LabBook, Lextant and Entara Partner to Bring Knowledge Management Solutions to Life Science Companies.Business Editors COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus is the capital and the largest city of the American state of Ohio. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. & CLEVELAND, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2002 Columbus based LabBook, Inc. and Lextant Corporation, and Cleveland based Entara Technology Group LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control announced today a strategic alliance to deliver comprehensive knowledge management solutions to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets. The firms will work together to enhance the creation of collaborative scientific environments. By coupling experts in human factors engineering (Lextant) and technology deployment consulting (Entara) with LabBook's leading electronic laboratory technology, the firms intend on advancing scientific knowledge discovery. "In today's environment, it is critical that knowledge management solutions take the user experience into consideration. Such a focus enables global life science customers to address the cultural issues associated with truly collaborative environments. LabBook has engaged with both Lextant and Entara to ensure our clients achieve the highest level of technology utilization," commented Dr. Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of LabBook. "The pharmaceutical industry requires a total solution tailored to each company's specific needs. Our partnership allows us to completely service our clients." LabBook has long been a proponent of standardization, supporting the informatics industry by providing BSML BSML Bioinformatic Sequence Markup Language as a mechanism for the interoperability of applications. In this new effort, the firm will augment those standards by providing a customizable knowledge environment that ensures proper document and process management whilst it captures and enhances the workflow of individual scientists. "LabBook understands how critical the user experience can be," says Russell Branaghan, Ph.D., a cognitive psychologist and one of the two Principals of Lextant. "We are glad to be working with them on their mission to bring productivity to the scientist's desktop. Understanding how the scientist works will be critical to successfully deploying knowledge management technology within the enterprise. Lextant's human-computer interaction Human-computer interaction An interdisciplinary field focused on the interactions between human users and computer systems, including the user interface and the underlying processes which produce the interactions. , ethnography and market research services enable LabBook and life science customers to design solutions that make sense for scientists." "Today's knowledge management solutions involve the proper application of information technology to enterprise business functions, namely, learning, communicating, and executing the actual business of the organization. LabBook understands that this can only be achieved by adhering to well defined standards, using good development methods, constantly assuring quality, and most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially hearing what scientists say is good for them," commented James L. Hill, Managing Director of Entara. "This partnership brings this vital expertise to the client. Entara's leadership in developing and deploying enterprise applications in the life science market will enable LabBook's clients to capture and increase the intellectual capital of the entire organization." Through this partnership, LabBook, Lextant and Entara will now lead the effort to transition the scientist's desktop out of isolation into collaborative knowledge environments. The three firms are working closely to address the knowledge sharing challenge and are already jointly deploying solutions within the market. In focusing on the scientists in their development activities, the triad is working to enhance the drug discovery workflow, offering solutions that combine people, process, and technology. About LabBook Inc.: LabBook Inc. is a life science informatics provider for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and academic life science researcher. LabBook will accelerate the drug discovery process by providing XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. web-enabled software solutions and targeted-information and services to the scientific community. LabBook Inc. offices are located in Columbus, Ohio; McLean, Virginia McLean is an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. A small geographic area along Chain Bridge Road in Arlington County has a 22101 zip code and is also part of McLean. ; San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] ; and Berlin, Germany. To learn more, contact us at http://www.labbook.com. About Entara Technology Group LLC: Entara is in the business of developing applications, deploying them, and managing their adoption. Our aim is to help bring enterprise level computing to Life Science. Our professional service offerings include: application and data migration; client-specific training programs for comprehensive computing environments; vendor evaluations; and customized methodologies, end user interfaces, and science based applications. To learn more about Entara, please contact our Client Relations Department at 216-402-4571. About Lextant: Lextant's expert behavioral scientists, human factors practitioners, and designers hold degrees in Cognitive Psychology cognitive psychology, school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler, and Kurt Koffka, and in the work of Jean , Anthropology, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Sociology, Interaction Design, and Industrial Design. As a multidisciplinary firm, our members share a single passion: understanding, and designing for human behavior. Lextant's current clients include Hewlett-Packard, Sun, Microsoft, Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. , The Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. , United Way, Things Remembered, Borden Chemical, Nationwide Insurance, Ethicon, Qwest and others. To learn more about Lextant Corporation, visit http://www.lextant.com |
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