CLC bio's main activities were in software development for desktop (
Mac OS X,
Windows, and
Linux), enterprise, and cloud software for analysis of
biological data. CLC bio developed some of their own
open source algorithms, as well as their own
SIMD-accelerated implementations of several existing popular applications. In 2010, CLC bio was notable as the first commercial platform for bioinformatics analysis that utilized a
graphical user interface for building, managing, and deploying analysis workflows as well as
command-line tools, a
SOAP and
REST API, and later, the ability to run containerized tools. As additional capabilities were added to the software platform, it was eventually split into several themed Workbenches and plugins with collections of features relevant to different applications (e.g.
pathway analysis,
genomics, and other
omics). Features include read mapping and
de novo assembly of
high-throughput sequencing data, whole-genome detection of
SNPs and structural variations,
ChIP-seq,
RNA-Seq, small
RNA analysis, genome finishing, microbial genomics, structural biology, and functions to analyze, visualize, and compare
genomic,
transcriptomic, and
epigenomic data. == Cloud Computing ==