have an opportunity to win one of two free BigSur Individual Researcher Packages, valued at $25,000 each. ANTs Software Inc. develops high-performance data management software that delivers unparalleled performance for heavy workload applications. Its mission is to help customers achieve performance requirements while reducing hardware, software, and development costs by providing exceptional database performance. The symposium will be held on Thursday, March 17, at the Reed Smith Conference Center, 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California. It will cover two key audience groups: 9:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Science and Research Professionals; 1:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. IT Professionals For free registration for the Future of Science: Supercomputing & Collaboration Technology Symposium or for additional information, visit http://www.sciencetools.com/bio_reg.html or call 510.567.9957.