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.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 22

May 30, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 22   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/29/2012 - Draft Request for Proposal - DOJ/FBI eLAB - Laboratory Information Management System The Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). This is a release of a DRAFT RFP for industry comment and synopsis of proposed contract action 0720123828. 05/01/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Clean Water Services (District) is inviting qualified firms to submit proposals for a Laboratory Information…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 21

May 23, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 21   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/01/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Clean Water Services (District) is inviting qualified firms to submit proposals for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for District’s Water Quality Laboratory as described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The intent is to select a new environmental LIMS for District deployment. 04/13/2012 - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) City of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations -…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 20

May 16, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 20   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/01/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Clean Water Services (District) is inviting qualified firms to submit proposals for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for District’s Water Quality Laboratory as described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The intent is to select a new environmental LIMS for District deployment. 04/13/2012 - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) City of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations -…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 19

May 09, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 19   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/01/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Clean Water Services (District) is inviting qualified firms to submit proposals for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for District’s Water Quality Laboratory as described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The intent is to select a new environmental LIMS for District deployment. 04/13/2012 - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) City of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations -…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 18

May 02, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 18   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 05/01/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Clean Water Services (District) is inviting qualified firms to submit proposals for a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for District’s Water Quality Laboratory as described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The intent is to select a new environmental LIMS for District deployment. 04/13/2012 - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) City of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations -…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 17

April 25, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 17   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/13/2012 - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) City of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) 04/09/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada - Request for proposals to supply and implement a software package, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), which will establish a formal system for managing laboratory data and work processes.  LIMS Blog Postings Experiences…

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.

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.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 16

April 18, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 16   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/13/2012 - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) City of Kalamazoo, Michigan - Bid Opportunity - Provide /Install Operations - Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) 04/09/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada - Request for proposals to supply and implement a software package, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), which will establish a formal system for managing laboratory data and work processes.  Recent News 04/17/2012 -…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 15

April 11, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 15   In This Issue  Bid / RFP / RFI Opportunities 04/09/2012 - Request for Proposal - Laboratory Information Management System City of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada - Request for proposals to supply and implement a software package, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), which will establish a formal system for managing laboratory data and work processes.  Recent News 04/10/2012 - Psyche Systems Corporation Signs Strategic Alliance with Siemens Healthcare to Provide Anatomic Pathology Solutions Psyche Systems Corporation has recently signed a strategic alliance with Siemens Healthcare, Malvern, Pa., under which WindoPath®,…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 10, Issue 14

April 04, 2012      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 10, Issue 14   In This Issue  Recent News 04/04/2012 - CSols Inc. Webinar: Game Over or Project Reset - Rescuing your Failed Implementation Join us Wednesday, April 18th at 2:00pm EDT Even the best planned LIMS implementation projects can go awry. Knowing when and how to reset the project is critical to the ultimate success of your LIMS implementation. Our consultants will help you to identify the early warning signs of failures for projects in motion and discuss methodologies for root cause analysis. Understanding that some causes cannot be changed is as…