ELIXIR Report: Public data resources as business model for SMEs
This ELIXIR report describes companies whose business model is fundamentally based on selling services on top of public bioinformatics data. It presents the typical business model of these companies and the particular way in which they add value to public data through customisation, aggregation and through facilitating the discovery of public data. Furthermore, it describes the relationship these companies have with ELIXIR Core Data Resources, and the direct way in which they generate revenue, such as through consultancy services or developing bespoke software.
Key Contributors update 9 March 2018
This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Links to further information are in blue. Contact nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
Weekly Brief 12 March 2018
Hub updates
Register for the ELIXIR All Hands meeting in Berlin on 4-7 June 2018. You can also submit posters and flash talks. The deadline is 4 April 2018!
Slides from last week's ELIXIR webinar to present the integration of de.NBI cloud with ELIXIR AAI are now available online. The video recording will be available soon.
Slides from last week's ELIXIR webinar to present the integration of de.NBI cloud with ELIXIR AAI are now available online. The video recording will be available soon.
Weekly Brief 5 March 2018
Hub updates
The ELIXIR webinar to present the integration of de.NBI cloud with ELIXIR AAI takes place this week on Wednesday 7 March at 14.00 CET
ELIXIR cited as a good practice example in a report by ESFRI Innovation Working group (page 85).
Key Contributors update 2 March 2018
This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Links to further information are in blue. Contact nicola.kay@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
Developing learning paths for users of ELIXIR services
The aim of this Implementation Study is to guide ELIXIR users to identify those competencies they require and the suitable courses to acquire such competencies to be able to carry out their daily work more effectively. The Study will establish three Work Packages (WP) bridging efforts across ELIXR Platforms, key bioinformatics and data-science initiatives, and Industry partners, to meet Industry needs.
Architecture for Software Containers at ELIXIR and its use by EXCELERATE Use Case Communities
The aim of this implementation study is to provide a stable infrastructure for unifying software containers solutions within ELIXIR. This infrastructure will provide an access point for end-users to find, generate, store, monitor, and even benchmark software containers solutions. Hardware infrastructure will be provided by an ELIXIR Node from the ELIXIR Compute Platform for software containers deployment while ELIXIR-ES will provide the backup system using EUDAT protocols and infrastructures.
Compatible Cloud Analysis Platform
We propose to reduce complexity for users by providing a Task Execution Platform (compatible with standards emerging from the GA4GH) that can encompass distributed sites in the ELIXIR Compute Platform with appropriate management interfaces that can abstract the user away from some of this complexity. Experience has shown that the acquisition and access of cloud resources can have a high overhead for end-users, e.g. finding the ‘right’ cloud service provider, negotiating or paying for access, porting your application to that cloud service provider etc.
Data Validation
The aim of this Implementation Study is to determine the requirements for validation with ELIXIR partners, to build prototype open validation services for archetype archival databases and knowledge bases, in particular: