Cloud computing offers solutions for companies wrestling with large-scale data sets, but security issues will likely continue to restrict its use to precompetitive or nonconfidential data. Clare Sansom reports.
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Sansom, C. Up in a cloud?. Nat Biotechnol 28, 13–15 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0110-13
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