ESAC selects Aspera for NCI-funded Proteomic Consortium

EMERYVILLE, USA: Aspera, Inc., creators of next-generation software technologies that move the world's large data at maximum speed, announced that ESAC, Inc. has selected Aspera technology as the high-speed transfer backbone for a new proteomics data repository and web portal solution built in support of a new initiative by the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Office of Cancer Clinical Proteomics Research.

ESAC, Inc., a provider of research data management, bioinformatics, and healthcare information technology solutions, was awarded a five-year contract with NCI to manage the launch of a new Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) Data Coordinating Center (DCC). ESAC was tasked with creating one data center and two data portals: one a secure and private repository for members of the consortium to upload and download shared data; and the other a separate public portal that would provide any member of the scientific community with access to data.

Using the Aspera Connect Server, researchers are able to move large proteomic data to and from the data repositories with the efficiency, security and reliability that they can depend on. ESAC, Inc. was able to reduce data delivery times from days with physical shipping methods to hours or even minutes with Aspera. Plus, Aspera reduces program costs by allowing unlimited free browser-based clients with the Aspera Connect Server, in addition to eliminating costly global shipping and handling of hard drives.