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Frost & Sullivan Names DNAnexus as the Enabling Technology Leader in the Global Genomics Industry
[May 24, 2016]

Frost & Sullivan Names DNAnexus as the Enabling Technology Leader in the Global Genomics Industry


DNAnexus Inc., the global leader in genome informatics and data management, today announced that Frost & Sullivan has awarded DNAnexus (News - Alert) the 2016 Global Enabling Technology Leadership Award for the genomics industry.

"Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert) firmly believes that the DNAnexus Platform is one of the most significant enabling technologies helping to usher in the era of large-scale genomics projects globally," said Christi Bird, Senior Industry Analyst, Life Sciences at Frost & Sullivan. "For its development of an industry-changing, innovative solution for the genomics community to better connect the exponentially increasing genomic data produced, Frost & Sullivan is pleased to present the 2016 Enabling Technology Leadership Award to DNAnexus."

DNAnexus combines expertise in cloud computing and bioinformatics to provide the global network for organizations that are pursuing genomic-based approaches to health, in the clinic and in the research lab. DNAnexus, and its broad network of partners, provides pharmaceutical and biotech companies, global diagnostic test providers, genome centers, and sequencing service providers secure and compliant infrastructure and scientific support to solve today's genomic challenges faster and more effectively than eve before. The company is the platform supporting some of the largest genomic sequencing projects in the world, such as Regeneron Genetics Center, and the underlying platform for precisionFDA, the FDA's forward-thinking initiative to evaluate the accuracy and reproducibility of next-generation sequencing bioinformatics pipelines.



"DNAnexus has been at the forefront of employing the cloud as the ideal platform for genomics and scientific computing, and our customers and partners have embraced our approach to create the global network for bioinformatics data and tools," said Richard Daly, CEO of DNAnexus. "We are honored to receive this Frost & Sullivan award; one that validates the forward thinking of our technologists, scientists, researchers, and customers."

Frost & Sullivan research involves extensive primary and secondary research across the entire value chain of specific products. Against the backdrop of this research, Frost & Sullivan evaluated DNAnexus on two key factors - Technology Leverage and Customer Impact - and compared DNAnexus to other industry players. DNAnexus' overall rating was significantly higher than the other industry players, resulting in the Best Practice recognition.


About DNAnexus

DNAnexus combines expertise in cloud computing and bioinformatics to create the global network for genomics, operating in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (including China), South America, and Africa. The secure, scalable, and collaborative cloud-based DNAnexus Platform helps thousands of researchers across a spectrum of industries - biopharmaceutical, bioagricultural, sequencing services, clinical diagnostics, government, and research consortia - accelerate their genomics programs globally. For more information on DNAnexus, please visit www.dnanexus.com or follow the company @DNAnexus.


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