In the last 12 months, Cloud Computing in business and government has taken off like a rocket. More and more companies, government agencies, health care institutions and financial institutions are turning to Cloud Computing for not only their “Line-of-Business” applications but for their entire IT infrastructure. Now the laboratory and scientific industries are embracing Cloud Computing at an even faster pace. You will start to see more and more articles and case studies on the use of Cloud Computing and SaaS (Software as a Service) for the laboratory.
USA Today recently published an article covering the use of SaaS/Cloud Computing for small business: Software-as-a-service gives small business powerful tools.
Life Science Leader Magazine published: “SaaS Model Turns LIMS Paradigm On Its Head” and a similar article from the American Chemical Society’s, Chemical & Engineering News, entitled “LIMS In The Cloud” all serve to provide evidence of how fast and how far Cloud Computing is making its way into nearly every aspect of laboratories, business, government and other industries.
To learn more about what Cloud Computing / SaaS can do for laboratories you will also want to read the www.LIMSfinder.com article “SaaS – Is a web hosted LIMS right for your laboratory?”
The SaaS LIMS offering (www.weblims.com) from LabLynx, Inc has exploded in growth since its release as a Cloud Computing Application Platform in 2008; making it the largest LIMS Cloud / SaaS provider on the market today. webLIMS.com now has over 1000 users of Cloud based LIMS, business applications and dozens of application specific modules. These applications are being used by multinational corporations, governments and small, private laboratories. This growth has come from across the board with a diverse group of customers in a wide variety of industries from Agriculture, to Environmental, to Clinical to Pharmaceutical. The webLIMS.com suite is more than just LIMS, it offers a wide variety of modular business and scientific applications to choose from and functionality from a plethora of web gadget applications to entire enterprise class application suites.
While LabLynx sells its ELab LIMS product line for installation within an organization’s network, the largest growth by far, comes from webLIMS.com the Cloud/SaaS offering of the LIMS. The reason is basically bottom line driven for the customer. The customer saves the expense of a license fee and the IT costs such as hardware and maintenance.
Are you confused about what exactly Cloud Computing is?
Watch this short, plain English video for a clear explanation of Cloud Computing, SaaS and why your organization can benefit from this new technology:
Would you like to have a Cloud based LIMS for your laboratory?
The following short video about webLIMS.com sums up the value proposition for laboratories:
