Proper Timing to Develop a Support Team

With every mission-critical application there is usually a support team assembled to keep the application on-line and running as smoothly as possible. The problem is that usually this support team is not formed until late in the development project, if not after deployment. In my experience, the proper time to assemble and train the support team is during System Acceptance Testing.

Web Browser Based LIMS vs. Traditional Windows LIMS

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Pharsight Corporation Releases WinNonlin(R) Validation Suite(TM)

Pharsight Corporation , a leading provider of software and strategic services designed to optimize clinical drug development, today announced that it has released WinNonlin Validation Suite.

The Market For DNA Microarrays: Core Lab & End-User Perspectives

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Market For DNA Microarrays: Core Lab & End-User Perspectives to their offering.

EKM Corporation to Exhibit at the Largest One-Day Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Professional Gathering in the Northeast

EKM Corporation, an award-winning knowledge management firm based in San Diego, is set to exhibit its innovative Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) LABTrack(TM), at the 14th Annual ISPE Product Show, on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 in Newton, Massachusetts. EKM Corp. joins over 150 companies at the largest meeting of biotechnology and pharmaceutical professionals in the northeast.

InforSense and Elsevier MDL Expand Strategic Relationship

InforSense and Elsevier MDL today announced an expanded strategic relationship to integrate the new-generation MDL® Isentris® informatics platform and the InforSense KDE workflow-based integrative analytics platform, and to explore further joint development initiatives. The collaboration will enable scientists in the life sciences to use information and knowledge more effectively in decision-making in order to enhance R&D productivity.

Waters Corporation Donates Laboratory Informatics Software to Indiana University

Industry and Academia Collaborate to Mold Today’s Students into Tomorrow’s Scientists

Biotrue Announces Official Opening of Their European Sales Office and Formal Launch of Their Collaborative Data Management System (CDMS) in Europe

Biotrue Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of data management solutions for biomedical research, announced today the opening of their European Sales Office in the Netherlands. Establishing a European Sales Office will allow Biotrue to reach out to European scientists and directly service customers in Europe.

Natus Medical Launches iNSIST Data Transfer Application for the National Newborn Screening Information System Project; Company Expands Suite of Neometrics(TM) Data Management Products

Natus Medical Incorporated today announced the first two installations of its Neometrics Internet Newborn Screening Information System Transfer (iNSIST)(TM) software application for the National Newborn Screening Information System (NNSIS). Tennessee and Alabama are the first states to automate their reporting by utilizing iNSIST software.

Lucidoc Signs Adventist Medical Center for Compliance Solution; Compliance Management Solution Installed in Record Time

Lucidoc, a leading provider of advanced technology for managing compliance and risk, announced today that it has signed a contract with Adventist Medical Center (AMC), a nonprofit, 302-bed acute care facility, located in Portland, Ore.

PerkinElmer Onesource Enhances Software to Streamline Laboratory Information Management

Adds 21 CFR Part 11 Compliance to OneSource Maintenance Management System

Technest Holdings Subsidiary, Genex Technologies, Earns Small Business Innovation Research Contract by National Institutes of Health for 3D Imaging Technology

Markland Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiary Technest Holdings, Inc., defense and homeland security companies transforming advanced laboratory technology into real-world products, announced today that Genex Technologies Inc. has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a novel 3D technology to reconstruct the human intestinal canal in 3D from images captured by video capsule endoscopes.

IZASA and STARLIMS Form Alliance in Spain and Portugal

STARLIMS announces an alliance with IZASA S.A. the principal leader in sales and distribution of clinical and analytical laboratory solutions in Spain and Portugal. IZASA will take responsibility for providing STARLIMS marketing, sales and service support leveraging, a strong geographical presence in 14 locations throughout the Iberian Peninsula.

Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update – Volume 3, Issue 41

October 11, 2005         Laboratory Informatics Weekly Update  Volume 3, Issue 41   In This Issue  Articles Zen and the Art of LIMS Troubleshooting  Recent News 10/11/2005 - IZASA and STARLIMS Form Alliance in Spain and Portugal 10/10/2005 - Radio-chromatography LIMS link saves time and effort 10/07/2005 - Locus Introduces Web-Based Environmental Information Mangement Software 10/06/2005 - PerkinElmer Accelerates Strategic Focus Toward Health Sciences And Photonics 10/06/2005 - Expansion for Bioinformatics Market in the near Future 10/06/2005 - Teranode Addresses Semantic Web Standards for Life Sciences in New White Paper 10/05/2005 - Pharmaceutical Company to License Plant Lifecycle 10/05/2005 - Public Health…

Invitation to Bid – Water Testing

State of California - Department of Parks and Recreation

Invitation to Bid – Lab Contract

State Of California - Department of Parks & Recreation

RFQ – Geotech/Materials Testing and Special Inspection Services

State of California - California State University

Radio-chromatography LIMS link saves time and effort

Lablogic has enhanced the functionality of its Debra drug metabolism LIMS and Laura radio-chromatography data system by creating links between the two that save time and avoid duplication.