Avaki Corporation Awarded Best of Show From Bio-IT World Magazine and IDG World Expo.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2003 Avaki Data Grid  The introduction to this article is vague. To comply with Wikipedia's guidelines, it should be improved. Software Recognized for Excellence in Information
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Avaki Corporation (www.avaki.com), a leader in data access and integration solutions powered by grid technology, today announced that Avaki Data Grid 3.0 won "Best of Show" in the information technology infrastructure category at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo held last week in Boston. Avaki Data Grid was chosen by panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"Avaki Data Grid is an innovative breakthrough in life sciences IT infrastructure," said John Russell John Russell may refer to:
Avaki Data Grid 3.0 is the industry's only federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. data service for enabling secure, wide-area data access and integration, powered by grid technology. With Avaki Data Grid, companies eliminate costly organizational and technical barriers to data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. , while creating a flexible, J2EE-based access infrastructure that installs quickly and easily and scales to meet business requirements. "To win this prestigious 'Best in Show' award, given to innovative information technology products focused on life sciences, is a tremendous honor for Avaki," said Tim Yeaton, president of Avaki. "As the release of Avaki Data Grid 3.0 continues to make a major impact in the life sciences community, our team is both pleased and proud to have our innovative offering, vision and commitment to this industry be recognized by this important award." About Avaki Avaki Corporation provides software that addresses the data access and integration challenges facing today's enterprise. Avaki's software products allow enterprises to share IT resources across departments and locations, enabling users and applications to access distributed data and processing power as if they were local. Using these products, companies gain dramatic productivity improvements while reducing IT cost and complexity. Unlike other distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. solutions, Avaki's products provide breakthrough data access capabilities, alone or in combination with Avaki's proven compute grid capabilities. Customers such as Aventis, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Gene Logic, The North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Bioinformatics Grid Project, Pfizer, Sun Microsystems, Structural Bioinformatics and Texas Tech are using Avaki software to reduce and control IT costs, improve efficiency of multi-site or inter-company collaboration, and accelerate product development. Backed by Polaris Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and Sofinnova, Avaki is located in Burlington, Mass. For more information, please visit www.avaki.com. |
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