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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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Do ELNs in the cloud have a silver lining?

I posted an item on the growing number of offerings of software-as a-service (SaaS) ELNs a few weeks ago.  With a number of vendors looking to take advantage of this method of delivery, the underlying question is whether this represents a genuine benefit to customers, or whether it is a fashionable trend.  The appeal of SaaS [...]

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ELNs in the cloud

Cloud computing has been getting a lot of airtime lately based on its potential to provide ‘accessible-from-anywhere’ applications and data.  A browser is basically all you need to get access to whatever you need to get access to, in principle, anyway.  From the end-users’ perspective, the term Software as a Service (SaaS) is the more familiar [...]

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Cloud Computing and e-Discovery

The Cloud: Tomorrow’s EDD Challenge is an article by Nolan M.Goldberg and Sharada Devarasetty published on the www.law.com website.  Although not directly dealing with any laboratory IP concerns, it does make some general points about the possible impact of cloud computing with regard to electronic discovery and this will have relevance to anyone giving thought to [...]

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