There have been a number of posts on theintegratedlab.com from time to time about conferences, so it was interesting to be alerted to some comments from Tim Bray and Simon Coles about ‘numbers of attendees’ reported by conference organisers. Now I don’t want to get into that specific issue, but in the background it does [...]
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Almost a year ago I posted an item on the question of when is a LIMS an ELN, and when is an ELN a LIMS. It is still one of those questions that is causing a good deal of head scratching and cropped up again at the recent SmartLabs Exchange meeting. With the arrival [...] As well as running a workshop on integration (Minimise the Pain of Integrating ELNs and LIMS into your Paperless Informatics and Data Management Systems) as part of the technical programme at the recent SmartLabs Exchange, Joe Liscouski (Director, Institute for Laboratory Automation) also ran a half day session entitled ‘Manager’s Guide to Lab Automation & Technology [...] The 5th Annual SmartLabs Exchange meeting in Brussels (Mar 17th/18th) seemed to buck the recent trend of declining attendances and modest content with a good, total attendance of over 130 people, of whom 90 or more were end users. This meeting offers a different format to a conventional conference with an opening plenary paper per [...] There has been a growing level of interest in the potential of SaaS (Software as a Service) as an alternative means of deployment for LIMS and ELNs. SaaS is an attractive option since it has the potential to simplify installation, deployment, and maintenance. Furthermore, is is globally accessible, and allegedly more affordable that a conventional managed, in-house [...] |
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