Best of Show Awards Winners Named at Spring Bio-IT World Conference + Expo.BOSTON -- Products From HP, InforSense, Phase Forward and TEMIS TEMIS Test Equipment Management Information System Recognized for Their Technical Innovation Driving Biomedical Research Biomedical research (or experimental medicine), in general simply known as medical research, is the basic research or applied research conducted to aid the body of knowledge in the field of medicine. , Drug Discovery IDG's Bio-IT World magazine and IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) World Expo today announced that products from four bio-IT companies were named Best of Show Awards winners at a ceremony held here last night at the Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center located in Boston's Back Bay has 193,000 square feet (0 m) of exhibit space and can accommodate up to four concurrent events. during Bio-IT World Conference + Expo: The winning products include Virus Throttling for ProCurve Switch 5300xl series from ProCurve by HP; KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. 2.0 from Inforsense Ltd.; Inform S/W See software. 4.5 from Phase Forward; and Insight Discoverer Extractor from TEMIS. Judged by a team of Bio-IT World magazine editors and highly regarded industry experts, Best of Show Awards recognize new products which demonstrate exceptional technology innovations across the life sciences research, discovery and clinical trials process. One company was selected within four technology categories. The following winners were selected among 13 finalists, based on the products' technical merit, functionality and innovation, and in-person presentations to the judges at the show. --Clinical Trials & Research Inform S/W 4.5 from Phase Forward, Waltham, Mass. --Information Technology Infrastructure Virus Throttling for ProCurve Switch 5300xl series from Procurve by HP, Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. --Knowledge Management & Collaboration Tools A collaboration tool is something that helps people collaborate. The term is often used to mean collaborative software, but collaboration tools were being used before computers existed, a piece of paper can for example can be used as collaboration tool. KDE 2.0 from InforSense Ltd., London --Informatics Tools & Data Insight Discoverer Extractor from TEMIS, Paris In addition to the Best of Show Awards winners, A Judges' Special Recognition for Innovation was presented to Standard Register for its ExpeData Digital Writing Solution. Bio-IT World Conference + Expo is the industry's premier event that showcases how technology is transforming life sciences throughout all discovery and development processes. It has been taking place this week, May 17-19, 2005 at Boston's Hynes Convention Center. This year's event included well-known professionals in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, government and life science fields; more than 90 well-known companies exhibiting innovative products and solutions; and dozens of conference sessions and workshops addressing the issues and themes critical to the life sciences research and discovery processes. During the awards ceremony, John Russell John Russell may refer to:
v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at the number of extremely strong contenders we've seen at this year's Best of Show Awards. The caliber of products that we've reviewed is testimony to the vitality and burgeoning growth taking place in the life sciences fields. In addition, this year's prestigious judges who are leaders in their respective industries, know what it takes to be a first-rate, real world product solution. Their insights and first-hand knowledge have given us a unique perspective into the winning products." Best of Show Award Winners Virus Throttling for ProCurve Switch 5300xl series from ProCurve by HP is a tool that detects virus-like activity as traffic enters the LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. and passes through the network switch. The solution developed by HP Labs, the company's central research facility, is the first to focus on the behavior of malicious code in a switch rather than on its content, so it can identify and respond to previous, as well as unknown threats. By focusing on blocking such code from spreading across VLANs, it addresses the immense network traffic that is one of the most destructive aspects of such code. KDE 2.0 from InforSense Ltd. is an integrated analytics platform for enterprise-wide informatics Same as information technology and information systems. The term is more widely used in Europe. . It is the first platform to provide scientists in research organizations with a way to collaborate on creative discovery processes using a flexible and interactive workflow that integrates software applications, databases and instruments. Integrated information can be analyzed in real time with a rich set of data mining algorithms and visualization facilities within KDE or external algorithms. Its Open Discovery Workflow technology Workflow technology is a new field of software products designed to improve the design of information systems. It involves use of workflow engine to execute models of processes. The models can be edited by persons not experienced in programming (e.g. enables scientists to build their own data/application integration without programming or scripting. Inform 4.5 From Phase Forward is an Internet-enabled electronic data capture solution that reduces the inefficiencies, inaccuracies and cost associated with paper-based clinical trials. Using the Inform platform, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies can conduct clinical trials with electronically managed data. Inform 4.5 offers comprehensive real- time trial management reporting and analysis capabilities directly embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. within the product. The solution offers unprecedented visibility and access to both clinical and operation trial data to help sponsors make timely and intelligent clinical business decisions. Insight Discoverer Extractor from TEMIS is an information extraction In natural language processing, information extraction (IE) is a type of information retrieval whose goal is to automatically extract structured information, i.e. categorized and contextually and semantically well-defined data from a certain domain, from unstructured server dedicated to the analysis of text documents. It detects pieces of information that are the most relevant to users, such as a merger announcement for a financial analyst, an FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. approval for a competitive intelligence officer or a protein interaction in scientific literature for a biologist. The knowledge extraction is powered by Skill Cartridges(TM), a hierarchy of knowledge This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. components describing the information to extract for a given business-specific field or topic. The product covers 16 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian. Best of Show Award winners received honorary signage, an awards logo, and an engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. award. They also will be featured on the Bio-IT World website with additional coverage in an upcoming issue of the magazine. For complete coverage of the awards visit www.bio-itworld.com. About Bio-IT World, Inc. A business unit of IDG, Bio-IT World, Inc. publishes information across a variety of media to meet the needs of bio-IT, life science, healthcare, pharmaceutical and regulatory professionals. The company's award-winning publication, Bio-IT World, and accompanying website, www.bio-itworld.com, deliver the latest news, analysis and information on the application of technology products and services to enable the life sciences R&D value chain - spanning basic research, drug discovery and development, clinical trials, and regulatory compliance. Established in September 2001, Bio-IT World, Inc. is headquartered in Framingham, Mass. About Bio--IT World Conference + Expo Bio--IT World Conference + Expo is the leading event to demonstrate how technology is transforming the life sciences throughout all discovery and development processes. Bio--IT World Conference + Expo is designed for life science professionals looking to evaluate and understand advanced solutions that generate, collect and analyze the flood of information being produced by the life sciences industry. Visionaries from the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, academic and government markets convene at Bio--IT World Conference + Expo to learn how the latest tools, services and best practices will help revolutionize our health, our environment and our society. For more information, visit www.bio-itworldexpo.com. About IDG World Expo IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) produces technology-focused tradeshows, conferences and events for professionals seeking world-class education, peer-to-peer networking See peer-to-peer network. and one-stop comparison shopping. As the leading technology event management company, IDG World Expo leverages its experience and knowledge of technology-focused events and conferences, enabling technology companies to capture the attention and loyalty of influential buyers. IDG World Expo's portfolio of conferences and events includes Macworld Conference & Expo(R), LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Bio--IT World Conference + Expo(R), Wireless Sensing Solutions(R), Syndicate(TM), RoboBusiness and RoboNexus. IDG World Expo is a business unit of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research and event company. About IDG International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, research, and event company. A privately-held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers including Bio-IT World, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , CSO (Chief Security Officer) The person in charge of all staff members who are responsible for promulgating, enforcing and administering security policies for all systems within an enterprise or division. , Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World, and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), MacworldConference & Expo(R), DEMO(R), and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. |
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