Category Archives: Happenings

The Laboratory Data Management, 16 – 17 June 2009, Munich, Germany

By Simon Coles | Published: June 1, 2009
I’ll be speaking at this conference in Munich in a couple of weeks, if anyone wants to meet up, let me know.
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The PatentSafe Repository Checker

By Simon Coles | Published: May 28, 2009
We’ve updated the PatentSafe Repository Checker script, and importantly released it under an Open Source license (the GPL) which means anyone can check the integrity of a PatentSafe repository. The project is on GitHub – here’s the project’s GitHub page. The checker script is a completely separate implementation of the signature and repository code, and [...]
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Press Release – Solidus & PatentSafe

By Simon Coles | Published: April 16, 2009
Biotechnology and contract research company Solidus Bioscience Inc have successfully implemented Amphora's PatentSafe solution to replace their bound lab notebooks. Solidus are using PatentSafe as a fully electronic lab notebook, with digital signatures. Not only does this fit more efficiently into today's laboratories but it also allows them to partition and search their data simply and effectively, saving significant time previously spent on laborious manual searches and compilation of reports.
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Irritating

By Simon Coles | Published: February 16, 2009
This sort of thing upsets me… Customer looks at ELNs, gets vendors in to chat to. Customer likes what we do. Competitor goes in very aggressively making promises they can’t keep and offering a “free trial”. Salesperson makes no effort to understand the customer’s needs, just keeps nodding and pushing the trial. Customer tries free [...]
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Lessons from ERP – When will we learn?

By Simon Coles | Published: February 8, 2009
It was the fashion a few years ago to refer to ELNs as “ERP” for research, and that’s a business model which some of the larger vendors have embraced with glee. A broad range of product offerings (acquire or build as needed), an aggressive sales force, confident marketing, and off we go! You too can [...]
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