FileTek Associate Diamond Lauffin to Present at 2010 Petabyte Challenge
Conference Will Focus on Managing the Explosion of Scientific Data Being Generated by Leading-Edge Research Techniques
Rockville, Maryland – February 10, 2010 - Today's requirements to digitally preserve and access massive amounts of information is an enormous operational and fiscal challenge for many organizations. Directly impacted by this challenge are the biologists, chemists, and medical researchers working in the fields of bioinformatics and biotechnology. Their life-saving work in the study of genomics can easily generate massive amounts of information measured in the petabytes.
Diamond Lauffin, co-founder of Nexsan Technologies North America and a leading authority in the field of storage and storage systems will discuss the challenges, requirements and available technologies that are being implemented to successfully manage, archive, backup, and access this critical biomedical research information. The presentation will take place at "The Petabyte Challenge" - a conference focused on addressing the challenges associated with managing the explosion of research-related data. The conference is being presented by the Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI) and will be held on February 18th and 19th at the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.
Mr. Lauffin was directly involved in providing multi-petabyte solutions to organizations such as Fermi Labs and JPL/CalTech as well as many other University, Scientific and Commercial installations. Mr. Lauffin will be sharing his personal experience with the recent evaluation and roll-out of a multi-petabyte 'active archive' solution at a major national laboratory. The deployed solution serves as the core storage component for the capture and sharing of next-generation genomic sequencing information produced at numerous bioinformatic research facilities and centers throughout the United States. Furthermore, he will discuss their selection process and subsequent deployment process for the FileTek StorHouse® storage virtualization and data management system as an active archive, backup and redundant on-line, off-site secondary site solution for their 12-petabytes of research data.
Mr. Lauffin will illustrate how a cost livable and cost justifiable approach was deployed to support a combined total of 24-petabytes of synchronized, on-site, off-site, on-line managed data. While the example discussed in this session may appear unique, these same storage challenges and requirements confront industries and organizations of all sizes. Please join Mr. Lauffin for this informational and entertaining session.
About FileTek
FileTek, Inc. is a premier provider of large-scale data management and information governance solutions, enabling organizations, worldwide and across multiple industry segments, to efficiently manage, rapidly access, and effectively govern their ever-growing volume of enterprise data. Since 1984, FileTek has provided comprehensive, award-winning solutions to companies, prestigious educational institutions, and scientific and government agencies worldwide. From our patented and innovative StorHouse high-volume data management solutions to our Trusted Edge information classification and asset management software, FileTek maintains a steady focus: enhancing and automating information lifecycle management and data preservation processes for all categories and volumes of data. The company's website may be accessed at www.FileTek.com.
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