Speaker/Panelist at IT & Informatics in Support of Collaboration and Externalization - April 2013

1. R&D Collaboration
Bio IT 2014
Sébastien Lefebvre
April 2014

2. Collaboration components
:
– Main information assets (i.e. master data) + their sources + their context (e.g. business process,
taxonomy & vocabs)
– “convenience” vs “formal/official”
:
– Partners/People via IAM; federated model (i.e. PingFederate), Hub&Spoke (e.g. ADFS)
– CRO (e.g. www.assaydepot.com), KOL (e.g. http://knodeinc.com/)
:
– “Transactional/operational” systems: data management (e.g. databases), content management– “Transactional/operational” systems: data management (e.g. databases), content management
(e.g. Documentum, Wiki, SharePoint), files hares (e.g. Gdrive, IntraLinks)
– Drive guidelines, best practices, policies …training may be required to comply with regulations
:
– The language you will use and its representation …Data models, Graph models, Tags &
Ontologies
:
– path to content…Search (e.g. Sinequa.com), specialized content “channels” (e.g. Dashboards)
:
– Multi step processes across partners (e.g. Deloitte/RAPID, SharePoint workflows)

3. BioPharma
Type of Collaboration
Point to Point (B2B)
Hub and Spoke
Partner network (FIPNet)

4. Architecture challenge
• Support “communication”
– People and System Connection challenge
• Enable content/information/data flow
– Sharing & Orchestration challenge– Sharing & Orchestration challenge
• Secure content/information/data
– Security challenge (e.g. encryption, IAM!)
• Identify integration patterns
– Information Connection challenge

5. R&D Content Management Service
External PartnersOn-Premise Security/gate
way Support
Business
Needs
Partners
Needs
KM policies, guidelines
& best practices
KM advisory
group
VPN
HTTPS
XML gateways
ADFS
Federate IAM
SOA
Content Management Service
Creation
Clean up
Consolidation
Deletion
Archiving
Migration
ImagingELN

6. R&D Find & Share Service
External PartnersOn-Premise Security/gat
eway
Support
Enterprise
Search
Partner
SearchPolicies, guidelines &
best practices
KM advisory group
VPN
HTTPS
XML gateways
ADFS
Federate IAM
SOA
MDM
• Controlled vocab
• Reference data
• Master data
VPC
All internal
repositories
SaaS/PaaS

7. R&D Computing Service
External PartnersOn-Premise Security/gat
eway
Support
Computing Service
Business
Needs
Partners
NeedsPolicies, guidelines &
best practices
Computing advisory
group
VPN
HTTPS
XML gateways
ADFS
Federate IAM
SOA
Computing Service
Job Mgt
Template Mgt
HW monitoring
Provisioning (Memory, Nodes, Network)
Application/package support
Scientific Consulting
VPC
Imaging

8. R&D Collaboration Platforms
End user
Experience
Platform
ExternalOn premise
Connectivity
Support
Analytics
Platform
HTTPS/Secure sockets,
HTML/XML gateway, Citrix
HTTPS/Secure sockets,
HTML/XML gateway, Citrix
HTTPS/Secure socketsHTTPS/Secure sockets
Operational
Platform
Information
Platform MDM
(Reference Data, Master Data, Controlled Vocabs)
HTTPS/Secure sockets,
HTML/XML gateway,
SOA
HTTPS/Secure sockets,
HTML/XML gateway,
SOA
HTTPS/Secure sockets,
ADFS, VPN
HTTPS/Secure sockets,
ADFS, VPN
Specialized
Platform
BioBook ChemBook
ARISg CTMSCiDRHTS NGS
HTTPS/Secure sockets
HTML/XML gateway,
SOA, VPN
HTTPS/Secure sockets
HTML/XML gateway,
SOA, VPN
Assay Workflow Manager™