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Sapphire™ Life Sciences R&D Solution is designed by industry-experienced professionals to deliver the specific features and benefits required of life sciences labs. In addition, the solution carries a low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Its browser-based architecture provides a powerful, low-cost, low-maintenance framework for today's competitive laboratory environment, particularly when compared to client/server implementations, which typically bear a high cost of deploying applications to a large end-user base. Features and Benefits of Sapphire™ Life Sciences R&D Solution include:
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Browser-based architecture for system access to users both internal and external to the lab, using any Internet-ready device including PC, PDA or electronic notebook |
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Provides application and user-specific, role-based security schemes |
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Compatible with firewalls, VPN software, and security needs, whether your laboratory accesses information via the Web, VPN, or over a corporate network |
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| Ease of Use |
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Application server moves static and/or dynamic HTML and JavaScript via page generation to the Web browser |
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End user navigates through the application just like any other Web site |
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| Workflow Automation |
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Using automated workflows, reduces or eliminates bottlenecks resulting from manual SOP's |
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Automates business and decision processes to reduce costs and streamline operations |
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Provides the ability to mirror any customer work or decision process graphically |
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Virtually eliminates the need for LabVantage or DBA support for Workflow database changes, while protecting the core source code |
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Provides the ability to configure Workflows based upon security and user role within the customer’s organization |
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Provides a library of pre-configured Workflow components to streamline the process of configuring a solution |
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Leverages and integrates external data sources to help "direct" tasks for further streamlining of automation |
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Easy to configure using the built-in Evergreen™ Web Page Designer
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Helps Sapphire™ users reduce implementation time and expense, as well as ongoing maintenance costs by providing property-driven, inheritance-based, configurable web pages. |
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Quickly change system architecture, database configuration, user administration, business process automation and end-user interface configurations |
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Extensive library of page types to jump-start configuration and system enhancements |
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Extensive library of Wizard Task API types to improve end-user training and SOP adoption |
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| Reporting |
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Extensive reporting, analysis and ad-hoc querying capabilities |
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Integration with Business Objects family of products |
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Provides usage reports to properly allocate existing resources and forecast the benefits of adding enhanced resources |
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Stability and shelf life analysis and reporting |
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| Performance |
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The Sybase EAServer Application Server, leveraging highly scalable transaction server technologies with Java CORBA components, is used to manage a variety of services that enable an increase in performance, including Clustering and Load Balancing. |
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Leveraging Internet technologies such as Java, HTML, XML, HTTP and JavaScript, Sapphire™ integrates with existing customer-specific internal or external systems such as:
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Public and Proprietary Databases |
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Instruments |
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Robotic Systems |
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Analytical Devices |
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SAP and other ERP/MRP Systems |
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