Waters Corporation and Symyx Technologies Partner to Integrate Research Lab Software Offerings
MILFORD, Mass. & SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and Symyx Technologies (Nasdaq:SMMX) announced today the integration of Waters® NuGenesis Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) with the Symyx Software Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN). By making the software products compatible with one another, scientists will find it easier to access, share, use and document scientific information generated by multiple sources.
With this new level of integration, scientists using Symyx ELN software to design, document and share experimental information will be able to directly retrieve data and documents stored in the NuGenesis® SDMS system, saving considerable time and effort. Laboratories looking to couple NuGenesis SDMS version 7.0 with the Symyx ELN software will get a configurable off-the-shelf software solution with intelligent tools to enhance scientific R&D, project data management productivity, and global collaboration/communication.
“To keep up with the mountains of data generated by drug discovery research, leading research firms need solid information management solutions like Symyx Software and Waters NuGenesis SDMS,” said Patrick Martell, director of Waters Laboratory Informatics. “The regulatory and competitive environments in which modern pharmaceutical and chemical products are developed demand the highest standards of compliance and efficiency. This new integration of our products helps our customers keep pace with these demands.”
“Symyx and Waters are partnering to provide a fully integrated experimentation and informatics environment for our customers,” said Timothy Campbell, president of Symyx Software. “Integration is the key to improving efficiency and productivity. The combination of Symyx’s Electronic Lab Notebook and Waters’ NuGenesis SDMS will help provide our customers a competitive advantage in the market.”
About NuGenesis SDMS
Effectively collecting, extracting and distributing scientific information that is relevant to the decision-making process is fundamental to the operation and long-term success of science-driven organizations in markets such as pharmaceutical, food & beverage, environmental, chemical and clinical, among others. Realizing the value of laboratory results enables these organizations to facilitate the discovery, development and manufacture of products and solutions that afford distinct business advantages to the company and enhance scientific discovery.
Waters NuGenesis SDMS has a proven track record of optimizing the management of scientific information for hundreds of companies around the world, across a broad range of industries. With SDMS, discovery, development, and quality control laboratories are able to automatically capture, secure, access and disseminate information from any quantitative or qualititative analytical technology across the organization. The instant accessibility of this information has resulted in stronger collaboration, more efficient operations and ultimately, accelerated product development and delivery schedules for these world class organizations. SDMS allows the user to extract information from its repository and share it with reporting and publishing programs or e-notebooks. Once documented, these are available for use by other members of the laboratory or by colleagues in different geographic locations – any individual connected to SDMS has the ability to make more informed decisions, and make those decisions faster than ever before.
About Symyx Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs)
Symyx’s Electronic Laboratory Notebook software (ELNs) enable researchers in any scientific or engineering discipline to document and share research or analytical experimentation results electronically. The Symyx Electronic Lab Notebook features application-specific interfaces tailored to meet the needs and protocols of chemists in the discovery, process, analytical, formulations and bioprocess functions. Symyx ELN software is designed to enable chemists to use prior experience, develop new methods, access relevant information and integrate into critical systems to be more efficient and effective in their research. Scientists using the Symyx ELN attribute an average increase of 20% in personal productivity. These savings are augmented by benefits of collaboration and knowledge sharing achieved through the Symyx ELN.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) creates business advantage for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering practical and sustainable innovation to enable significant advancements in such areas as healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality worldwide.
Pioneering a connected portfolio of separations science, laboratory information management, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis, Waters technology breakthroughs and laboratory solutions provide an enduring platform for customer success.
With revenue of $1.28 billion in 2006 and 4,500 employees, Waters is driving scientific discovery and operational excellence for customers worldwide.
About Symyx (www.symyx.com)
Symyx Technologies, Inc. is a global provider of R&D execution and innovation for the chemicals, energy, life sciences, consumer products and other industries. Symyx develops and applies high-throughput research technologies and research software for customers. We work with customers to speed and improve research, discovery and development of new products. Symyx provides collaborative research services, electronic lab notebook and scientific decision-support software and instruments to integrate and automate laboratory experimentation. Symyx has over 320 issued patents and 350 patent applications worldwide protecting its methods, discoveries, instruments and software. Information about Symyx, including reports and other information filed by Symyx with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at www.symyx.com.
Waters and NuGenesis are trademarks of Waters Corporation. Symyx is a trademark of Symyx Technologies, Inc. Microsoft and Microsoft Office are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
