Intel becomes part of the battle against cancer

Intel has introduced Cancer Collaborative Cloud, a software that aims to help cancer researchers to distribute among one another data on disease, medical images and information.

In this way, Intel claims to create a software platform which will likely be based and Intel hardware. Cancer Collaborative Cloud will then be converted into a source of information that doctors or experts can exchange with each other to find a solution so for this disease.

The move is the latest in Intel's efforts tide of technological companies to become part of the field of medicine. According to observers coming moment of personalized medicine. The field of medicine is in a period where doctors use data from intelligent devices, or specific software to come to conclusions about certain diseases. Other companies that have openly displayed their interest in this area and Apple, Box, IBM and Samsung.

Intel has confirmed that the strongest points of Cancer Collaborative Cloud are security and privacy. Governments are strengthening more and more laws and rules regarding the use of information to patients but few data centers and database programs meet these conditions. Intel plans to implement this framework in cooperation with the software Oregon Health and Science University, under an open source license. This means that doctors can distribute and modify data free. According to Intel, this software is expected to be ready in 2016.