[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • April 2, 2002
    ``One indicator (or symptom) of an emerging niche's market validity is being the focus of a topically dedicated trade-show event, as opposed to just being an area in some bigger show. IDG, owner of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo, just put together its first BioIT World Conference and Expo, held last week in Boston.

    ``It's inarguable that bio-informatics constitutes a serious hardware market.

    ``According to the show's FAQ, IDC `predicts that IT infrastructure spending in the biosciences market will grow from $9.2 billion in 2000 to more than $27 billion in 2005.'

    ``Not surprisingly, there was a lot of Linux and other Open Source software at Bio-IT World, in sessions and on the show floor. Much of the focus was, equally unsurprisingly, on clustering and other forms of distributed computing.''

    Full story:
    http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/22/0452213&tid=23

    BioIT World Website:
    http://bioitworld.com

    Disclosure: Yes, the article mentions Bioinformatics.Org, and BioIT World was our Event Partner.

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