This makes a lot of sense….

I was reading a very interesting blog this evening about the problems that Bausch & Lomb is experiencing with their Contact Lense Fluids and the relation to Fusarium Keratitis, an eye fungus that can possibly cause blindness in contact lens wearers. The blog author provides a great idea about integration of public health and incident data using SOA (Service Oriented Architecture).

Where's the beef… I mean LIMS?

I was reading a blog on the Internet today. In reading his blog, it was critical of LABLynx and Perkin Elmer for not posting enough information on their respective web sites concerning their products. It reminded me of the old commercial that asks: “Where’s the beef?” I wonder why LABLynx and Perkin Elmer were singled out. As far as I can tell, none of the other LIMS vendors provide much by way of detailed product information.

I was wrong!

I once wrote a blog about Thermo clearly gaining the lead in the LIMS market with their acquisition of Innaphase. There were some good points made by the president of Labware to counter my opinion at that time.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 4, Issue 32

August 15, 2006      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 4, Issue 32   In This Issue  LIMS Blog Postings LIMS and Web 2.0, makes a great combo! The Internet is a relatively new tool for science (relative to a tool like the microscope). The Internet was orginally created by scientists to enhance real time collaboration between scientists. Today, scientific information is prolific on the Internet and with the advent of new technologies and techniques such as Blogs, Wikis, RSS and other such technobable collectively known as Web 2.0, scientific collaboration and information consumption will explode. Science and all other knowledge professions can…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 4, Issue 31

August 08, 2006      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 4, Issue 31   In This Issue  LIMS Blog Postings I was wrong! I once wrote a blog about Thermo clearly gaining the lead in the LIMS market with their acquisition of Innaphase. There were some good points made by the president of Labware to counter my opinion at that time.  Recent News 08/04/2006 - ATL Announces Seamless Integration of Sample Master® Pro LIMS with the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Creator Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc. (ATL) is pleased to announce seamless integration of Sample Master® Pro Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) with a…

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 4, Issue 30

August 01, 2006      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 4, Issue 30   In This Issue  Recent News 07/31/2006 - Sequenom Selects Tata Consultancy Services to Develop Next Generation Framework for Life Science Software Applications Sequenom, Inc., a leading provider of genetic analysis solutions for epigenetic analysis, fine mapping, and molecular medicine, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global technology services and consulting company, to develop software solutions that will support Sequenom's next generation of software tools 07/31/2006 - Hema-Quebec Selects IDM Surround as Its Laboratory Management System Information Data Management, Inc.…

Quality Assurance Process for Measurement

Chemical measurement data are often the basis for critical decisions on vital matters, including the health of individuals, environmental protection, and the production of safe, reliable, and useful products and services. As a result, the demand for measurement data is ever increasing, and therefore, measurement data must be with reliable with unequivocal evidence to prove accuracy and precision. The philosophy and procedures by which data users can obtain proof of the reliability accuracy of measurements is commonly referred to as quality assurance.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 4, Issue 29

July 25, 2006      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 4, Issue 29   In This Issue  Recent News 07/24/2006 - ATL Leading Workshop at Laboratory Informatics ‘06 On August 3rd ATL will be leading a Post-Conference Workshop as part of Laboratory Informatics ’06. The Workshop, “Establishing Data Standards within the Laboratory”, will take place at the Park Hyatt in Philadelphia, PA from 2:30pm - 5:30pm. 07/24/2006 - Chemtech has confirmed its presence at the Rio Oil & Gas 2006 Chemtech will be present at the next edition of the Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference, the main oil & gas event…

Extract your Outlook Emails to PDF files in bulk

I have found a pretty cool tool to extract your Outlook Emails to individual PDF files in bulk. If you are like me you have thousands of emails in Outlook and need a way to extract those emails to a common format for archiving or sharing.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 4, Issue 28

July 18, 2006      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 4, Issue 28   In This Issue  LIMS Buyers Guide LIMS Customer Satisfaction Survey LIMS Customer Satisfaction Survey LIMSfinder is working to develop a comprehensive LIMS Buyer's Guide that will be kept up to date in as close to real time as possible.  The LIMS Customer Satisfaction Survey is the first in a series to help LIMS consumers find companies and products that fit their needs and to help LIMS companies know better how to serve that customer base.  We do not charge for this service and the results of these surveys are free…

LIMS Customer Satisfaction Survey

Please tell us how satisfied you are with your LIMS Vendor / Product. Take the LIMS Customer Satisfaction Survey. It takes less than 2 minutes. You can even update your responses when you want. Make your voice heard!

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 4, Issue 27

July 11, 2006      Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 4, Issue 27   In This Issue  LIMS Blog Postings Where's the beef... I mean LIMS? I was reading a blog today from Joel Limardo at www.limsexpert.com. In reading his blog, it was critical of LABLynx and Perkin Elmer for not posting enough information on their respective web sites concerning their products. It reminded me of the old commercial that asks: “Where’s the beef?” I wonder why LABLynx and Perkin Elmer were singled out. As far as I can tell, none of the other LIMS vendors provide much by way of detailed product…