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What gets kept in Informatics Systems, and where?

By Simon Coles | Published: May 30, 2009
This entry is part of a series, ELNs and the Credit Crunch» Not all of the “Stuff” sloshing around the lab is the same, and distinguishing between them helps tease out the best place to store things. We use a simple Triangle Diagram (originally proposed by John Trigg of PhaseFour which really just tries to [...]
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Breaking down ELN functionality

By Simon Coles | Published: May 30, 2009
This entry is part of a series, ELNs and the Credit Crunch» Most R&D organisations have more than one scientific discipline under their aegis. These groups will have developed their own suites of IT tools to help them do their work, everything from common desktop infrastructure to instruments and specialist tools. Some of these might [...]
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How can we do ELNs safely?

By Simon Coles | Published: May 30, 2009
This entry is part of a series, ELNs and the Credit Crunch» If the traditional large-ELN model no longer fits, what options are there for organisations who still need to find a better replacement for the Paper Lab Notebook? Fortunately, there are a number of concepts which have grown out of ELN deployments outside of [...]
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ELN 2.0 Vs ELN 1.0, in the new world

By Simon Coles | Published: May 30, 2009
This entry is part of a series, ELNs and the Credit Crunch» The problem with the term “ELN” One of the problems that has confronted the “Electronic Lab Notebook” industry for a long time is the ambiguity of the term. Many a consultant and vendor has attempted to hijack the term with their own favored [...]
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Does the Financial crisis matter?

By Simon Coles | Published: May 30, 2009
This entry is part of a series, ELNs and the Credit Crunch» The past year has been “eventful” to say the least. So many long-held truths have shattered in moments, taking with them institutions who were meant to be the model of probity and longevity. Only a fool could pretend that the business of modernising [...]
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