By John Trigg, on July 5th, 2010
Whichever way you look at laboratory integration, sooner or later the ‘data’ problem will rear its ugly head. For years LIMS projects have wrestled with the vagaries of proprietary interfaces and data formats, and it is increasingly becoming an issue within ELN projects. If you are a LinkedIn member, take a look at this [...]
By John Trigg, on April 21st, 2010
The Automation & Analytical Management Group (AAMG) of the Royal Society of Chemistry is holding a one day workshop on the topic of ‘The Challenges Facing Laboratory Systems’ Integration‘ on Thursday 20th May 2010 at The Royal Society of Chemistry Burlington House, Piccadilly, London.
Arena International is holding the 2nd annual conference on ‘Laboratory Data Management‘ on [...]
By John Trigg, on February 16th, 2010
There have been two separate discussion running on LinkedIn that have a bearing on the subject of laboratory integration. The first of these follows up from a question I raised: “Does anybody have any thoughts on the integration/interfacing of laboratory systems to SaaS offerings of ELN and LIMS?” The second was based on the [...]
By John Trigg, on October 1st, 2009
Despite the economic downturn, the attendance at this week’s IQPC 8th Annual conference on ELNs and Advanced Laboratory Solutions was up on recent years, and overall it proved to be a lively event. The format was a 2-day conference preceded by a ‘focus day’, targeted at people starting to get into ELN technology. [...]
By John Trigg, on June 26th, 2009
There have been a number of posts on this site about the potential benefits of a fully integrated lab. I expect few would argue against the vision of a seamless integration between laboratory and business applications, with ready access to data and information, and which would provide an environment that enables us, and our businesses, to [...]