PERKINELMER LABWORKS ES TO OFFER BROAD LOCAL LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES TO LABS AROUND THE WORLD
ORLANDO, Fla. — PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a leading provider of drug discovery, life science research, and analytical solutions, has announced a new version of its LABWORKS laboratory information management system (LIMS) that can be easily modified to provide a native language interface in nearly any language.
The LABWORKS ES™ (Enhanced Security) system now provides one of the most comprehensive language capabilities in the LIMS market, including native versions in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. The new LABWORKS ES software is one of the first on the market to support double-byte characters for true Asian language support.
Users will have the flexibility to select their language when they load the software. For even greater flexibility, users within a networked installation can each run different languages. In addition, the localization capabilities of the software have been improved so the language can even be customized during the implementation process. For example, the interface terminology could be changed to reflect an individual organization’s laboratory workflow and business practices.
A key advantage of the way LABWORKS handles localization is that the software is backwards compatible with previous versions and optional modules that have not been localized. These modules will continue to operate in their original design alongside localized modules.
Localization of LIMS software has been a challenge in the past because converting a program to a new language usually meant modifying the source code. PerkinElmer has taken a new approach of removing the text from the source code and putting it into a database. LABWORKS developers have gone a step further by creating a new localization tool that drastically shortens the time required to implement a new language. The result is that PerkinElmer has dramatically increased the number of languages that it supports in a very short period of time.
“In the past, it just didn’t make economic sense to create a new version for a language with relatively few users,” said Donna Lococo, Informatics product manager. “Now we can easily create new versions for almost any language or application.”
PerkinElmer also plans to make the new localization tools available to other development groups within the company to easily create local language versions of other PerkinElmer software that controls operation of the Company’s analytical instruments.
For more information about local language versions of LABWORKS ES, contact PerkinElmer at 1-800-762-4060, or visit www.perkinelmer.com/instruments.
For more information, contact:
PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences
549 Albany Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA; Telephone: (800) 551-2121 (U.S. Only) or
+1 (617) 482-9595; Fax: +1 (617) 482-1380. Website: www.perkinelmer.com/instruments
PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global technology leader focused in the following businesses – Life and Analytical Sciences, Optoelectronics, and Fluid Sciences. Combining operational excellence and technology expertise with an intimate understanding of its customers’ needs, PerkinElmer creates innovative solutions – backed by unparalleled service and support – for customers in health sciences, semiconductor, aerospace and other markets whose applications demand absolute precision and speed. The company markets in more than 125 countries, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. Additional information is available through www.perkinelmer.com or 1-877-PKI-NYSE.
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