WELCOME
The Laboratory Informatics Guide 2010
is designed to provide users – or indeed
CONTENTS
prospective users – of LIMS (Laboratory
Information Management Systems), ELNs
(Electronic Laboratory Notebooks) or
Meet the host 4
other informatics products, with the facts
Greg Blackman on the Software-
they need to make an informed decision
about how to meet their needs. You will
as-a-Service phenomenon within S GUIDE 2010
fi nd plenty of comment and opinion about
laboratory informatics
issues surrounding laboratory informatics,
TIC
as well as a round-up of the latest
Users drive LIMS
products in LIMS and ELNs. Perhaps more
importantly, our comprehensive listings of
developments 8
LIMS and ELN suppliers will provide you Stephen Mounsey on the
with a year-round reference point for all
value of LIMS user meetings
your informatics needs.
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in product development
Among the topics we tackle in our feature
articles is Software-as-a-Service, which is
LIMS product
becoming a popular method of deploying
an informatics solution with minimal
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TORY INFORMA
disruption. On page 4, Greg Blackman
Warren Clark summarises
A
looks at some of the LIMS and ELN
the range of LIMS products
suppliers that have taken advantage of this
currently available
method in their portfolio of products.
User-driven developments have long been
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at the heart of LIMS products, and LIMS
user meetings are often the starting place
A comprehensive directory
for any major step-change that occurs, as
of LIMS suppliers, consultants
Stephen Mounsey discovers on page 8.
and integrators
The ELNs market faces a challenge from
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the ever-growing stable of readily available The threat to ELNs? 22
information-sharing products, such as
Nicki Muir on the impact
Microsoft Sharepoint. On page 22, Nicki
Muir asks what ELN suppliers must do to
of information sharing
ensure there remains a place for them in
software on ELNs
this increasingly competitive market.
The Laboratory Informatics Guide 2010
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Warren Clark on the latest
World magazine, which is available on free
launches in ELNs
subscription in print and digital format. To
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A comprehensive directory
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