1. Emerging Trends in
Laboratory Informatics

2. Electronic Laboratory
Notebooks

3. Electronic Laboratory
Notebooks
• While certainly not new, becoming increasingly
critical to the success of the overall solution

4. Electronic Laboratory
Notebooks
• While certainly not new, becoming increasingly
critical to the success of the overall solution
• Broad term that encompasses a variety of
functionalities

5. Electronic Laboratory
Notebooks
• While certainly not new, becoming increasingly
critical to the success of the overall solution
• Broad term that encompasses a variety of
functionalities
• One size will not fit all

6. Enterprise Architecture

7. Enterprise Architecture
• “Invented” over twenty
years ago

8. Enterprise Architecture
• “Invented” over twenty
years ago
• Resurgence in interest

9. Enterprise Architecture
• “Invented” over twenty
years ago
• Resurgence in interest
• View Laboratory
Information Systems as
components of business
strategy, not just point
solutions

10. MES and ERP

11. MES and ERP
• Outgrowth of change in view of Laboratory
Information Systems

12. MES and ERP
• Outgrowth of change in view of Laboratory
Information Systems
• Increasing encroachment of MES and ERP
vendors into the LIMS space

13. MES and ERP
• Outgrowth of change in view of Laboratory
Information Systems
• Increasing encroachment of MES and ERP
vendors into the LIMS space
• Opportunity exists for integration as solution
vs. the either/or approach

14. The Cloud

15. The Cloud
• Offshore some application hosting

16. The Cloud
• Offshore some application hosting
• Not practical at this point for instrument
control

17. The Cloud
• Offshore some application hosting
• Not practical at this point for instrument
control
• Advantages for security, uptime, and cost

18. The Cloud
• Offshore some application hosting
• Not practical at this point for instrument
control
• Advantages for security, uptime, and cost
• Real risks exist, so risk tolerance of
organization in view

19. Commercialization of
Complexity

20. Commercialization of
Complexity
• Genomics based assays being commercialized

21. Commercialization of
Complexity
• Genomics based assays being commercialized
• Need for LIMS to support high throughput
and high complexity

22. Commercialization of
Complexity
• Genomics based assays being commercialized
• Need for LIMS to support high throughput
and high complexity
• Frequently may need to manage movement
from research focused LIMS to commercial
focused LIMS while retaining much of the
research functionality