Amazon has introduced their own biological data analysis service, Amazon Omics, as a part of Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon Omics was designed to alleviate the difficulties of large-scale data analysis while maintaining HIPAA and GDPR compliance. The cloud-based computing service comprises three key parts: storage, workflows, and analytics.
The storage component allows users to store petabytes of data in various file formats. Workflows can run bioinformatics scripts in WDL and Nextflow, as well as run on data stored in an Omics sequence store or an Amazon S3 bucket. The analytics component promotes storage and analysis of genomic annotations and variants. Users can customize the pricing based on their individual needs for storage and computing requirements.
More information about Amazon Omics’ workflows, analytics, and pricing can be found here.
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