Since we do a lot of pedigree-related work, and deal with many of the vendors in this space, we had an opportunity to get an early look at Oracle’s Pedigree and Serialization Manager (OPSM) solution. OPSM was designed to create and manage serial numbers, record and transmit serial number hierarchies and create pedigrees. OPSM was designed to comply with both document model (California) and centralized server (European) methods of pedigree reporting and to be extensible to meet future pedigree formats and data standards. Additionally, OPSM has an open web services architecture that should allow for additional features, such as product authentication, analytics and enhanced supply chain visibility.
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Oracle Launches Major Pedigree and Serialization Product
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Why Cloud Computing Will Penetrate Life Sciences Differently
Monday, August 9th, 2010More than half of U.S. enterprises now consider cloud computing a viable technology, with favorable views on cloud jumping by more than 50 percent in just a year, according to the Boston market research firm Yankee Group. The information technology-oriented research house said in a report that “cloud computing is on the cusp of broad enterprise adoption.”
What’s Your On-Demand Strategy?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Clients used to ask, “What’s on-demand, and why would I do it?”. Now they ask, “I’m hearing on-demand is a great alternative, why wouldn’t I do it?” We’re starting to reach a tipping point, and CIOs are now asked, “what is our on-demand strategy?”
The issues clients initially become concerned about are security and data, dependence on a third party, and integration with other systems. For most emerging biotechs, the security concerns melt away when they look at their own current security versus that of any of the likely on-demand solutions and see that the provider’s security is far superior to their own. Most on-demand providers today acknowledge that the client owns the data, and will even provide a “data escrow” facility, if the client wants to go that far.
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