Webinar Description:

Data generated with next-gen sequencing and bio-imaging is ushering in an era of precision medicine. Accelerated computing is providing massive parallelism and PFLOPs of compute power. But, to transform the vast amounts of data into insights, you need fast storage, which can match that parallelism while being scalable and affordable. Join this webinar and learn how Weka.io and Cloudian do the impossible. We’ve combined the world’s fastest-access file system and the industry’s most cost-effective, most scalable storage to create the perfect platform for bio data. Join us to learn about how we deliver 10x the performance of traditional NAS at 70% less cost.

Learning Objectives:

• Review Challenges associated with NGS pipelines
• Learn how the combined solution addresses these challenges
• Achieve faster time to market and time to value with the best TCO

Speakers:

Jon Toor

CMO

Cloudian

Jon Toor is CMO of Cloudian. Prior to Cloudian, Toor served as vice president of marketing at Brocade. He also served as the vice president of marketing at Xsigo Systems where he led the outbound marketing team from company launch until the company acquisition by Oracle. Prior to Xsigo, he served at ONStor as vice president of marketing. Toor holds an MBA, BS in mechanical engineering, and a BA in economics all from Stanford University.

Shailesh Manjrekar

AI and Strategic Alliances

WekaIO

Shailesh Manjrekar holds an MBA from San Jose State University, College of Business, a Certification in Mastering Project Management from Haas School of Business, UC Berkley, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Shailesh is responsible for WekaIO's AI strategy and technical alliances, aligning Weka's product roadmap and validating the software on key platforms in our target markets and use cases, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), genomics, finance, and high-performance computing (HPC). Shailesh is also an active member of Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.

Moderator:

Jen Lynn

Sr. Marketing Manager

Cloudian

Cost: No Cost!