REAN Cloud Partners with Globus Genomics

HERNDON, Va. - Jan. 12, 2015 - PRLog -- REAN Cloud partners with Globus Genomics to meet the technology requirements of the ever-increasing scale of Genomics Research. Our solution helps to meet analytical challenges like accommodating peak compute demand, coordinating secure access for multiple analysts, and sharing validated tools and results. Globus Genomics leverages Amazon Web Services and REAN Cloud to provide a secure platform to help scale research cost-effectively. It supports high performance workloads to derive powerful insights with zero capital investment. The solution is specifically designed for researchers working with PHI data. Covered entities and their business associates subject to the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can leverage the built-in security of REAN Secure Virtual Private Cloud (S-VPC) on AWS to process, maintain, and store protected health information. The joint Globus Genomics - REAN Cloud solution provides:

Encryption in Transit: All data moves across encrypted channels
Encryption at Rest: Data protected using keys under your control
Defense in Depth: Multiple layers of network and host based protection
Continuous Monitoring: Logging of all activity at multiple levels
High Availability: Fault Tolerance—Protection against downtime
Backup, Disaster Recovery: Data replicated across multiple data centers

About REAN Cloud, LLC REAN Cloud is a Cloud Solutions provider, delivering custom cloud solutions as well as acting as one stop shop for Managed Cloud Solutions (MCS) to help organizations become agile and productive quickly. We leverage inherent Amazon Web Services capabilities combined with REAN’s custom solutions to help our clients innovate into the era of one-click IT applications. Our turnkey solutions empower customers and reduce time to market at a monthly subscription model. To know more about our solutions, log on to http://www.reancloud.com

About Globus Genomics Globus Genomics has been developed at the Computation Institute (CI). The CI, a joint institute between the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, is an intellectual nexus for scientists and scholars pursuing multi-disciplinary research and is a resource center for developing and applying innovative computational approaches.