Illumina announced the full commercial availability of BaseSpace, the Company's genomics cloud computing and storage platform. BaseSpace Apps is now out of beta status, and includes a full-fledged e-commerce system that allows customers to purchase Illumina and third-party bioinformatics applications (apps). BaseSpace e-commerce transactions are based on BaseSpace iCredits, a medium of exchange that can be purchased and spent within BaseSpace. During the beta period, users launched individual BaseSpace apps more than 4,000 times. Now, with BaseSpace iCredits, developers can add e-commerce functionality to their apps, leveraging Illumina's complete payment solution. Through the BaseSpace ecosystem, a diverse collection of new apps are now available for Illumina's MiSeq and HiSeq systems.

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