Cloud Technology’s Vital Role in COVID-19 Battle: Uncovering Hidden Weapons
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Posted 7/01/23
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Cloud Technology’s Vital Role in COVID-19 Battle: Uncovering Hidden Weapons
We’re amid unprecedented times — COVID-19 has forced government officials to take stringent measures, and healthcare organizations and research companies are tirelessly working to find proper drug treatments and vaccines to combat the virus. With so much at stake, it’s imperative that our country’s leading care givers and researchers have access to the best cloud resources available to perform life-saving research. The obvious resources are those needed at the front line, including ventilators, N95 masks, gloves, etc. But the not-so-obvious cloud resources are just as vitally important. These include high-performance cloud computing (HPC), artificial intelligence, and big data platforms. Below are just a few of the many ways that advanced cloud technology tools and HPC can be used in the fight against COVID-19.
3 Technologies Taking On COVID-19
- Cloud-based Modeling and Visualization. The real fight against this killer virus will be won with data. The need for real-time analysis of extremely large cloud data sets has never been greater. Our ability to ingest, interpret, and visualize cloud data in order to see what is happening at both the microscopic and global levels can substantially flatten the curve, which will ultimately lead to saving lives. Recently, one of our clients presented a model of the infection and death rate in Hawaii. His models were so accurate that he is predicting within a 1% margin of error at this point. Government agencies can use these extremely exact cloud data models to prepare hospitals and care workers. It can help ensure there are enough resources in place before things are out of control. Better prediction models equal saved lives.
- Cloud-based Bioinformatics. In order to understand what we are fighting, we must first be able to sequence the virus’ genome. This is actually very simple to do since the field of genomics has been in place for nearly 15 years. Using HPC platforms and cloud-based bioinformatics tools, research organizations have begun extensive sequencing of COVID-19. Being able to accurately identify the viral genome enables researchers to understand how it has become so successful in attacking us and spreading across the globe. Understanding the virus itself is imperative to discovering how to defeat it. Scientists can see where the virus bonds to the host cells and replicates. If we can disrupt the bonding and replication, then we have a fighting chance to defeat COVID-19.
- Cloud-based Computational Chemistry. Organizations working on drug treatments are likely utilizing computational chemistry — a branch of chemistry that uses computer simulations in the cloud to solve chemical problems. With this type of work, organizations can test the effects of specific drugs or drug combinations on the virus in an effort to identify which drugs render the virus useless or ineffective. If the virus is prevented from attaching to a host or from replicating, researchers would catapult closer to an effective vaccine.
Our world is in the fight of a lifetime — something no one has seen or lived through before. It’s more important than ever that hospitals, health care agencies, and life science organizations of all sizes are able to do the work they need to do to protect and save lives. NZO Cloud is proud to support many organizations working to defeat COVID-19. For these researchers, having immediate access to the cloud platforms they need cannot be overstated. While other companies wait for cloud resources to become available, organizations that made the right decision to invest in their own cloud technology platforms will lead us to the cure.
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