LabVantage ® Announces the Release of LabVantage Sapphire® 3.2 with Evergreen Studio® Web Page Designer

BRIDGEWATER, NJ, USA, January 28, 2004 – LabVantage Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise LIMS and Life Sciences LIMS solutions, announced today that they have begun shipping Sapphire Version 3.2 to customers. Key enhancements include the introduction of Evergreen Studio Web Page Designer, support for Oracle 9i, enhanced Java API supporting SDK V1.4.2_02, new Workflow Actions to support Crystal Enterprise Professional Edition Version 9, as well as Sapphire Console, a wizard-based installation and upgrade capability.

Version 3.2 is a major product release that addresses many desired enhancements requested by users at annual Users Group meetings in the UK and US. Highlights of enhancements available in 3.2 include:

  • The inclusion of LabVantage’s Evergreen Studio Web Page Designer- Standard Edition. The Standard Edition provides the ability to alter web page properties affecting appearances such as color, visibility, sort order, and labels, as well as field validation of LabVantage Evergreen Studio Ready® pages.
  • Enhanced 21 CFR Part 11 capabilities.
  • Enhanced application server capabilities with Sybase EAServer Advanced Edition V4.2.2.
  • Streamlined web-based installation and upgrade capabilities with the introduction of Sapphire Console.
  • Extended use of the URL that enables browser to call different pages with different features.
  • Data retrieval performance enhancements that offer the ability to filter by columns, and execute Oracle database functions.
  • Support for Oracle 9i and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
  • Enhanced Tag Controls for HTML modification.
  • Enhanced Error Logging and Notification that provides facilities to log server errors and report them via email, and that looks for specific problems and messages.
  • A new Action called SendCrystalReport (Server-Side) works with reports generated using Crystal Enterprise Professional Edition, Version 9. This Action sends a report to the Crystal Enterprise APS (Automated Process Scheduler), and provides it with instructions for printing, emailing, or storing the report.
  • Two new System Actions. AddReplicate (Server-Side) adds Replicates of Parameters already existing in a Data Set. ExtendDataSet (Server-Side) adds new Parameters to Data Sets.

“Sapphire 3.2 is a major release that all Sapphire customers will consider a ‘must have.’ From major performance gains to the significant enhancements in system configuration facilities, users will find new methods to further enhance the value of their Sapphire LIMS,“ said Scott Deutsch, Vice President, Global Marketing, LabVantage Solutions, Inc. “This release has been driven by customer feedback. Customers attending recent UK and US User Meetings will see many of the enhancement they requested in Version 3.2.”

Sapphire 3.2 also provides support for Evergreen Studio Web Page Designer’s Professional Edition. In addition to the capabilities inherent in the Standard Edition, the Professional Edition’s key attributes enable customers to:

  • Rapidly construct new page types for unique application configuration requirements.
  • Access a vast library of LabVantage developed and tested Evergreen Studio Ready page types, used for application design and development.
  • Access a vast library of LabVantage developed and tested Evergreen Studio Ready Industry Solution pages.
  • Utilize Wizard API to design and develop automated form process completion.

LabVantage Sapphire LIMS helps laboratories increase productivity, lower operating costs, and improve quality. Sapphire’s configurable process automation and communication capabilities allow laboratories of any size to model their business-specific workflows, seamlessly integrate with robots and analytical instruments, leverage the Internet for internal and external communications, and meet the growing demands of high-throughput discovery and research environments.

About LabVantage

A leader in Enterprise LIMS and Life Sciences LIMS solutions, LabVantage Solutions, Inc. is a Chatterjee Management Group company, and an Advanced IBM Business Partner. LabVantage provides intelligent sample and experiment data management LIMS for traditional manufacturing QA/QC, pharmaceutical QC, genomics, proteomics, and high throughput screening. The company also offers services that ensure customer success, such as industry and technology consulting, implementation services, application training, and extensive customer support services. Since 1981, LabVantage has implemented hundreds of laboratory information systems across a broad range of industries. Headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, LabVantage also has offices in High Wycombe, UK, and Kolkata, India, as well as an extensive web of business partnerships and technology alliances. Further information about LabVantage and its products is available at www.labvantage.com.

Certain statements contained in this release may be forward-looking statements and are thus prospective. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

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Terry Hermann

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LabVantage Solutions, Inc.
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