November 14, 2012 - Biotracker Biobanking LIMS – Solution made Easy by Ocimum Biosolution
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November 14, 2012 - Biotracker LIMS from Ocimum is Next Generation Bioinformatics LIMS
Presenting a sleeker, more powerful and feature-rich LIMS to enable R&D and chart your organization’s route to success… We are pleased to announce a new and improved version of Biotracker LIMS that promises to be all these and more. Biotracker LIMS™ offers a one-stop solution to all the information management needs of your laboratories and organization.…
November 6, 2012 - Popular LIMS discussions in 2012 on Linkedin
Linkedin has become the largest interactive community for LIMS users & professionals and the two leading LIMS user groups on Linkedin are LIMS/LI (with over 4,000 members) and the LIMSforum ( with nearly 40,000 members). If you are a LIMS user or professional and are not yet a member of these groups you will want to visit these groups and check out the great discussions below. Some of these discussions have nearly 100 comments by user members!October 30, 2012 - The LabLite Software Family
LabLite LLC continues to develop software that works together. The analogy we use is a framework based on Microsoft integrative capabilities. If you are using one of our products now, another piece of software can snap into the LabLite Framework and perhaps benefit your operations.October 5, 2012 - MS Access based LIMS Software
Our Microsoft Access based LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) software is design for small laboratory. This LIMS software serve in a variety of industries, and it is easy configurable and providing rapid deployment options to meet the needs of any small laboratory on their daily operation and orders managementJune 12, 2012 - Up and Running in Record Time
Recently, we completed an impressive project that I would like to share with you. In February, we embarked on a clinical LIS/LIMS project with a molecular diagnostics lab in Texas. They had an aggressive time schedule to go live. The project started on February 11th and went live on May 1st. They are doing both diagnostic and pharmacogenomic tests and our system is tracking everything from the beginning (requisition) to the end (Final Report). This has all been accomplished in under 11 weeks.June 5, 2012 - 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide Available for Download
We have
finished the release of the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide. This new edition provides
an updated list of the leading LIMS companies and products along with pricing
information for each.Also, new for 2012, we have scoured Youtube and the vendors sites to find product demonstrations of their LIMS software. For each vendor that has product demos, we have posted the links to those demonstrations. The vendors are listed in the order of most demos to least number of demos.
To download a free copy of the 2012 LIMS Buyer's Guide, visit: http://www.limsbook.com.
April 22, 2012 - Corporate-Friendly Open Source Licenses – Beware, not all software is truly free, some can come with a barb
I have been doing some research on the different types of Open Source licenses. The following is a good posting that quickly summarizes the potential dangers of Open Source to corporations. You just have to know the rules but as with all software, you need to live by the license agreement. The funny thing is that GPL touts “freedom” but it is a rather restricted “freedom”. it has all the ring of truth of the double speak/thought from the book 1984 by George Orwell. Now I am all for Open Source in the corporate environment but you have to be careful, especially beware of AGPLv3.April 21, 2012 - Experiences Using Cloud Computing for A Scientific Workflow Application
Clouds are rapidly becoming an important platform for scientific applications. In this paper we describe our experiences running a scientific workflow application in the cloud.January 3, 2012 - Medieval Tech Support for your Laboratory Notebook
We all know that if you have a LIMS or a ELN that it comes with tech support. But did you know that tech support has existed since the Middle Ages for your paper based Lab Notebook?Watch this hilarious video on Medieval Tech Support.
October 1, 2011 - Laboratory Informatics Integration for Contract Labs
The following is a webinar put out recently by a LIMS consultant on the topic of Laboratory Informatics Integration for Contract Labs - approximately 30 minutes longSeptember 19, 2011 - Connected Productivity in the Petrochemical Industry – Optimizing Information Sharing
The Benefits of an Integrated Enterprise Level LIMS Solution By Colin Thurston, Director of Product Strategy, Process Industries, Thermo Fisher ScientificJune 25, 2011 - Some of the most popular discussions in the LIMS Forum
Posted by: John H. Jones
The LIMSforum is a user discussion group located on Linkedin. The group has nearly 25,000 members, making it the largest and most popular user’s group devoted to all topics in LIMS and Laboratory Informatics. If you are not already a member you can join it at www.limsforum.com. The group is open to everyone and the members are very helpful in answering questions and holding useful discussions.
Here is a list of just a few of the most recent popular discussions:
June 14, 2011 - BioBanking, Lean Lunches and Serendipity
On a typical day, I spend at least a few minutes browsing this blog and the LABVANTAGE social communities on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. I’m looking to see who is talking about what and who is new. While browsing our LinkedIn group, I noticed something a bit out of the ordinary. In a community composed of customers, employees and other interested followers from all over the world, I noticed a new member of the latter type who had much in common with me. His name is Jon Wetzel, and it turns out that, like me, he lives in Southeast Michigan and is a graduate of my alma mater, Michigan State. Go Spartans!June 14, 2011 - What LABVANTAGE is Doing with Data Integration
At this year’s CTEC conference, I have the great pleasure of leading a training class called, “Laboratory Data Integration and Migration: Best Practices and Application”. (If you haven’t signed up for CTEC 2011 yet, there’s still time!) In order to be prepared for this class, I have spent most of this week writing the training materials. So I thought this would be a good time for me to write down my thoughts on the data integration and migration landscape here at LABVANTAGE, both in the present and coming in the near future.June 14, 2011 - Six Sigma and Your LIMS System
Six Sigma is a well established process improvement technique. The goal is to drive down defects in manufactured products, and thus to enhance customer satisfaction and contribute to the financial results of the business. Key to Six Sigma is that it provides a quantitative approach to the improvements; to support this approach a variety of mainly statistical tools are used.June 13, 2011 - LiMS forum, the professional network for LIMS, Laboratory, Scientific & Health Informatics
LiMS forum
is the largest & most active User's Group for Laboratory, Scientific &
Health Informatics professionals to meet, post articles, jobs, videos, downloads
& SaaS Applications for LIMS, ELN, CDS, SDMS, LIS, EMR, Robotics,
Chromatography, Spectroscopy, BioInformatics, Life Sciences & more...
Also, you can access the LIMS forum on your Android phone. Scan this:
May 29, 2011 - Labmanager Magazine Articles
A collection of articles from Labmanager Magazine that provide useful tips and advice to laboratory managers and professionals.April 16, 2011 - What is the best acronym to describe a comprehensive Laboratory Informatics System?
Recently there has been a very active discussion on the LIMSforum concerning the potential need for a term or acronym that describes a comprehensive, functional Laboratory Informatics System that manages all aspects of Laboratory Information. There is a growing trend in the LIMS industry to have a comprehensive, full featured LIMS that provides for traditional LIMS functionality as well as functionality for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) or Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) along with a host of other functionality such as ERP/accounting integration, HR integration, CDS (Chromatography Data Systems), Chemical Inventory, Batch Record Management, analyst workflow management and the list goes on and on.
Please take a moment to give your opinion as to what term works best if any:
