Said to be a best-in-class software and hardware solution for the management, storage, analysis, and archival of cellular image data, enabling better high content screening experiments
Cellomics reports that Roche has successfully deployed the integrated solution of Cellomics Store, its enterprise class database for high content screening (HCS), with EMC's Centera content addressed storage (CAS) system.
The integration of Cellomics Store (part of Cellomics's high content informatics platform) with EMC Centera CAS storage (a storage archive platform for digital fixed content) provides Roche with what is said to be a best-in-class software and hardware solution for the management, storage, analysis, and archival of cellular image data, enabling scientists to more effectively create, manage, and analyse high content screening experiments, cellular image data, as well as discover relationships for potential targets, lead compounds, and genes.
Images, which are the 'raw' data of HCS, are critical content assets that are now secured via EMC's Centera system, providing a trusted, tamper-proof, scalable, and cost-effective content store.
Roche IT is now able to bring the value of information life cycle management to the multiple terabytes of HCS information. Commenting on the new systems, Leon Garfinkel, director of research IT at Roche said "We worked closely with Cellomics on the development and testing of their integration module for EMC's Centera system.
"As a result, we now have a solution for managing HCS data that is very scalable, cost effective and significantly decreases our HCS screening timelines.
"This benefits both the scientists and the IT teams".
"Roche has a very innovative and forward looking approach to HCS and as part of their planning asked us to assist in developing a solution to scale the management of HCS data, having recognised the advantages of the EMC Centera and Cellomics Store," said Mark Collins, senior product manager for HCi at Cellomics.
