CloudMan as a platform for tool, data, and analysis distribution

Cloud computing provides an infrastructure that facilitates large scale computational analysis in a scalable, democratized fashion, However, in this context it is difficult to ensure sharing of an analysis environment and associated data in a scalable and precisely reproducible way. CloudMan (useclo...

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Published inBMC bioinformatics Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 315
Main Authors Afgan, Enis, Chapman, Brad, Taylor, James
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BioMed Central Ltd 27.11.2012
BioMed Central
BMC
Subjects
Accessibility
Bioinformatics
Cloud computing
Clouds
Computer applications
Data processing
Democratization
Galaxy
Genomes
Grants
Information Storage and Retrieval
Life sciences
Middleware
Programming languages
R&D
Reproducibility
Research & development
Service customization
Software
Web browsers
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Summary:Cloud computing provides an infrastructure that facilitates large scale computational analysis in a scalable, democratized fashion, However, in this context it is difficult to ensure sharing of an analysis environment and associated data in a scalable and precisely reproducible way. CloudMan (usecloudman.org) enables individual researchers to easily deploy, customize, and share their entire cloud analysis environment, including data, tools, and configurations. With the enabled customization and sharing of instances, CloudMan can be used as a platform for collaboration. The presented solution improves accessibility of cloud resources, tools, and data to the level of an individual researcher and contributes toward reproducibility and transparency of research solutions.
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ISSN:1471-2105
1471-2105
DOI:10.1186/1471-2105-13-315