Genetibase - Software for your Scientific Success

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Sounds too good to be true. One email address for a chance to win a new dell laptop. Well, we couldn’t think of a better way to get people to give us their email addresses. The reason the Genetiblog is hosting this information is that some of the people at Genetibase are part of this venture. If you get spam from us, at least you know where we are.
It’s real, It’s tangible and it is almost here. Click the image below to pre-register.

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First and foremost with the myriad of online storage services that are free, why would anyone pay for more storage of email attachments or whatever. Personally, why would anyone be storing 10GB of attachments in email anyway. For those that do, well just setup another gmail account, forward archived messages with those huge attachments to the new address and delete them from the original. Seems easier than giving Google $20 month for an additioanl 6GB.

And now to the real point; Paying Google… I wouldn’t give an extra cent to them. Not only are they making money hand over fist, but they willingly ignore and excuse copyright infringement. All while voicing an absurd arrogance that the new class action suit is a misinterpretation of laws by the people joining on. Are you serious? Is Google really the “do no evil” company telling what definitively amounts to many excellent legal scholars that it is them that do not understand laws regarding copyright infringement. Give me a break! I hope they are taken for billions. Here is a company that pretends to embrace open source, yet files software patents like the worlds coming to an end. Then tells everyone they are wrong, and that nothing they do regarding You Tube is illegal. Then, touting a coming copyright infringement smart system designed to prevent the material in question from being processed. As we all know, give a good hacker a reason, then consider the lock broken. They know and simply do not care that a majority of their revenue comes from contextual advertising on pages with copyrighted material as the viewing driver.

I have no problem with Google making money, a business like no other. And, within reason they provide some excellent services. But, and that is a huge BUTT, they are doing it while pretending to be a semi-altruistic, earth loving, energy conserving, for the people corp. Which for most intelligent people, in its simplest form is an insult.

For those interested in paying google for more storage here is the breakdown.

* 6 GB ($20.00 per year)

* 25 GB ($75.00 per year)

* 100 GB ($250.00 per year)

* 250 GB ($500.00 per year)

(Note: Initially, the price for the 6 GB option was $1, but Google quickly changed it to $20.)

A study from Privacy International has ranked Google at the bottom of a list of major internet destinations for privacy.The study found that while a number of other Internet companies have issues with data protection, none comes as close to Google in “achieving the status of being an endemic threat to privacy.”

Issue with Google included:

• Failure to provide an expungement option for retained data
• Failure to follow generally accepted privacy practices such as the OECD Privacy Guidelines and elements of EU data protection law
• unstated or indefinite length of time for data retention, without clear limitation on use or disclosure

And the most scary:

And Google’s ambitions may go well beyond the collection of personal information via the web. Their recent investment in 23andme, a service which will analyze people’s DNA, means that they may have access to people’s genetic makeup in the future. And that includes genetic flaws that might signal future health risks for them and their offspring. Google knowing what web searches we do today, or who we send emails to, is nothing compared with what may come in the future.

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Most have already seen this, if not, it is a very accurate observation.

If you want to evaluate the “evil” quotient of any company’s strategy/behavior, consider how you’d feel about it if it were Microsoft in the driver seat.

Robert McLaws of Windows-Now.com fame reminded me of my “Is Google evil?” litmus test in his post, “Google: The New Big Brother.” As McLaws paraphrased it: “When looking at any new Google venture, swap out the word ‘Google” with ‘Microsoft’ and ask yourself if you’re still OK with what’s happening.” link

Mary Jo Foley Blog

The open-source community is very vocal about software patents. Sun owns lots of them. Isn’t that a contradiction for Sun to claim to be an open-source community member yet own software patents?

Ah, ya, ok, whatever Sun! I read the article four times and I still don’t get where they are coming from on this. But like most large companies that have thousands of patents and are an avid open-source community member, i.e., IBM. They want “YOU” to believe in the movement (OS, GPL etc). Why, because they benefit by using that Open Source for relatively low cost; while integrated with their own solutions for which they make millions upon millions of dollars. Who benefits from Open Source again? (monetarily speaking)
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Microsoft is developing a math application that will help students learn math. It contains a few basic tools, including a graphing calculator and triangle solver. Who knew MS was into math? This is the thing I can’t stand about Microsoft. They push and push developers to use their products, then they come out with this. Which in my opinion is the type of product that an independent software vendor should create. So Microsoft squashes them as soon as they purchase Visual Studio. Same goes for point of sale software. Why can’t they stick to the enterprise and give the ISV the chance they deserve. Microsoft shouldn’t be in the business of producing Math, POS, EMR, WIDGETS etc. Seriously, why???

Will there be massive changes in the nation’s health care system by the end of the decade? This is becoming more and more likely. Whether one supports single payer, employer mandates, or something else, everyone agrees that information technology is key to controlling costs and improving services. The change in the healthcare system will lead to vast opportunities for software, information technology, and Internet companies that are innovative and on top of the latest trends.

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I am happy to say that NuGenBioChem VF will be ready very soon. With the most advanced molecular visualization available. So, so many features. A few products will be spun from it such as NuGenVisualCML which is the same technology but solely for CML files. As well, NuGenVisualPDB, which like NuGenVisualCML is solely for PDB files. We have added XAML export features and hopefully will be adding high resolution image exportation, stereo vision, parallel processed rendering based upon Alchemi and a few more tricky items. The page only displays some of the standard looking structures. Upon release you will see the amazing NuGenBioChem FX format. I do mean amazing. Photo-realistic rendering of molecular structure. Well, if you could photograph it, this is what it would look like. Check out the beta screenshots here.

We have finally split the site. We have chosen to separate our retail operations from our contract development operations. Due partly to the great interest in our contract development services. We wanted to make it easier to ascertain what we do around here. Before it may have been difficult to tell, well that is what we heard. So now it’s pretty easy. Development Services are solely the domain of Genetibase. And retail software is marketed via Creative Force Software. As well a few site tweaks and all looks awesome!

A revolution is coming! Practice Management Software will “NEVER” be the same. Can’t say much other than that. Check back periodically as we release details.

We want to brag a little about two people that we actively collaborate with. Without a doubt these two think alike, yet are unlike most others, certainly they are a very rare pair.

Dr. Petr Ivankov and Nikolay P. Ivankov will both be presenting at the International Conference for Operator Algebras and Topology.

This is being held in Moscow, January 29 - February 3, 2007.

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Their topic of presentation will be “Coverings of noncommutative geometry”.

We are very excited to be working with them on future Genetibase development offerings.

Nearly two in three full-time U.S. employees say their workload has increased in the past 12 to 24 months, according to a recent survey from Accenture Ltd., a global management consultancy.

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Well. this sounds like the perfect plan Highly unlikely to work in application though… I already consider myself and my day structured. And still, this really doesn’t address the underlying problem of only 24 hours in the day. lol (Waiting for someone to fix that small issue)

And, from the article:

Call it a day if you’re feeling ill or zapped out, says Sloan. “A lot of people think that being present in the office makes a big difference, even if they’re not doing anything,” she says. “The opposite is true. If you’re in the office, be productive or don’t be there at all.”

“don’t be there at all”… Well, what do I say? “I will not be in the office today because I will not be productive”, and the “Man” says: “don’t bother coming in to the office tomorrow because it’s not your place to judge your own productivity. “pink slip is being emailed”.

Pressing ahead!

Our reasons for converting the open source project GENtle to .Net is to make extensive use of the Alchemi [.NET Grid Computing Framework]. In fact we are modifiing Alchemi as well, in order to work specifically with NuGenGENtle datasets. This will allow for the processing of extremely large datasets across multiple Alchemi processes (machines). This will be especially useful for plasmid maps, restriction and ligation and alignments. As well, the fact that we are combining one of our other projects NuGenTransciber (Scans multiple DNA sequences, e.g. from micro-array experiments, for potential binding sites of regulatory transcription factors.) with NuGenGENtle in order to create a very complete and extensible package. Both supporting grid processing and standalone processing.

I seriously can’t wait to get this humming on our SGI Cluster. Very exciting times ahead!
Anthony Nystrom

Genetibase, Inc. feasibility studies are a preliminary study undertaken before the real work of a project starts to ascertain the likelihood of any project’s success. It is an analysis of possible solutions to a problem and a recommendation on the best solution to use. It involves evaluating how the solution will fit into your corporation. It, for example, can decide whether an order processing be carried out by a new system more efficiently than the previous one.

Main analysis reasoning is:

• The current system may no longer suit its purpose.

• Technological advancement may have rendered the current system obsolete.

• The business is expanding, not allowing it to cope with extra work load.

• Customers are complaining about the speed and quality of work the business provides.

• You are not winning a big enough market share due to an ineffective integration of a computerized system.

Within a feasibility study, we review four main areas, including those of Economic, Technical, Schedule and Organizational.

• Economic Feasibility:

o This involves questions such as whether you can afford to build the system, whether its benefits should substantially exceed its costs, and whether the project has higher priority than other projects that might use the same resources.

• Technical Feasibility:

o This involves questions such as whether the technology needed for the system exists, how difficult it will be to build, and whether the firm has enough experience using that technology.

• Schedule Feasibility:

o This involves questions such as how much time is available to build the new system, when it can be built (i.e. during holidays), interference with normal business operation, etc.

• Organizational Feasibility:

o This involves questions such as whether the system has enough support to be implemented successfully, whether it brings an excessive amount of change, and whether the organization is changing too rapidly to absorb it.

During the detailed-design phase, our development team will extend the architecture defined in preliminary design down to the unit level. Using successive refinement techniques, we will produce specifications for the programming. All formalisms for the project will be produced, including the following:

• Functional or object-oriented design
• Descriptions of all user input, system output (for example, screen, printer, and plotter), and input/output files
• Operational procedures
• Functional and procedural descriptions of each unit
• Descriptions of all internal interfaces between pages and functions

Our team documents these design specifications in the detailed-design document, which forms the basis for implementation. At the design review that concludes this phase, we will determine whether levels of detail and completeness are sufficient for coding to begin.

The process of prototyping involves the following steps:

• Identify basic requirements:

o Determine basic requirements including the input and output information desired. Details, such as security, can typically be deferred.

• Develop Initial Prototype:

o The initial prototype is developed that includes only user interfaces.

• Review:

o The customers, including end-users, examine the prototype and provide feedback on additions or changes.

• Revise and Enhancing the Prototype:

o Using the feedback both the specifications and the prototype can be improved. Negotiation about what is within the scope of the contract/product may be necessary.

We are a reliable provider of software development services. We offer professional software solutions to solve complex, mission-critical business problems. We supply our clients with cutting-edge and cost effective solutions which meet all their business needs. We have outstanding experience in custom application development, as well as various custom software components and web programming. Our primary goal is to meet all of our clients’ needs and requirements professionally and effectively.

We also believe that our high quality software development services provide a solid basis for a successful customer relationship. We employ continuous integration testing within the project, for which we believe is the most important parts of the development process and we strive to exclude any errors before the product is deployed.

Software engineering in general is a relatively young discipline, and is still developing. The methods for which we derive our discipline include:

• Aspects

o Aspects help programmers deal with utilities by providing tools to add or remove boilerplate code from many areas in the source code. Aspects describe how all objects or functions should behave in particular circumstances. For example, aspects can add debugging, logging, or locking control into all objects of particular types. Researchers are currently working to understand how to use aspects to design general-purpose code. Related concepts include generative programming and templates.

• Agile

o Agile software development guides software development projects that evolve rapidly with changing expectations and competitive markets. Proponents of agile software development believe that heavy, document-driven processes (like TickIT, CMM and ISO 9000) are fading in importance. Some people believe that companies and agencies export many of the jobs that can be guided by heavy-weight processes. Related concepts include extreme programming and lean software development.

• Experimental

o Experimental software engineering is a branch of software engineering interested in devising experiments on software, in collecting data from these experiments, and in devising laws and theories from this data. Proponents of experimental software engineering advocate that the nature of software is such that we can advance the knowledge on software through experiments only.

• Software Product Lines

o Software Product Lines is a systematic way of producing families of software systems, instead of creating a succession of completely individual products. The Software Product Lines approach is an attempt to industrialize the software development process.

Our testing and evaluation services follow a predefined rigid process, typically incorporating: Test Documentation. (IEEE) Documentation describing plans for, or results of, the testing of a system or component, Types include test case specification, test incident report, test log, test plan, test procedure, test report.

As well our Software Testing documentation, or Test Deliverables, usually consists of the following documents:
 
• Master Test Plan (sometimes it is possible to write separate documents for test planning: Unit test plan, Integration test plan, System test plan and Acceptance test plan)

We first define the Definition of the Test Plan. This is a high-level document that defines the software testing project, so that it can be properly measured and controlled. It defines the test strategy and organized elements of the test life cycle, including resource requirements, project schedule, and test requirements. Testing criteria is typically defined as follows:

• Test case design:

o Definition of Test Case. A set of test inputs, executions, and expected results developed for a particular objective.

• Test procedures:

o Definition of Test Procedure. A document, providing detailed instructions for the [manual] execution of one or more test cases. Often called - a manual test script.

• Test logs:

o Definition of Test Log. A chronological record of all relevant details about the execution of a test.[IEEE]

• Test data:

o Definition of Test data. The actual (set of) values used in the test or that are necessary to execute the test.

• As well as:

o Test summary report

o Automated test scripts

o Incident reports

o Incident log

A sample of a Master Software Test Plan document contents:

• Introduction
• Purpose
• Background
• Scope
• Project Identification
• Software Structure
• Software Risk Issues
• Test Requirements
• Features Not to Test
• Metrics
• Test Strategy
• Test Cycles
• Planning Risks and Contingencies
• Testing Types
• Functional Testing
• User Interface Testing
• Configuration Testing
• Installation Testing
• Volume Testing
• Performance Testing
• Tools
• Resources
• Staffing
• Training Needs
• Project Milestones
• Deliverables
• Test Assets
• Exit criteria
• Test Logs and Defect Reporting
• References

The increasing demand for complex software coupled with stiff competition for experienced software engineers has put many companies in the uncomfortable position of having to trade off Quality against Time to Market.

By defining and providing your organization with proven Software Verification & Validation techniques, Genetibase, Inc. can help you improve Quality and meet aggressive Time to Market goals.
 

Areas and techniques addressed:

• Economic Justification for Software V&V

• Overview of Software Development Lifecycle Models

• Overview of Software Verification Techniques

• Peer Review Process

• Practice Peer Review

• Overview of Software Validation Techniques

• Testing Levels, Methods, and Types

• Test Planning

• Concurrent Development Model

• Testing Measures

• Root Cause Analysis

• Triage

• Post-Mortems

• Common Testing Problems

• Action Plan