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{{Infobox company
| name          = LabLynx Inc
| name          = LabLynx Inc
| logo          = [[Image:Lablynx.jpg|200px|link=http://www.lablynx.com]]
| logo          = [[File:LabLynxLogo lowres.jpg‎]]
| caption        = LabLynx logo
| caption        = LabLynx logo
| type          = Private Company
| type          = Private
| foundation    = Atlanta, Georgia (2000)
| foundation    = July 24, 2000<ref name="SoS_llx">{{cite web|title=Business Entity – LabLynx, Inc.|url=http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?33586|publisher=Georgia Secretary of State|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
| founder        = [[John H Jones]]
| founder        = John H. Jones
| location      = 2400 Lake Park Drive<br>Smyrna, Georgia<br>United States
| location      = 2400 Lake Park Drive<br>Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.
| industry      = Laboratory Informatics
| area_served  = Worldwide
| products      = ELab Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
| industry      = [[Laboratory informatics]]
| homepage      = [http://www.lablynx.com LabLynx Inc]
| products      = [[LabLynx, Inc.#Products|ELab]], [[LabLynx, Inc.#Products|webLIMS]], and [[LabLynx, Inc.#Products|LiMStudio]]
| num_employees    = 15<ref name="Manta" />
| homepage      = {{URL|http://www.lablynx.com/|LabLynx.com}}
}}
}}


'''LabLynx, Inc.''' is a privately owned, funded and managed company. The company was spun off from an IT consulting company in July of 2000 after being a division of that parent company since 1997. The spin off was executed by the IT consulting company selling off the LabLynx division to a private, family investment group. LabLynx was then formally incorporated in July of 2000, in the State of Georgia. LabLynx is debt-free and operates with a healthy positive cash flow. Details are available in confidentiality upon specific request.  
'''LabLynx, Inc.''' is a privately owned, funded, and managed American corporation that develops, supports, and markets [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) solutions. Its most well-known products include ELab, a browser-based LIMS, and webLIMS, a scalable hosted LIMS offered under the "[[software as a service]]" (SaaS) delivery model. The company’s primary clients include [[Laboratory|laboratories]] in the agriculture, clinical, environmental, [[Forensic science|forensics]], health care, and manufacturing industries, including government agencies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internet Software and Services – LabLynx, Inc. |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=40482985|publisher=Bloomberg Businessweek |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> The company is known for introducing one of the first browser-based LIMS products in 1997<ref name="LS_prod">{{cite web |url=http://www.limsource.com/products/vatlanta.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071012123126/http://www.limsource.com/products/vatlanta.html |archivedate=12 October 2007 |title=LIMSource: LIMS Vendor: LabLynx, Inc. |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="LIMSwb" /> and being a long-term player in the [[laboratory informatics]] market. It’s estimated that LabLynx employs fifteen people.<ref name="Manta">{{cite web|title=LabLynx, Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia (GA) |url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmj7tyc/lablynx-inc |publisher=Manta Media, Inc. |accessdate=31 October 2011}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[Image:Lablynx history.png|600px|center|Our History]]


The timeline above illustrates the history of LabLynx, Inc., from initial development in 1995/96, through introduction of the world’s first true web browser-based [[LIMS]] in 1997, and continual leading edge technological progression. Today, as ever, we lead the industry in adopting SOA and the general XML-based paradigms which the largest and most advanced companies like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and others are committed to. Our implementation and support have always been comprehensive from the start, but we also offer our services a la carte, so that you can decide the most economical/efficient balance between your own personnel and ours.  
Before LabLynx was a company, it was a LIMS product offered by Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. (ASC).<ref name="LLX_archive1">{{cite web |url= http://www.lablynx.com/ |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19990125100717/http://www.lablynx.com/ |archivedate=25 January 1998 |title=LABLynx On The Web |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="doh_fl">{{cite web|title=LABlynx on the Web |url=http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Irm/Apps/ihis/JADS/deh/Market%20Research/Background/asc_website.pdf |publisher=Florida Department of Health |date=8 March 2000 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> Formed in 1992,<ref name="SoS_asc">{{cite web|title=Business Entity – Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. |url=http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?863137|publisher=Georgia Secretary of State|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> ASC’s LabLynx division later began work on a laboratory information management system designed specifically for a web browser. ASC demonstrated its new Internet Explorer-based LabLynx LIMS at [[Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy|Pittcon]] in 1997, among the first browser-based LIMS to appear at the time.<ref name="LS_prod"/><ref name="LIMSwb">{{cite book|title=LIMS Workbook - A Practical Guide |edition=3rd |author=McGinnis, Mike and Norman Perkins|chapter=I. Wireless LANs |year=2003 |pages=I-16 |publisher=Q2marketsite, Inc. |asin=B00161Y71K}}</ref> The company again showcased LabLynx at Pittcon in 1998<ref name="LS_pitt98">{{cite web |url=http://www.limsource.com/calendar/pitt98.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19980529121944/http://www.limsource.com/calendar/pitt98.html |archivedate=29 May 1998 |title=LIMSource: Calendar: Pittcon ’98 Preview |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> and soon after picked up a major LIMS-based contract with the U.S. Customs Service.<ref name="FBO">{{cite web|title=70 -- Laboratory Information Management Software (LIMS) (07/30/98) |url=http://www.fbodaily.com/cbd/archive/1998/07(July)/30-Jul-1998/70awd003.htm|publisher=FedBizOpps|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>


We constantly strive to improve not only our products and services, but even our delivery methods. LabLynx is alone in offering choices of system delivery, with options regarding licensing:
[[File:2400 Lake Park Drive, Smyrna, Georgia.jpg|thumb|250px|LabLynx home office]]


#Purchase license, host on your server
By July 2000, the LabLynx division of ASC separated to become its own incorporated entity.<ref name="SoS_llx" /> And while ASC eventually ceased to exist in 2005,<ref name="SoS_asc" /> LabLynx, Inc. went on to diversify its offerings. The LabLynx’s browser-based LIMS previously demonstrated at Pittcon in 1997 expanded to become ELab, which in 2001 took on an application service provider (ASP) model of distribution.<ref name="LS_prod2">{{cite web |url=http://www.limsource.com/products/vatlanta.html |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20010409200118/http://www.limsource.com/products/vatlanta.html |archivedate=9 April 2001 |title=LIMSource: LIMS Vendor: Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> In 2004 LabLynx released a browser-based tool called openLIMS, which gave consultants and end-users the ability "to build custom LIMS solutions that are geared to the exact operational needs of many different laboratories."<ref>{{cite web|title=Build your own LIMS: News from LabLynx |url=http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/lbl/lbl100.html |publisher=LaboratoryTalk.com |date=6 January 2004 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
#Purchase license, host at LabLynx state-of-the-art Data Center
#Subscribe (SaaS), host at LabLynx Data Center (no license fee)


The core LabLynx team has combined software development and laboratory management experience of over 75 years. LabLynx spent nearly 10 man-years of development creating a system that is like no other [[Laboratory informatics|Laboratory Informatics]] System today. It has been built from the ground up to provide a long lasting value to our laboratory customers. LabLynx developed the latest version of the LabLynx Informatics Server with key partner customers in Joint Application Development, so that it represents real world functionality and reliability. It currently serves in many validated environments, including 21 CFR part 11, CAP, ISO/IEC 17025, FDA and EPA-regulated and GALP, in compliance with such standards as HIPAA, HL7, STORENETS and more.
On June 19, 2006, LabLynx established the Laboratory Informatics Institute, an open membership group with the purpose of advancing the field of laboratory informatics and shaping the standards associated with it.<ref name="LII">{{cite web|title=Laboratory Informatics Institute Established |url=http://www.limsfinder.com/BlogDetail.aspx?id=31049_0_3_0_C |publisher=Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. |date=17 July 2006 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> LabLynx made further moves to better its LIMS offerings in August 2008, renewing and expanding its contract with Nagarro, Inc., a U.S.-based technology consulting firm. The collaboration allowed LabLynx to upgrade its existing LIMS software to .NET architecture and expand its initiative to create and market a SaaS-based LIMS.<ref name="Nagarro1">{{cite web|title=LABLynx Extends Contract with Nagarro to Include Additional Product Development and SaaS Projects |url=http://www.nagarro.com/NewsEvents/Press%20Releases/LABLynx%20Extends%20Contract%20with.aspx |publisher=Nagarro, Inc. |date=20 August 2008 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> Less than a year after the announced renewed partnership, LabLynx revealed its redeveloped webLIMS product to the public, featuring an SaaS model and additional integration of developer tools to allow users to create and modify modules for the LIMS.<ref name="webLIMS1">{{cite web|title=LabLynx launches the new webLiMS.com, Laboratory SaaS Provider |url=http://scienceandresearch.argylenews.com/press_release.aspx?LabLynx-launches-the-new-webLiMScom-Laboratory-SaaS-Provider-542 |publisher=Argyle News |date=6 March 2009 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="webLIMS2">{{cite web|title=Weblims – LabLynx |url=http://www.scientific-computing.com/products/product_details.php?product_id=544 |publisher=Scientific Computing World |date=6 March 2009 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> This move to a cloud-based SaaS model brought renewed interest in the company’s LIMS, with clients like the Georgia Department of Agriculture<ref name="ChemEng1">{{cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/88/8821cover.html |title=LIMS In The Cloud |author=Mullin, Rick |publisher=Chemical & Engineering News |date=24 May 2010 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> and Cypress Bioscience<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lifescienceleader.com/index.php?option=com_jambozine&layout=article&view=page&aid=4056 |title=SaaS Model Turns LIMS Paradigm On Its Head |author=Dubin, Cindy |publisher=Life Science Leader |date=June 2010 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SaaS - Is a web hosted LIMS right for your laboratory? |url=http://www.lablynx.com/ArticlesBlogs/tabid/326/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/13/SaaS--Is-a-web-hosted-LIMS-right-for-your-laboratory.aspx |publisher=LabLynx, Inc. |date=15 August 2009 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> taking on the new LIMS.


==How We Function==
LabLynx is currently involved in an initiative to standardize and structure the transmission of laboratory data that first originates in a LIMS or LIS and then moves to a person's or population of people's electronic health records.<ref>{{cite book|title=Laboratory Results Interface (LRI) Pilots Guide |edition= v0.9.4.093011 |author=Clarke, Ann | year=2011 |pages=1–2 |publisher=LabLynx/mdDigest |url= http://wiki.siframework.org/file/view/LRI_Pilots_Guide_Draft_v0_9_4_093011.docx}}</ref> This laboratory results interface (LRI) pilot began in August 2011 and includes collaboration with the supported open source project mdDigest and the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).<ref>{{cite web|title=PROJECT BRIEF: LabLynx/mdDigest Pilot |url=http://wiki.siframework.org/LabLynx+Pilot+Brief |publisher= LabLynx/mdDigest |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
From the beginning, LabLynx has taken a different approach to building our company. To better understand our customers' needs, we built a team of laboratory, engineering, and business professionals to help design and develop LIMS solutions that are used by laboratory professionals from all industries. Our team includes laboratory professionals with experience as chemists, lab project managers, laboratory QA/QC officers, commercial laboratory managers and chemical and process engineers.  


This experience allows us to have valuable first-hand understanding of the processes, workflows, and mandatory regulatory requirements that laboratories must observe.
===Community history===


LabLynx works with all of our clients as partners and stakeholders in our joint success.  Services such as requirements gathering, Gap Analysis, installation and setup assistance, report writing, instrument and external application interfacing, data migration, and training help ensure a successful implementation and rewarding Return On Investment for the customer. And we work with each customer individually to provide just the right combination of services and product to tailor the LIMS solution to their unique and specific requirements and preferences.
Since transitioning from Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. to LabLynx, Inc. in 2000, LabLynx has become increasingly active in the laboratory informatics community. Projects that LabLynx has started or been involved in within the community include:


This approach has proved to be a winning one for all involved. In the past three years, during difficult economic times generally as many businesses have struggled and far too many failed, LabLynx has doubled its revenue each year. More and more, labs are beginning to understand that it is no longer necessary to spend six and seven figures on a [[LIMS]]. The LabLynx [[ELab]] LIMS offers full enterprise-class functionality for any size lab, from single users to multi-site global corporations, at a fraction of traditionally overhead-heavy pricing. This is achieved through the use of efficient, transparent business methods and the leveraging of effective, leading edge technology.
* the Laboratory Informatics Institute, an open trade association with the mission of educating, standardizing, and promoting the laboratory informatics industry<ref name="LII" />
* LIMSfinder, an online interactive magazine released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute that aims to be "the best resource for information technology in the laboratory"<ref>{{cite web|title=LIMSfinder Home |url=http://www.limsfinder.com/Home.aspx |publisher=Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc.|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
* LIMSbook, a LIMS buyer’s guide released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute<ref>{{cite web|title=The LIMS Book |url=http://limsbook.com/ |publisher=Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc.|accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
* LIMSforum, a LinkedIn discussion group created to facilitate the exchange of ideas and technical information across the fields of laboratory, science, and [[health informatics]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lablynx - latest company news |url=http://www.laboratorytalk.com/news/lbl/lbl103.html |publisher=LaboratoryTalk.com |date=25 August 2009 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LiMS forum - Laboratory Informatics Institute user's group for LIMS, Scientific & Health Informatics |url=http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=2069898 |publisher=LinkedIn.com |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
* LIMSuniversity, an open-access learning resource released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute, targeted towards laboratories and the LIMS community<ref>{{cite web|title=LiMSuniversity.com, the on-line, Open Access, Virtual Learning Center for Laboratory Informatics users and professionals |url=http://www.limsfinder.com/BlogDetail.aspx?id=35134_0_25_0_C |publisher=Laboratory Informatics Institute, Inc. |date=4 April 2011 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>
* LIMSwiki, a Creative Commons-licensed wiki with the goal of bringing related informatics communities together to maintain a repository of information about the industry<ref>{{cite web|title=LIMSwiki mission |url=http://limswiki.org/index.php/LIMSwiki_mission |date=2 June 2011 |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>


For an entertaining and informative short presentation about our company, please [http://files.mylablynx.com/share/ebooks/movies/p3/Presentation_Files/index.html click on this URL]
==Technology and products==
 
LabLynx develops, supports, and markets several products for the laboratory, science, and health industries:
 
===ELab===
 
ELab is a laboratory information management system (LIMS) and collection of associated modules developed to help professionals in the scientific community manage data coming into and leaving the laboratory.<ref name="ELab1">{{cite web|title=ELab LIMS |url=http://lablynx.com/Products/ELabLIMS/tabid/240/Default.aspx |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref> The original LabLynx LIMS became known as ELab shortly before LabLynx fully separated from Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. in 2001.<ref name="LS_prod2" />
 
Over 30 different modules and functions are associated with ELab, and licenses for the software are available with both onsite of offsite hosting services. LabLynx also states that ELab currently serves in many validated environments, including [[21 CFR Part 11]], College of American Pathologists (CAP), and [[ISO/IEC 17025]], in compliance with such standards as [[Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act|HIPAA]], [[Health Level 7|HL7]], STORENET, [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]]- and [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]]-regulated [[good laboratory practice]] (GLP), and more.<ref name="ELab1" />
 
===webLIMS===


==Technology and products==
webLIMS is a hosted [[software as a service]] (SaaS) version of the ELab LIMS.<ref name=webAbout>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.lablynx.com/Products/webLiMScom/tabid/237/Default.aspx |title=webLIMS |publisher=LabLynx, Inc. |accessdate=03 February 2012}}</ref> LabLynx introduced the offering in March 2009, touting 35 different laboratory informatics and business applications in the hosted package.<ref name="webLIMS1" /> As with most SaaS software, LabLynx intends to reduce cost to laboratories, decrease the amount of downtime, and provide a more scalable LIMS solution with its webLIMS service.<ref name="ChemEng1" /><ref name="webAbout" />


===ELab and webLIMS===
LabLynx claims the facility it uses for hosting the webLIMS application is an "SAS70 Type II audited, ultra-safe and fully redundant data center."<ref name="webLIMS1" /> To prevent downtime due to power outages, LabLynx states that its data center has:


The LabLynx ELab [[laboratory information management system]] (LIMS) suite provides our customers with a full range of functionality, modules, and components that allows each laboratory to manage its own unique workflow, user interface, and data handling. The use of Internet technology allows LabLynx to deliver cost-effective, powerful solutions to meet the operational needs, enterprise-wide information sharing, and functionality requirements for laboratories in the manufacturing, agricultural, water/wastewater, forensics, food & beverage, environmental, petrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.  
* parallel independent supply lines and facility circuits
* instant battery backup and transition to multiple parallel diesel turbine generators
* hardware powered by two separate feeds and a Tripp Lite instant power distribution switch to the alternative feed<ref>{{cite web|title=The webLiMS.com Data Center Facilities |url=http://lablynx.com/AboutUs/DataCenter/Facilities/tabid/248/Default.aspx |publisher=LabLynx, Inc. |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>


LabLynx knows that the technology foundation that is chosen for our customers' Informatics Solution, will directly impact its usefulness both now and in the future. That is why the LabLynx [[Informatics]] Server architecture and technology foundation protects our customers' investments now and in the future. The ELab suite is built using industry standard tools and readily available components in a Data-Driven, Service-Oriented Architecture. It is an integration of multiple applications and components into a single cohesive framework. This offers our customers the flexibility to easily update or change their system as they see fit.
===LiMStudio===


webLIMS is a hosted [[software as a service]] (SaaS) version of the ELab LIMS.<ref name=webAbout>{{cite web_short|url=http://www.lablynx.com/Products/webLiMScom/tabid/237/Default.aspx |title=webLIMS |publisher=LabLynx, Inc. |accessdate=03 February 2012}}</ref>
LiMStudio is a virtual desktop add-on to LabLynx’s webLIMS hosted application. It consists of a collection of 10 development tools that allow webLIMS users to modify the applications in their account to their own needs. It also allows users the ability to create their own applications to connect to the LIMS, providing a more scalable and customizable LIMS option to clients.<ref>{{cite web|title=LiMStudio.net - Hosted Developer Tools |url=http://lablynx.com/Products/DeveloperTools/tabid/242/Default.aspx |publisher=LabLynx, Inc. |accessdate=22 October 2011}}</ref>


====Features====
====Product Features====


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====Additional information====
====Additional information====
==External links==
* [http://www.lablynx.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.limsuniversity.com/ LIMSuniversity site]
* [http://www.limsfinder.com/ LIMSfinder site]
* [http://www.limswiki.org/ LIMSwiki site]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:52, 1 March 2012

LabLynx Inc
Type Private
Industry Laboratory informatics
Founded July 24, 2000[1]
Founder(s) John H. Jones
Headquarters 2400 Lake Park Drive
Smyrna, Georgia, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Products ELab, webLIMS, and LiMStudio
Employees 15[2]
Website LabLynx.com


LabLynx, Inc. is a privately owned, funded, and managed American corporation that develops, supports, and markets laboratory information management system (LIMS) solutions. Its most well-known products include ELab, a browser-based LIMS, and webLIMS, a scalable hosted LIMS offered under the "software as a service" (SaaS) delivery model. The company’s primary clients include laboratories in the agriculture, clinical, environmental, forensics, health care, and manufacturing industries, including government agencies.[3] The company is known for introducing one of the first browser-based LIMS products in 1997[4][5] and being a long-term player in the laboratory informatics market. It’s estimated that LabLynx employs fifteen people.[2]

History

Before LabLynx was a company, it was a LIMS product offered by Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. (ASC).[6][7] Formed in 1992,[8] ASC’s LabLynx division later began work on a laboratory information management system designed specifically for a web browser. ASC demonstrated its new Internet Explorer-based LabLynx LIMS at Pittcon in 1997, among the first browser-based LIMS to appear at the time.[4][5] The company again showcased LabLynx at Pittcon in 1998[9] and soon after picked up a major LIMS-based contract with the U.S. Customs Service.[10]

LabLynx home office

By July 2000, the LabLynx division of ASC separated to become its own incorporated entity.[1] And while ASC eventually ceased to exist in 2005,[8] LabLynx, Inc. went on to diversify its offerings. The LabLynx’s browser-based LIMS previously demonstrated at Pittcon in 1997 expanded to become ELab, which in 2001 took on an application service provider (ASP) model of distribution.[11] In 2004 LabLynx released a browser-based tool called openLIMS, which gave consultants and end-users the ability "to build custom LIMS solutions that are geared to the exact operational needs of many different laboratories."[12]

On June 19, 2006, LabLynx established the Laboratory Informatics Institute, an open membership group with the purpose of advancing the field of laboratory informatics and shaping the standards associated with it.[13] LabLynx made further moves to better its LIMS offerings in August 2008, renewing and expanding its contract with Nagarro, Inc., a U.S.-based technology consulting firm. The collaboration allowed LabLynx to upgrade its existing LIMS software to .NET architecture and expand its initiative to create and market a SaaS-based LIMS.[14] Less than a year after the announced renewed partnership, LabLynx revealed its redeveloped webLIMS product to the public, featuring an SaaS model and additional integration of developer tools to allow users to create and modify modules for the LIMS.[15][16] This move to a cloud-based SaaS model brought renewed interest in the company’s LIMS, with clients like the Georgia Department of Agriculture[17] and Cypress Bioscience[18][19] taking on the new LIMS.

LabLynx is currently involved in an initiative to standardize and structure the transmission of laboratory data that first originates in a LIMS or LIS and then moves to a person's or population of people's electronic health records.[20] This laboratory results interface (LRI) pilot began in August 2011 and includes collaboration with the supported open source project mdDigest and the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).[21]

Community history

Since transitioning from Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. to LabLynx, Inc. in 2000, LabLynx has become increasingly active in the laboratory informatics community. Projects that LabLynx has started or been involved in within the community include:

  • the Laboratory Informatics Institute, an open trade association with the mission of educating, standardizing, and promoting the laboratory informatics industry[13]
  • LIMSfinder, an online interactive magazine released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute that aims to be "the best resource for information technology in the laboratory"[22]
  • LIMSbook, a LIMS buyer’s guide released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute[23]
  • LIMSforum, a LinkedIn discussion group created to facilitate the exchange of ideas and technical information across the fields of laboratory, science, and health informatics[24][25]
  • LIMSuniversity, an open-access learning resource released by the Laboratory Informatics Institute, targeted towards laboratories and the LIMS community[26]
  • LIMSwiki, a Creative Commons-licensed wiki with the goal of bringing related informatics communities together to maintain a repository of information about the industry[27]

Technology and products

LabLynx develops, supports, and markets several products for the laboratory, science, and health industries:

ELab

ELab is a laboratory information management system (LIMS) and collection of associated modules developed to help professionals in the scientific community manage data coming into and leaving the laboratory.[28] The original LabLynx LIMS became known as ELab shortly before LabLynx fully separated from Atlanta Systems Consultants, Inc. in 2001.[11]

Over 30 different modules and functions are associated with ELab, and licenses for the software are available with both onsite of offsite hosting services. LabLynx also states that ELab currently serves in many validated environments, including 21 CFR Part 11, College of American Pathologists (CAP), and ISO/IEC 17025, in compliance with such standards as HIPAA, HL7, STORENET, FDA- and EPA-regulated good laboratory practice (GLP), and more.[28]

webLIMS

webLIMS is a hosted software as a service (SaaS) version of the ELab LIMS.[29] LabLynx introduced the offering in March 2009, touting 35 different laboratory informatics and business applications in the hosted package.[15] As with most SaaS software, LabLynx intends to reduce cost to laboratories, decrease the amount of downtime, and provide a more scalable LIMS solution with its webLIMS service.[17][29]

LabLynx claims the facility it uses for hosting the webLIMS application is an "SAS70 Type II audited, ultra-safe and fully redundant data center."[15] To prevent downtime due to power outages, LabLynx states that its data center has:

  • parallel independent supply lines and facility circuits
  • instant battery backup and transition to multiple parallel diesel turbine generators
  • hardware powered by two separate feeds and a Tripp Lite instant power distribution switch to the alternative feed[30]

LiMStudio

LiMStudio is a virtual desktop add-on to LabLynx’s webLIMS hosted application. It consists of a collection of 10 development tools that allow webLIMS users to modify the applications in their account to their own needs. It also allows users the ability to create their own applications to connect to the LIMS, providing a more scalable and customizable LIMS option to clients.[31]

Product Features

The following feature list(s) is/are derived solely from public, freely-available online information the vendor provides. A lack of a "Y" does not necessarily mean that the product doesn't have that feature. The lack of a "Y" could mean:
  • the vendor chose to not put relevant feature information online despite its existence in the product.
  • the vendor chooses to make the feature information available only to those who create an account or call/e-mail.
  • the feature information exists online to the public, but a URL could not be found to cite the existence of the feature.
  • the feature does not exist for the product.
A vendor's product may receive more confirmed features with the addition of more public information to the vendor's site and/or by providing a URL to a page or document that can act as a citation for the existence of the feature. Prospective buyers are highly recommended to contact the vendor directly to verify features as this list isn't authoritative, and product upgrades and changes happen rapidly in some cases.


Product: ELab
Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
Sample login and management? Y[32]
Sample tracking? Y[32]
Sample and/or result batching? Y[32]
Task and event scheduling? Y[32]
Option for manual result entry? Y[32]
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis? Y[32]
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface? Y[32]
Query capability? Y[32]
Import data? Y[32]
Internal file or data linking? Y[32]
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel? Y[32]
Export raw date?
Data warehouse? Y[32]
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management? Y[32]
Inventory management? Y[32]
Document creation and/or management? Y[32]
Case management? Y[32]
Workflow management? Y[32]
Specification management?
Customer management?
Billing management?
Quality, Security, and Compliance
Regulatory compliance? Y[32]
QA / QC functions? Y[32]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail? Y[32]
Chain of custody? Y[32]
Configurable roles and security? Y[32]
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Version control? Y[32]
Automatic data backup?
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
Custom reporting? Y[32]
Report printing? Y[32]
Label support? Y[32]
Barcode support? Y[32]
Export to PDF? Y[32]
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration? Y[32]
Email integration? Y[32]
Base Functionality
Administrator management?
Modular? Y[32]
Instrument interfacing and management? Y[32]
Mobile device integration? Y[32]
Alarms and/or alerts? Y[32]
Work-related time tracking?
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual? Y[32]
Network-capable? Y[32]
Web client or portal? Y[32]
Online or integrated help?
SaaS delivery option? Y[32]
Usage-based cost?
Industries Served
agriculture, clinical research, environmental,
food and beverage, general, law enforcement
and forensic, manufacturing and R&D,
pharmaceutical, public health and service
Product: webLIMS
Sample, Inventory, and Data Management
Sample login and management? Y[33]
Sample tracking? Y[33]
Sample and/or result batching?
Task and event scheduling?
Option for manual result entry?
Multiple data viewing methods?
Data and trend analysis?
Data and equipment sharing?
Customizable fields and/or interface?
Query capability? Y[33]
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
ELN support or integration?
Export data to MS Excel?
Export raw date?
Data warehouse?
Deadline control?
Production control?
Project and/or task management?
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?
Case management?
Workflow management?
Specification management?
Customer management? Y[33]
Billing management? Y[33]
Quality, Security, and Compliance
Regulatory compliance?
QA / QC functions? Y[33]
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?
Chain of custody? Y[33]
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation? Y[33]
Data encryption?
Version control?
Automatic data backup? Y[29]
Environmental monitoring?
Reporting, Labeling, and Printing
Custom reporting?
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Fax integration?
Email integration?
Base Functionality
Administrator management?
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?
Alarms and/or alerts? Y[33]
Work-related time tracking? Y[33]
Voice recognition system?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help? Y[33]
SaaS delivery option? Y[29]
Usage-based cost?
Industries Served
agriculture, clinical research, environmental,
food and beverage, general, law enforcement
and forensic, manufacturing and R&D,
pharmaceutical, public health and service

Pricing

Additional information

External links

References

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  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3
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  32. ↑ 32.00 32.01 32.02 32.03 32.04 32.05 32.06 32.07 32.08 32.09 32.10 32.11 32.12 32.13 32.14 32.15 32.16 32.17 32.18 32.19 32.20 32.21 32.22 32.23 32.24 32.25 32.26 32.27 32.28 32.29 32.30 32.31 32.32 32.33 32.34 32.35 32.36 32.37
  33. ↑ 33.00 33.01 33.02 33.03 33.04 33.05 33.06 33.07 33.08 33.09 33.10
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