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SaaS Model Turns LIMS Paradigm On Its Head
July 29, 2010
•Article: SaaS Model Turns LIMS Paradigm On Its Head
By Cindy Dubin
The massive spending of big pharma in the 1980s and 1990s took a big hit with the recession. Outsourcing and downsizing became the life sciences norm, and internal IT departments were among the first to go. For many organizations, this move particularly hurt the laboratory and its reliance on IT to help maintain in-house laboratory information management systems (LIMS).
Historically, LIMS have been delivered using the outright purchase model, with labs purchasing their own hardware and software, and then configuring the LIMS to meet their workflow requirements — a timely and cost-prohibitive venture for labs. The success of Salesforce.com — an online Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company distributing business software in which access to the software is purchased by subscription and hosted off-site — has end users and suppliers reevaluating software acquisition methods. "Small to midsize laboratories may find the Internet-hosted model a more affordable option for LIMS," says senior analyst Paula Hollywood, the principal author of ARC's market report, Laboratory Information Management Systems Worldwide Outlook.
Used with permission from Life Science Leader magazine.
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