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+title: Welcome to Arvados!
+...
+
+This guide provides an introduction to using Arvados to solve big data bioinformatics problems.
+
+h2. What is Arvados?
+
+Arvados is a free and open source bioinformatics platform for genomic and biomedical data.
+
+We address the needs of IT directors, lab principals, and bioinformaticians.
+
+h2. Why use Arvados?
+
+Arvados enables you to quickly begin using cloud computing resources in your bioinformatics work. It allows you to track and your methods and datasets, share them securely, and easily re-run analyses.
+
+h3. Take a look (Screenshots gallery)
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/dashboard2.png" alt="[START] After logging in, you see Workbench's dashboard.">
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+ [START] After logging in, you see Workbench's dashboard.
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+ </div>
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/running2.png" alt="Pipelines describe a set of computational tasks (jobs).">
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+ Pipelines describe a set of computational tasks (jobs).
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/log.png" alt="The output of all jobs is logged and stored automatically.">
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+ The output of all jobs is logged and stored automatically.
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+ Pipelines can be also viewed in auto-generated graph form.
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/rerun.png" alt="Pipelines can easily be re-run...">
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+ Pipelines can easily be re-run...
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/chooseinputs.png" alt="...by changing parameters or picking new datasets...">
+ <div class="carousel-caption">
+ ...by changing parameters or picking new datasets...
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/webupload.png" alt="...which can be uploaded right in Workbench.">
+ <div class="carousel-caption">
+ ...which can be uploaded right in Workbench.
+ </div>
+ </div>
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+ <div class="item">
+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/collectionpage.png" alt="Collections allow sharing datasets and job outputs easily.">
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+ Collections allow sharing datasets and job outputs easily.
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+ <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/images/keyfeatures/provenance.png" alt="Data provenance is tracked automatically. [END]">
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+ Data provenance is tracked automatically. [END]
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+Tip: You may need to make your browser window bigger to see full-size images in the gallery above.
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+h3. Key Features
+
+<ul>
+<li><strong>Track your methods</strong><br/>
+We log every compute job: software versions, machine images, input and output data hashes. Rely on a computer, not your memory and your note-taking skills.</li>
+<li><strong>Share your methods</strong><br/>
+Show other people what you did. Let them use your workflow on their own data. Publish a permalink to your methods and data, so others can reproduce and build on them easily.</li>
+<li><strong>Track data origin</strong><br/>
+Did you really only use fully consented public data in this analysis?</li>
+<li><strong>Get results sooner</strong><br/>
+Run your compute jobs faster by using multi-nodes and multi-cores, even if your programs are single-threaded.</li>
+</ul>
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