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news.BioTeam, which delivers science-driven solutions to IT, storage and data management challenges, has joined hands with Life Technologies to offer extended service and support for the Ion Torrent Server, an integral part of the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM) System, and Torrent Suite Software.
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Pre-configured with the Torrent Suite Software, the scalable computing platform converts raw signal into base calls in less than an hour and delivers the data to the end user through a simple web interface.
Torrent Suite Software runs on the open source linux-based Ubuntu operating system and leverage several other open source software packages.
BioTeam and Life Technologies’ new subscription-based support package is expected to help Ion PGM users maximize their investment and simplify related IT management.
The companies also plan to offer training, troubleshooting and limited data management strategy consulting.
Ion Torrent director of Bioinformatics and Software Products Mike Lelivelt said the combination of a pre-configured Torrent Server and the helping hand from the BioTeam ensure that data will quickly and simply flow from the Ion PGM sequencer, scalably stored on the Torrent Server, and ready to feed into the analysis solution of choice.
BioTeam MD Stan Gloss said the Ion PGM sequencer will provide researchers in large and small labs access to cost-effective DNA sequencing without trading off performance.