laboratory informatics
Transforming informatics with a marketplace in the Cloud
Continuing her series profiling companies providing informatics software,
Sophia Ktori looks at the innovative technology of
Core Informatics C
ore Informatics has just launched an online app store, through which subscribers will be able to shop from a catalogue of (initially about
40) preconfigured applications for specific functionalities. Te Platform for Science Marketplace is open to subscribers of the firm’s cloud-based Platform for Science informatics infrastructure. ‘We are pretty excited about the launch, which will allow our clients to deploy specific configurations for specific tasks even more quickly,’ commented Kevin Cronin, chief commercial officer.
Integration of multiple data sources Core Informatics claims the app store will create unparalleled flexibility in laboratory data management systems, not least because its rapidly expanding library of pre-built applications will enable immediate integration of multiple data sources, including instruments, collaborators, and third party solutions. ‘Core’s Platform for Science is designed to empower users to extend and configure their data management systems quickly and take advantage of industry best practices to meet their changing workflows without custom coding,’ said Anthony Uzzo, the president of Core Informatics. ‘Te Platform for Science Marketplace was created to exploit this adaptable design structure, which anticipates
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the accelerating speed of global scientific advances.’ ‘Whether you are a CEO interested
in speeding up new product initiatives, a researcher trying to break free from inflexible soſtware systems, or a member of the IT team trying to reduce complexity with a truly extensible and flexible system, the Platform for Science Marketplace has something to offer,’ added Mary-Ann Moore, VP of marketing for Core Informatics. Te imminent launch of this new offering
follows just a few months aſter the company launched its Core Collaboration soſtware,
ITS INFRASTRUCTURE
IS FAR REMOVED FROM TRADITIONAL LIMS AND ELN OFFERINGS
which has been developed specifically to support partnerships within and between the life sciences industry, academia, and service providers. ‘Core Collaboration offers a secure platform for data sharing, which is easily configurable to meet the requirements of any type of collaboration,’ Cronin explained. ‘Core Collaboration complements our existing ELN (electronic laboratory
notebook), LIMS (laboratory information management system) and SDMS (scientific data management system) packages that make up the Platform for Science concept, which we offer as an Amazon Web Services- hosted platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution.’ Te company’s Collaboration soſtware
and Platform for Science Marketplace initiative exemplify how far its infrastructure is removed from traditional LIMS and ELN offerings. Tis is not least because the platform is completely configurable, and requires no custom coding, Cronin reiterated. ‘Tis configurability also means that the platform can address some of the major informatics bottlenecks in the life sciences – and particularly the bioindustries – in areas such as next- generation sequencing (NGS), proteomics, genomics, clinical diagnostics, and agbiotech. Traditional LIMS just don’t have the flexibility or data models to manage complex datasets in these emerging fields.’
A traditionally blinkered market? Tis ability to meet the workflow, data management and analysis requirements of emerging areas of life sciences has allowed Core Informatics to make a major impact on a market that has traditionally been
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