Following the last ELN meeting in Europe (ELN: Laboratory Informatics for the 21st Century, the SMi Group, London, January 2010), a considerable amount of discussion ensued on an ELN LinkedIn Group in which some thoughts were expressed about the role and effectiveness of ELN conferences.  The general consensus was that delegate attendances were falling, content [...]

John Suffolk is the Government CIO in the UK. He has a blog, which generally would not be of much direct interest to the laboratory world, but this entry The Future of the IT Industry, touched on some interesting thoughts. It’s a dangerous game trying to forecast 10 years out in any form [...]

The Integrated Lab has a new feature, Industry News.  This is a feed of the lastest stories emanating from the world of laboratory informatics, courtesy of Google.  You can access the page either from the left sidepanel, or from the menu across the top of the page.

Yet another acqusitions: LVS aquires SQL*LIMS.

John Holland posted an interesting item about the selling process on www.eyeforsales.com that makes the point that few vendors have changed their approach to the sales process in order to facilitate the buying process.  His observation, Introducing the Curious Buyer, is based on the growing use of technology by buyers to support their buying decisions, [...]