Alanna M. Schauer
Journal Entry 5: Data Manipulation and Presentation
Reference
Lin, D., Xin, G.,
Yan, G., Jingfa, X., & Zhang, Z. (2012). Bioinformatics clouds for big data
manipulation. Biology Direct,
7(1), 43-49. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-7-43
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The article
I chose is specific to discussing data manipulation based on large amount of
data in Bioinformatics and utilizing cloud computing. Bioinformatics as an
interdisciplinary field has been having difficulties with the enormous amount
of data they collect because it requires storage of this data. They have been
looking for solutions to extrapolate the vital information from the rapid
accumulation of the data and using the internet has been proposed.
This
article is a review of the use of cloud
computing in data manipulation from the opinion of five authors from the interdisciplinary
field of Bioinformatics'. Bioinformatics is influenced by biology and advanced
information technology (IT) and includes data analysis, data sharing, and data storage
(Lin, Xin, Yan, Jingfa,
& Zhang, (2012).
The need that was addressed was
determining how to store the enormous amounts of data that is produced from the
field of Bioinformatics and formulate a plan for more public access to the
information called public utility. "Whether a public utility or not, cloud
computing has already become a significant technology in big data storage and
analysis, exerting revolutionary influences on both academia and
industry," (Lin, et al, 2012, pg. 43).
The solution was to utilize cloud
computing software such as Hadoop which has two components, Map Reduce and
Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). Map Reduce breaks apart the data into
smaller nodules on multiple computer systems and the HDFS provides the files to
store data on these nodes. The article references studies that utilized Hadoop
software for data manipulation and storage with successful results. The bioinformatics
clouds store and manipulate data into four categories; "data as service
(DaaS), software as service (SaaS), platform as service (PaaS), and infrastructure
as service (IaaS)," (Lin, et al, 2012, pg. 44).
The implications to healthcare include
easy access to the data extracted from bioinformatics. Currently bioinformatics
analysis requires downloading data from public sites, installing software, and
then running analysis on your institution's computer. With the data and
software in cloud computing, they can be delivered as services so data
manipulation, data analysis, and data storage can be done easily and safely (Lin, et al, 2012).
I learned that Amazon is the largest
provider of commercial clouds for storing big data. I learned that collecting
all this data requires a system with the capacity for large storage and can be
accessed via the internet easily. I learned that cloud computing is still new
but has such great promise for future data manipulation that there will be
further development in data acquisition, data storage, and utility supplied internet access
to the clouds.
The cloud is the future of computing. There will be less storage areas on site and more storage that is accessible anywhere. The goal I hope is to have a third party utilize more security and give less headaches to the personnel that design the systems. Data is what runs everything. Without it being safe and accessible we lose out on the function of data manipulation.
ReplyDeleteYes that was the premise of this article as bioinformatics as a interdisciplinary field collects large amounts of data and they needed a solution. Cloud computing is their solution.
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ReplyDeleteI think we are going to see more use of cloud storage as data collection continues and grows beyond what the typical on site infrastructure can manage. I wonder about security as there are so many 3rd party business associates involved. My colleagues and I are scheduled to attend a new HIPAA inservice soon and I recall hearing that those 3rd party businesses will now be liable for security and privacy and I wonder how that will change the way we all interact with those businesses.
According to Binning (2009), the legislation regarding privacy and security has not kept up with technological advances such as the cloud and while security is a primary concern, there is also concern that too much regulation and standardization will dampen the creativity and development of new cloud services.
Binning, D. (2009). Top five could computing security issues. Computerweekly.com
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089111/Top-five-cloud-computing-security-issues
The nice part of the cloud and making it more public is the data will be available easier and without special download software programs or tools. They are looking for public utility as well.
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