The following is a wrap-up of news of interest during
the months of March through April 1998.Accelerated Technology Laboratories to
Exhibit at Environmental Summit '98
Accelerated Technology Laboratories (ATL) will exhibit at the Environmental
Summit '98, an international environmental health and safety conference
and exposition to be held May 11-13 in Research Triangle Park, NC. The company
will showcase its LIMS and Internet applications. For details, contact ATL
at (650) 594-9370.
Analytical Consumer Releases LIMS Report
The Analytical Consumer -- a monthly newsletter covering customer satisfaciton
for laboratory instruments and other equipment -- has released the third
revision of their LIMS Report, a collection of four Analytical Consumer
surveys of LIMS users from 1991 through 1997. The report includes case histories
and a list of LIMS resources. All articles have been updated to take account
of mergers, acquisitions, and disappearances of LIMS companies, as well
as technological advances. For details, contact the Analytical Consumer
at (978) 369-9079.
ASTM LIMS Subcommittee Seeks Input Finalizing
New LIMS Validation Guide
The ASTM LIMS subcomittee, E-49.07, is in the process of finalizing the
new LIMS Validation Guide. The standard will be going to ballot a second
time this spring. If the document meets the ASTM criteria for passage, it
will be presented to the final group for balloting later this summer. If
all goes well, the standard should be ready for publication this fall or
winter. The subcommittee would like to have the LIMS community aid in this
process by providing comments and input. If you are interested in participating
in this effort, please contact Steve O'Connor, at (513) 622-2080 or by email
at oconnor.sg@pg.com
Baan Company and Delaware Computing Create
Strategic Alliance
Baan Company and Delaware Computing of the Netherlands announced a strategic
alliance to offer an integrated solution for Total Quality Management (TQM)
to users of Baan's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and of Delaware's
Laboratory Automation software. One of the world's leading vendors of enterprise-wide
business systems, Baan selected Delaware as its partner of choice to further
develop the TQM concept in its software offering for the process industry.
Delaware's Integrated Laboratory Information System (LIS) - New Era LIMS
is a TQM Expert System which manages and controls the entire supply chain
within the context of quality. For details, contact Delaware at +31 3060
31822 in Europe or +1 302-996-0490 in the USA.
CAS and British Library Join Forces
Through a cooperative service agreement, document orders sent to Chemical
Abstracts Service (CAS), one of the world's largest resources for chemistry
and related scientific information, will now be filled either directly by
CAS or by referral to the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC),
one of the world's largest document suppliers. This unique combination of
resources will enable scientists and librarians to draw upon a greatly expanded
collection of scientific and technical documents. For details, contact CAS
at (614) 447-3870 or surf their web site at http://www.cas.org/Support/detect.html
National Instruments Launches LabVIEW 5.0
National Instruments has launched LabVIEW 5.0. An instrumentation, data
acquisition (DAQ) and analysis software, LabVIEW 5.0 combines the power
of the latest software technologies with the simplicity and flexibility
of graphical programming to give users the tools to develop solutions quickly
and easily. The new version of LabVIEW delivers Instrument Wizards that
give users the ability to create programs for GPIB, VXI, and RS-232 instrument
control with a few mouse clicks and no prior programming knowledge. For
more details, contact National Instruments at (512) 794-0100 or visit their
web site at http://www.natinst.com.
Perkin-Elmer Nelson Announces Release 2
of Turbochrom C/S CDS
PE Nelson has announced new security features in Release 2 of its Turbochrom
Client/Server Chromatography Data System (CDS). The Turbochrom CDS offers
enhanced networked data acquisition from any commercial gas chromatograph
(GC) or liquid chromatograph (LC). New security features include an Electronic
Signature entry for all audit trail records, and added controls to permit
system administrators mandating Audit trailing and/or Electronic Signature
on files created by users who belong to specific job groups. Users can be
assigned to specific instruments allowing them to work separately from others
in the laboratory. The company states that this CDS is particularly well
suited for Good Automated Laboratory Practice (GALP) and Good Manufacturing
Practice (GMP) environments. For details, contact PE Nelson at (203) 762-4000
or 888-PE-CHROM.
Thermo LabSystems Launches ATLAS CDS
Thermo LabSystems launched their ATLAS Chromatography Data System (CDS)
at the recent Pittsburgh Conference in New Orleans. A new system designed
to the specifications of chromatography users from the pharmaceutical and
petrochemical industries, ATLAS meets hitherto unfulfilled requirements.
It is a PC-based system, targeted at the networked CDS marketplace and written
exclusively for Win32 systems (Windows 95 and Windows NT) -- the de facto
corporate standard in scientific environments. ATLAS combines the best features
of existing CDS systems with better end-user focus, delivering numerous
productivity improvements to customers. For details, contact LabSystems
at 800-719-1853 or surf their web site at http://www.labsystems.com
SDI Publishes Food Testing & Analysis
Study
Strategic Directions International, Inc. (SDI) has published a market analysis
report entitled "Food Testing and Analysis: The Path to Regulatory
Compliance and Consumer Satisfaction." The report assesses the entire
analytical instrument industry by major product types and includes competitive
analyses of the major players in the market as well as their marketshares.
The 222 page report contains 90 tables and 48 figures. The cost is $3,495.
For more information, contact SDI at (310) 641-4982 or by email at 76571.674@compuserve.com