LabVantage Sapphire has Achieved “Powered by SAP NetWeaver®” Status

Bridgewater, NJ. February 12, 2007. LabVantage today announced that its LabVantage Sapphire solution has achieved “Powered by SAP NetWeaver®” status. The certified integration enables the exchange of information between the mySAP™ ERP application and LabVantage’s Sapphire Laboratory Information Management Suite (LIMS) using the SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI) Release 7.0 and LabVantage Sapphire.

 

LabVantage Sapphire Enterprise Connector, a component of LabVantage Sapphire, is a separately installable and configurable application-to-application (A2A) tool that facilitates tailored, bi-directional data flow between LabVantage Sapphire and mySAP ERP. It was developed by LabVantage through a joint information technology (IT) partnership with TCGIvega, expert consultants experienced in SAP solution-based integrations. LabVantage Sapphire can be implemented at various stages of quality and materials control processes within mySAP ERP to realize real-time data updates.

 

“We are extremely excited to introduce to our customers the interface between mySAP and LabVantage Sapphire, which has achieved Powered by SAP NetWeaver qualification,” said Jim Aurelio, President and CEO of LabVantage. “As organizations require LIMS and SAP® solutions to fulfill their needs, LabVantage Sapphire, integrated with mySAP ERP and Powered by SAP Netweaver, will significantly enhance operational efficiency for our customers through a cohesive information technology infrastructure.” Achieving Powered by SAP NetWeaver status verifies the seamless integration between LabVantage Sapphire and mySAP ERP and confirms the existence of product functionality in accordance with SAP’s certification procedures. The SAP Integration and Certification Center has certified that LabVantage Sapphire 4 properly integrates with the SAP NetWeaver XI component of the SAP NetWeaver platform to exchange critical data with instances of the mySAP Business Suite family of applications and has demonstrated that LabVantage Sapphire is integrated successfully with the SAP NetWeaver Portal. About SAP Netweaver. The SAP NetWeaver platform powers the mySAP Business Suite, SAP xApps™ packaged composite applications, and solutions such as LabVantage Sapphire. SAP NetWeaver unifies integration technologies into a single platform and is pre-integrated with business applications, enabling change and reducing the need for custom integration.

 

About LabVantage.

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., an innovative global provider of enterprise solutions tailored for leading laboratories, serves discovery, development, formulation, process research, raw material testing, and quality management laboratories across multiple industries. LabVantage Sapphire, a thin-client laboratory information management suite, is tailored to manage an organization’s critical laboratory information across its worldwide R&D pipeline and manufacturing supply chain to optimize productivity and more effectively share knowledge. A Chatterjee Management Group company, LabVantage is headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ, U.S.A., with direct or partner coverage in Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom. Further information about LabVantage and LabVantage Sapphire is available at www.labvantage.com. LabVantage, LabVantage Sapphire and their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of LabVantage Solutions, Inc. in the U.S and other countries around the world. SAP, SAP NetWeaver, mySAP, xApps and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.