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==History==
==History==


Sometime in 2012 Research Innovations Limited acquired [[Axiope Limited]] and its [[electronic laboratory notebook]] offering eCAT, with the same Axiope team now affiliated with Research Innovations.<ref name="RSAcqInfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.researchspace.com/electronic-lab-notebook/axiope_acquisition.html |title=Acquisition of Axiope |publisher=Research Innovations Limited |accessdate=03 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="RILInfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdrex.com/research-innovations-limited-8531948.html |title=Research Innovations Limited |publisher=Company Data Rex |accessdate=03 February 2013}}</ref> Axiope was a venture spun out of Edinburgh University to "let scientists grow 'semantic webs' in labs."<ref name="AxiopeHerald">{{cite news |title=Business Diary; a Few Morsels From the Great and Not so Good |newspaper=The Sunday Herald |date=15 June 2003}}</ref>
Sometime in 2012 Research Innovations Limited acquired [[Axiope Limited]] and its [[electronic laboratory notebook]] offering eCAT, with the same Axiope team now affiliated with Research Innovations.<ref name="RSAcqInfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.researchspace.com/electronic-lab-notebook/axiope_acquisition.html |title=Acquisition of Axiope |publisher=Research Innovations Limited |accessdate=03 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="RILInfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdrex.com/research-innovations-limited-8531948.html |title=Research Innovations Limited |publisher=Company Data Rex |accessdate=03 February 2013}}</ref> Axiope was a venture spun out of Edinburgh University to "let scientists grow 'semantic webs' in labs."<ref name="AxiopeHerald">{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-9996402.html |title=Business Diary; a Few Morsels From the Great and Not so Good |newspaper=The Sunday Herald |date=15 June 2003}}</ref>


==Technology and products==
==Technology and products==

Revision as of 00:22, 23 February 2013

Research Innovations Limited
Type Limited company
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 24 Fountainhall Road
Edinburgh
, Scotland
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website Researchspace.com

Research Innovations Limited (operating as "ResearchSpace") develops and distributes laboratory informatics software solutions.

History

Sometime in 2012 Research Innovations Limited acquired Axiope Limited and its electronic laboratory notebook offering eCAT, with the same Axiope team now affiliated with Research Innovations.[1][2] Axiope was a venture spun out of Edinburgh University to "let scientists grow 'semantic webs' in labs."[3]

Technology and products

eCAT

eCAT is a web-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), "a tool that lets you manage experimental data and samples in an integrated online environment."[4] The software can be installed locally or hosted remotely by ResearchSpace as software as a service (SaaS).

Features

Product: eCAT
Experiment, collaboration,
and data management
Chemical and/or mathematical drawing and calculation?
Chemical and/or spectrum file support?
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?
Configurable templates and forms?
Query capability?
Import data?
Internal file or data linking?
External file or data linking?
Export data to MS Excel?
Raw data management?
Data warehouse?
Project and/or task management?
Inventory management?
Document creation and/or management?
Lab and/or group management?
Experiment management?
Workflow management?
Customer and supplier management?
Quality, security, and compliance
Regulatory compliance?
QA / QC functions?
Performance evaluation?
Audit trail?
Chain of custody?
Configurable roles and security?
Data normalization?
Data validation?
Data encryption?
Electronic signatures?
Version control?
Automatic data backup?
Reporting, barcoding, and printing
Custom reporting?
Report printing?
Label support?
Barcode support?
Export to PDF?
Export to MS Word?
Export to HTML and/or XML?
Email integration?
Base functionality
Administrator management?
Modular?
Instrument interfacing and management?
Mobile device integration?
Third-party software integration?
Alarms and/or alerts?
External monitoring?
Messaging?
Bookmarking?
Commenting?
Multilingual?
Network-capable?
Web client or portal?
Online or integrated help?
Software as a service delivery model?
Usage-based cost?
Industries served

Pricing

Pricing for eCAT is as follows[5]:

eCAT Non-Hosted Pricing
Academic and Non-profit Commercial
Users Purchase Price
(Perpetual License)
Annual Support
and Upgrades
(From Year Two)
Purchase Price
(Perpetual License)
Annual Support
and Upgrades
(From Year Two)
2–5 $1,200 $600 $1,800 $900
6–10 $2,000 $1,000 $3,000 $1,500
11–25 $3,500 $1,750 $5,250 $2,625
26–50 $5,500 $2,750 $8,250 $4,125
51–100 $8,500 $4,250 $12,750 $6,375
eCAT Team Hosted Pricing
Academic and Non-profit Commercial
Users Purchase Price Annual Renewal
Price
# of Records Purchase Price Annual Renewal
Price
# of Records
2–5 $1,200 $1,200 10,000 $1,800 $1,800 10,000
6–10 $2,000 $2,000 20,000 $3,000 $3,000 20,000
11–25 $3,500 $3,500 50,000 $5,250 $5,250 50,000
26–50 $5,500 $5,500 100,000 $8,250 $8,250 100,000
51–100 $8,500 $8,500 200,000 $12,750 $12,750 200,000

Additional pricing:

The following training courses are available...

  • eCAT Fundamentals: $500/individual, $1000/organization
  • Managing Inventory with eCAT: $500/individual, $1000/organization
  • eCAT Administrators: $500/individual, $1000/organization

Note: There is also a free Personal Edition hosted by ResearchSpace.

Demonstration videos and other media

The following demonstration videos are available for eCAT:

Additional information

References