Advantages of a Data Warehouse
When it comes to behavior, I’m a conservationist and minimalist: I sincerely dislike having to do anything extra or wasted. For example, I dislike taking stairs one at a time because it’s too slow. I never print out anything; it’s a waste of paper that I’ll eventually throw away anyhow. I frequently run across parking lots because I can’t stand the time wasted between walking out a door and arriving at my car. So why would I advocate using a data warehouse as the basis for business intelligence and decision support? Why not get data directly from operational systems and skip the extra system?Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 9
March 02, 2011 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 9, Issue 9 In This Issue LIMS Blog Postings How to Choose an Application Server Choosing an application server on which to run your LabVantage software is not so much different than buying anything else…a car, let’s say. You need to decide which features are important to you, how much money you have to spend, the level of dealer support you expect, options for repair, the required level of ongoing maintenance, etc. Free 2011 LIMS Buyer's Guide with price lists of some of the most popular LIMS products The Laboratory Informatics Institute…Laboratory Informatics Strategy, Part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole…Again
At the very beginning of Lewis Carroll’s classic book, “Alice in Wonderland”, Alice follows the March Hare down the rabbit-hole without a thought as to why she was doing it or how she would ever get out again. She simply jumps in feet first and, as we learn by reading the rest of the book, gets herself into a lot of trouble while trying to find her way home.How to Choose an Application Server
Choosing an application server on which to run your LabVantage software is not so much different than buying anything else…a car, let’s say. You need to decide which features are important to you, how much money you have to spend, the level of dealer support you expect, options for repair, the required level of ongoing maintenance, etc.Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 8
February 23, 2011 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 9, Issue 8 In This Issue LIMS Blog Postings Free 2011 LIMS Buyer's Guide with price lists of some of the most popular LIMS products The Laboratory Informatics Institute is pleased to announce the coming release of the 2011 LIMS Buyer's Guide. This guide is unique in the LIMS industry by providing a side-by-side comparison of the most popular LIMS products on the market along with complete pricing information. Upcoming Webcasts 03/03/2011 - Thermo Fisher Scientific - Webinar: “Enterprise - Enabling Translational Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia”, 3 March 2011, 12pm…Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 9, Issue 7
February 16, 2011 Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update Volume 9, Issue 7 In This Issue Upcoming Webcasts 03/03/2011 - Thermo Fisher Scientific - Webinar: “Enterprise - Enabling Translational Research at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia”, 3 March 2011, 12pm – 1pm EST To that end, this webinar will discuss Children's Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) recent deployment of an enterprise-class Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) and how they partnered with Thermo Fisher Scientific to develop new functionality to specifically support clinical and translational research. It will also describe CHOP’s opt-in approach to user adoption and best practices for implementation of informatics solutions in…DIY Cloud-in-a-Box, Part 2
by: John H. Jones, President – LabLynx, Inc.
In my last blog posting, DIY Cloud-in-a- Box, Part 1, I introduced you to the concept of the Private Cloud and the series of articles that will chronical my journey towards the development of a private cloud that can be installed within your own organization or can be hosted in an external datacenter. Now we continue on with Part 2.
