Computer software is assisting in reducing the anxiety caused by biological weapons such as Anthrax. With the help of Sun Microsystems, US-based scientific and financial computing solutions provider Sengent is enabling people to identify and fight the threats posed by bio-terrorism.
People can log onto to Sengent's Web site and download software that will assist them to identify potential cures for biological weapons.
The software also offers simple explanations and stunning visual effects, demonstrating the progress that has been made towards the discovery of medicines for biological weapons.
The Sengent solution, involving the latest distributed technology, uses a multitude of Sun products and services, such as Sun Servers and Sun StorEdge Arrays, leveraging Sun's grid computing environment coupled with Sengent's life science software and technology.
"By leveraging a grid computing environment, Sun together with Sengent hope to speed up the identification of new drugs and dramatically reduce costs associated with drug recovery," comments Stefano Mattiello, managing director of Sun Microsystems SA.
Grid computing can be seen as clustering multiple servers with software in 'one box', greatly increasing processing power and other functionalities. Sun sees this as the next natural step in the realisation of the 'Network is the Computer'. Its grid computing vision not only focuses on large complex grids, but individual cluster grids.
In addition, Sun has formed the Informatics Advisory Council (IAC) to serve as a forum for scientists and IT professionals across academia, industry and public agencies. The IAC will help identify and prioritise the challenges faced by the life science community and guide Sun in the developing solutions that will address these challenges.
For more information, visit www.sengent.com
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