eRecordManagerTM 2001 Release 1

Thermo LabSystems has announced that eRecordManager 2001 Release 1 (R1) began shipping in October before making its official debut at PittCon 2002, New Orleans, March 17-22. The product is designed to meet the requirements for securely storing spectral and chromatographic data from multiple data formats. Thermo LabSystems claims it offers unique functionality for addressing the long-term record-keeping requirements of all science-based industries.

Features available in eRecordManager 2001 R1 include:

• Oracle-based Security providing; authentication, auditing, version control and electronic signatures for compliance with the FDA's 21 CFR Part 11 ruling.
• Long term Archival – In addition to storing files in their original format, eRecordManager automates the translation of over 150 analytical data file formats into a platform neutral format based on XML. When storing instrument data, eRecordManager makes use of a new public domain XML schema known as Generalized Analytical Mark Language (GAML). The schema and additional information on the GAML data format is available for downloading over the web by visiting www.gaml.org
• Automated Archiving operation - based on user configurable archive policies.
• Use of Metadata - Specific fields can be extracted from the archived data and used for subsequent searching and data mining.
• Enhanced Data Searching – utilizing folders and dynamic filters, users can segregate their data in multiple ways.
• Easy Viewing of Spectral Data – with the use of the GAML explorer, users are able to view data in a way that makes sense to them. Data is organized according to experiments, which can be easily incorporated into laboratory reports.
• Integration with other systems – integrated support with the Thermo Galactic suite of desktop spectroscopy software (including GRAMS/AIÔ), to allow advanced reprocessing, visualization and library searching of spectral data. eRecordManager also incorporates a comprehensive set of interfaces for linking with other systems.

eRecordManager 2001 R1 is validated against Oracle 8.1.7 (8i) and is supported on Windows 2000, Windows NT4 and Windows 98.

eRecordManager is Thermo LabSystems' latest product and represents their arrival in the long-term analytical data archiving and knowledge management environment. Through a unique library of over 150 powerful file converters, the archived information can be viewed on virtually any platform long into the future without using the original instrument software.

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