Date posted
29 March 2023
Reading time
5 minutes
Futureproofing Genomics Healthcare by helping Genomics England migrate to AWS
About Genomics England
Genomics England is bringing to life genomic research applications for the benefit of human health. To do that, they must give researchers reliable, comprehensive, and privacy-compliant access to datasets exceeding 50 petabytes. To improve operational efficiencies and reduce risk, Genomics England decided to transition to AWS providing essential reliability, scalability, and flexibility.
As a trusted Amazon Web Services (AWS) Professional Services partner, Kainos were engaged by Genomics England to carry out a cloud discovery and performance optimisation review of its HPC (High Performance Computing) environment, resulting in two major migration projects.
Service requirements
- Ensure security and durability of hundreds of thousands of genomic data samples
- Optimise data management platforms for unique needs of genomic datasets
- Democratise genomic research access
Service results
- Reduced time taken to perform common tasks by up to 99%
- Migrations delivered 12 months ahead of schedule
- 90% projected reduction in cloud running costs