What is Dells life science strategy?
Bioinformatics is embracing industry standard computing so our products have broad applicability in life sciences, whether it’s in commercial or university research. Dr. Skolnick [is] the expert in life sciences, and we’re the expert at providing industry-standard technology. He does not look to us to do his research. He looks to us for cutting-edge technology around clustering and compute engines and to have the infrastructure to deliver that. Q: So what you’re saying is the “volume economics” that has always driven your business won’t fundamentally change? A: The fundamental change is that now [research] is done on industry standard platforms, whereas before, it was done on proprietary platforms. That means the cost of doing this research comes down dramatically. It means clusters can be installed in a lot more places much more quickly. Instead of a year, it’s sixty days. Instead of huge amounts of money, it’s a lot less. Q: Would you say the life sciences are coming to you instead o
