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How Key Lab Industry Sectors Responded to COVID-19
If you are wondering how labs in other business sectors managed the challenges of the global pandemic, here’s a quick rundown of what others have been facing, some of the strategies they’ve adopted, and what their post-pandemic labs may look [...]
Is Your Pathology System Truly Digital?
When Pathologists don’t have all the information they need or have to spend time searching for a patient in their system, diagnosis can be delayed – impacting patient health. It’s not enough for your system to just store digital images. [...]
Is SaaS LIMS Right for Your Lab?
In a recent white paper, we discussed the trend towards cloud-hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) LIMS solutions. We concluded that this model offers attractive benefits to labs of all sizes, from entry-level to enterprise. The advantages of SaaS solutions have made them [...]
LabVantage 8.6: Hackathons, OWASP and LIMS Security
Cybercrime has been on the rise for years – and 2020 saw a dramatic spike. One report found that cybercrime was up 600% due to COVID-19. Not concerned yet? Check out some of these alarming statistics: 230,000 new malware samples [...]
Advanced Informatics are Critical to Meeting COVID-19 Testing Demand
We can all agree that Public Health Labs (PHLs) serve important missions, from monitoring the environment, to keeping pathogens out of food supplies, to protecting populations from infectious diseases. Today, that means confronting the challenges of COVID-19 testing head-on. Unfortunately, [...]
2020 Leaves an Imprint on the LabVantage LIMS Security Roadmap
Cybersecurity grabbed headlines at the tail-end of 2020 (as if they really needed any more ‘grabbing’), with news in December of massive cyberattacks against the U.S. government. From ZDNet: “Cyberattackers certainly haven't given anyone a break this year. Data breaches, [...]