1. The cloud that is
helping cure cancer.
Develop
new cancer
therapies
Big data
is growing 3x faster than
compute capability
Cost to sequence
one genome
$100M
$10M
$1M
$100K
$10K
$1K
$4100
$95M
2002 2006 2010 2013
What’s possible when you make the
Microsoft Cloud part of your DNA?
learn more at microsoftcloud.com
Amazing
possibilities
Data is increasing
exponentially
Microsoft Azure
is enabling more
efficient analysis
“Microsoft Azure is enabling us to keep up with
the data deluge in the DNA sequencing space
by analyzing data faster and more intelligently.”
—Wu Feng,
Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
data deluge
1 in 3 people
will develop cancer
Cost of cancer:
$458 billion
per year in 2030
Research that once took years now happens in
hours. Using Microsoft Azure and HDInsight,
scientists and engineers at Virginia Tech
harness supercomputing power to analyze vast
amounts of DNA sequencing information and
help deliver lifesaving treatments.
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Did you know?
Combat
drug-resistant
bugs
Locate
undetected
genes
Extend
analysis from
the lab to
the hospital
Individualize
treatment
Amount of time Virginia
Tech spent resourcing and
building a new facility 0