New Oracle Partnership Drives Continued Development of EKM Corp.’s Knowledge Management Products
SAN DIEGO, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — September 26, 2006 — A new partnership with Oracle will allow San Diego-based EKM Corporation to further penetrate the scientific marketplaces with its popular Electronic Laboratory Notebook, LABTrack™.
EKM, now a member of the Oracle Partner Network, has access to new Oracle technologies created specifically for the life science market. New technologies can now be integrated with EKM’s electronic lab notebook software, LABTrack.
LABTrack, which already uses Oracle 10g data management software, runs on any Windows-based device. It is the first electronic lab notebook that allows researchers to format electronic pages that mirror paper-based notebooks, but offers powerful database and searching functionality.
“This partnership benefits our customers because EKM can take advantage of the newest technologies that Oracle offers in advance of product releases, and incorporate them into LABTrack,” said Richard Stember, CEO of EKM’s Scientific Division. “We are very excited about the future possibilities this offers in the continuing development of electronic lab notebooks.”
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According to IDC Research, Oracle has 63.4 percent, or $356 million, of the global life science market for commercial databases. The strategic partnership will not only allow EKM to access Oracle’s dominant life science market share, but it will also benefit current and future life science users of LABTrack.
“It will allow life science customers to leverage their competencies and investment in Oracle’s databases and architecture, relational database management systems and data mining enhancements,” said Thomas Chung, chair of EKM’s Scientific Advisory Board. “The power of these best-in-class data analysis tools will allow research-based organizations to make informed research and business decisions. This will improve research productivity, accelerate product discovery and development, and speed up time-to-market for LABTrack users.”
About LABTrack:
The LABTrack family of products is centered on the leading broad-based electronic laboratory notebook product that supports scientists and engineers of all disciplines. It offers toolsets and rules for discovery and research, development and manufacturing and has extensions for laboratory information management, bioinformatics and cheminformatics.
For more information, please visit www.labtrack.com
About EKM:
Founded in 2000, San Diego-based EKM Corp. develops knowledge management solutions for the government and scientific sectors. EKM solutions are built on the foundation of the company’s award-winning knowledge discovery systems technology and utilize standard data system environments, including IBM, Microsoft and Oracle. EKM has successfully deployed solutions to more than 200 locations around the United States. They are the recipient of IBM’s prestigious Beacon Award for the Best Integrated Business Solution for 2003, as well as a 2005 BIO-IT World Best of Show Finalist.
For more information, please visit www.ekmco.com
About Oracle:
Oracle is the world’s largest enterprise software company.
For more information, please visit www.oracle.com
