Here is interesting writeup that I find eerily accurate:
In most organizations, the human resources of bioinformatics are a regular source of tension. Unless you’re particularly lucky, you can be plagued by politics, illogical decision making, disappointment, and low productivity.
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The Bioinformatics Core: In this setup, some mix of informatics analysts and developers are put together under a common organization that then distributes their time to affiliated laboratories. But this never works the way people expect it to. Informatics does not fit the core facility mold
More here: The Unstable Equilibrium of the Bioinformatics Org Chart
outsourcing could be a threat in terms of promising undeliverables - then disappear - taking available resources with them
As a threat I mean how many labs currently outsource analysis?
I see. Though as labs start outsourcing sequencing they might try to do so with analysis. On the other hand unrealistic expectations are the norm rather than exception.