Insist on SaaS escrow protection
With SaaS providers being taken over and going bankrupt, customers need to make sure they get adequate escrow protection from vendors. So says Forrester, which has added 11 entries to its Enterprise
Supplier earns SAP nod for CTMS
Aris Global's agClinical NW, a clinical trials management system for SAP solution-enabled environments, is now an SAP-endorsed business solution. Solutions endorsed by SAP AG are complementary to SAP
Clouds host trial service, business intelligence apps
On the cloud front last week: Velos unveiled the Velos On-Demand software-as-a-service delivery model for the company's eResearch clinical trial management system services. The offering supports
Alliance targets CNS imaging
E-Clinical solutions provider Perceptive Informatics says it has joined with Biospective to enhance its capabilities for processing and analysis of medical images for central nervous system (CNS) and
EMC drives jockeying in data storage
EMC Corp. has bested NetApp in the bidding for Data Domain with a $2.1 billion offer. CEO Joe Tucci says the combo forms "a powerful force in next-generation, disk-based backup and archive,"
Survey: info management and efficiency top IT priorities
Information management ranked as the most critical IT priority for improving business performance by 75 percent of respondents to an IBM survey of midsize companies conducted last spring. "At a time
Our cloud query
Consider FierceBiotech IT your front line for cloud research. For our upcoming special report on cloud computing, which clouds do you want to know about, and what do you need to know about them? We
Google dings Bing in showdown
Bing trial: Distractions, lack of customization and lack of depth send columnist back to Google. Article
Prospects raise cloud security concerns
It's difficult to keep from writing things like "cloud announcements keep rolling in," but here it goes: Israeli messaging and internet security technology provider Commtouch has expanded its cloud
Life Technologies divests LIMS business
Life Technologies has agreed to sell its SQL*LIMS lab information management software business to LabVantage Solutions for an undisclosed amount. Under the agreement, LabVantage will continue to
Algorithms assist in personalized diagnostics
Digital pathology solution provider BioImagene has unveiled Companion Algorithms for use with its Virtuoso Internet-based software. The software aids pathologists in quantitative assessment of
Simulation software aids drug discovery
Accelrys has unveiled version 2.5 of its Discovery Studio modeling and simulation software, which runs on the Pipeline Pilot operating platform. Software enhancements include updated small molecule
Deal targets shelved drug candidates
Bio-simulation technology is at the heart of a business collaboration. It's a business model that seems to get talked about: the idea of retrieving drugs that have disappointed in clinical trials to
Software taps the frontlines for corporate decisions
An unnamed pharmaceutical company has found that a panel of scientists and doctors using Crowdcast software predicted regulatory decisions and new drug sales more accurately than the company did 86
Software takes on big data
Two product launches target the common need of researchers working in both drug discovery and development for tools that aid in managing vast quantities of data. Bioinformatics software provider
Adobe Re-ups with SAFE-BioPharma
Both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader with LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES have again passed muster with the SAFE BioPharma digital identity and signature standard. The products were initially certified
Discovery platform yields peptide prediction hit
The technology behind Compugen's recent announcement of positive therapeutic effects of a novel peptide in an animal study of inflammatory bowel disease is the company's Disease-Associated
Battlefield tech used for clinical trial ops
CoMotion Trials, a version of the Viz CoMotion software developed by military contractor General Dynamics for battlefield information sharing, is being demonstrated at the DIA show. Viz is part of
US Oncology automates via Oracle
Service provider US Oncology has implemented the Oracle Database as part of a Java-based electronic health record system. The system, called iKnowMed, provides EHR access to some 800 oncologists
Quality management system boasts end-to-end coverage
A trend among supplier announcements at DIA--in addition to that of a standards emphasis--has been solutions for end-to-end clinical trial coverage. One such announcement has been made by TrackWise
