June 3, 2009 - Spectro's new high-performance/low cost (<50-k) GENESIS ICP for water and wastewater analysis

The new GENESIS ICP is the first and only ICP-OES system available with factory-loaded methods for US EPA, CLP, and US FDA CFR Part 11 compliance utilizing multiple solid state detectors and Windows-based software.

May 28, 2009 - New Advances in ICP Technology

Over the last 25 years, optical emission spectrometers with ICP excitation sources have become an indispensable tool for chemical elemental analysis. Their ease of use, high sensitivity and precision, plus relative freedom from interferences have made ICP-OES systems the analytical method of choice for a wide range of applications.

March 16, 2009 - Blaze Systems Issues Systems Integration White Paper

Blaze Systems has issued a Systems Integration White Paper to at least "scratch the surface" of the opportunity to begin making application architecture for enterprise business effectiveness a significant element in IT strategy for any enterprise, small, medium or large.

March 6, 2009 - Blaze Systems Issues Barcode Labeling White Paper

Blaze Systems has issued a Barcode Labeling White Paper that brings to light many of the key issues to be addressed when determining if LIMS software can deliver the business improvements typically available from the use of machine readable (barcode, RFID) labeling.

February 28, 2009 - SaaS – Is a web hosted LIMS right for your laboratory?

What is a Web Hosted (SaaS) LIMS & is it right for your lab?  Simply put, a web hosted or SaaS LIMS is a (Laboratory Information Management System) that is a licensed, web hosted subscription that is paid for on a low monthly or annual fee basis as opposed to a customer, on-site installed, lump sum license purchase.  The LIMS exists on a provider’s server instead of at your lab or business, and users access it through the web.  So why would this benefit your lab? 

December 5, 2008 - Proteus – Proteomics Lab &amp; Data Management Solution

Proteus can accelerate your scientific results, ensure sample traceability and improve the efficiency of your lab operations.

December 5, 2008 - Geneus – Genomics Lab &amp; Data Management Solution

Geneus can accelerate your scientific results, ensure sample traceability and improve efficiency of your genomics lab.

December 5, 2008 - Informatics Solutions for Translational Research

At GenoLogics, we’re committed to providing a translational research informatics solution that bridges the clinical and research divide.

October 6, 2008 - Increase the Power and Capabilities of Your Thermo Scientific Nautilus LIMS™ Software

Learn how to realize peak performance from your Nautilus background processor.

August 25, 2008 - Affinity™ for Affymetrix® from LabCentrix

Affinity™ for Affymetrix® from LabCentrix is a complete, preconfigured LIMS solution for microarray labs. It incorporates best practices in sample management to deliver speed, accuracy and efficiency improvements.

August 25, 2008 - Two tier versus three tier architectures

In the early days of personal computing the graphical user interface was all that you, a single user, needed to interface with the software application that sat resident in the memory of your physical machine.

August 25, 2008 - New Series: Beyond the Press Release Begins…

This new groundbreaking series focuses on the top questions LIMSExpert.com readers have been asking about LIMS products from around the world.

August 20, 2008 - Partisanism and LIMS

This is for those who feel that an unbiased online publication cannot be produced by an organization that is affiliated with a LIMS vendor.

August 18, 2008 - High-quality, best-practice LIMS automation for your Affymetrix lab

Now you can speed lab workflows, increase the availability of accurate sample data, and improve end-to-end throughput of assays using GeneChip® technology. LabCentrix brings you all these capabilities in a single out-of-the-box solution called AffinityTM for Affymetrix®.

August 11, 2008 - The Cost of Development

Some systems are purpose built. It is the nature of the software systems to deliver functionality that meets business needs in an efficient manner. Unfortunately developing functionality that solely meets the current business needs isn't enough for a viable enterprise-level system. This may seem confusing to you, so let us delve further into the subject.

August 11, 2008 - Stop Asking for Referrals

Posted from the LIMSexpert.com In order to acquire a viable LIMS you will either have to build or buy one (see here for discussion on build versus buy costs). If you choose the 'buy' route you will be confronted with bewildering choices, a variety of costs, and a smattering of options. You will also, invariably, run across LIMS pundits who offer this advice -- seek references before buying a LIMS. It is so popular and so often repeated that we take for granted that it must be true. But this advice on its face is a bunch of nonsensical bunk. If you would like to know why, please read further.

July 30, 2008 - Server and Desktop virtualization is a key technology for Enterprise LIMS Deployment

VMware provides some key technologies that allow organizations to virtualize both server and desktop resources. Virtualization is a technology that can be used to level the playing field between web browser based applications and traditional Windows applications. Listen to the podcasts provided to learn more about virtualization.

July 14, 2008 - Using Document control software to comply with ISO requirements

The objective of a document control software system is to make sure that good manufacturing methods are recorded and improved on. ISO standards require that the process and the documentation directing the manufacturing methods, and any changes to them, are restricted to authorised personnel with any changes recorded for future examination. Therefore ISO certified organisations are required to have a system for controlling the changes to their documents.

July 14, 2008 - The Gap Between LIMS Capabilities and Environmental Monitoring Needs

While laboratory tests are an important part of Environmental Monitoring (EM) operations, the EM workflow is complex and the EM workplace presents a unique set of challenges. Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) LIMS products bring a wide range of functions to help automate the analytical laboratory, but struggle to meet the unique challenges of the EM operation. This paper reviews the workflow typically found in EM operations to identify the needs of the EM organization. It matches the capabilities of commercial LIMS to these needs, and discusses the LIMS customizations that would be required to close these gaps. It also discusses two alternative approaches to building an interface between an EM-specific product, such as MODA-EM, and a commercial LIMS.

July 14, 2008 - The Benefits of Hosted Software

Hosted software, also known as on-demand software or software as a service, is ideally suited for small and medium sized companies (SMEs) with small IT staffs as it centralises the tasks of maintaining and updating the applications while spreading the costs over a broad user base.