Industry Insight
The Rules Have Changed
"Management of electronic research records is now more important than ever"
– Michael H. Elliott
A patent provides rights to an inventor to restrict the ability of others to make, use or sell an invention. To obtain a patent, an inventor must submit a novel and unique concept to a government agency. In the scientific domains, laboratory notebooks are typically used as the primary evidence to prove inventorship of a concept and the details of its first successful use, or what is known as "reduction to practice"... continue
Data Management
Technology Quagmire
"LIMS Watch report cuts to the chase"
– Randy C. Hice
Technology not only outpaces our ability to understand it, but the diversity of technology creates new silos of ignorance that slant the learning curve ever upward.
Since my bandwidth to study trade magazines on every facet of technology is limited, I am a voracious consumer of professional reviews, ratings, opinion polls and independent testing organization briefs.
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The Victorian-era Child of the 21st Century
"As data management challenges continue to grow, organizations are working to develop new solutions"
– Rob Farber
This article will explore the roles that enterprise content management (ECM)/scientific data management systems (SDMS) and laboratory information management systems
(LIMS) fulfill in the laboratory and how these systems can be leveraged so that they not only coexist, but also complement one another to provide maximum value to the laboratory... continue
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Overcoming the Challenges of Managing Data From Over 60 Software Applications and Meeting Regulatory Guidelines
In 2003 ALTANA Pharma (a member of the Nycomed Group) was faced with the challenge of finding, selecting and implementing a data management solution for all laboratory data, which would be independent of the source applications that generated the data. The solution was required to manage data from over 60 different software applications, ranging from desktop applications to analytical data systems, as well as catering for 200 data acquisition devices and providing connection and support for 135 users.
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