April 29, 2005
How to Care for Your New LIMS Consultant
Well, you've really gone and done it now, haven't you? You just had to have a new LIMS consultant. If you are a veteran of the LIMS consultant-owning scene, you surely can recall the excitement and enthusiasm you felt when you brought that first one into your office or quality unit. If this is your very first LIMS consultant, there may be just a bit of, "What have I done?" anxiety about this major moment in the life of your organization....
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April 25, 2005
Tools and Methodology
I had an interesting discussion with John about tools and methodology. The discussion centered on the question, "Does the methodology choose the tool, or can a tool choose the methodology?" I had never seriously considered this question, but my gut reaction was that tools - software or hardware - should have some bearing on methodology. I will take this time to...
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April 08, 2005
Validating Email
In the past several years the email client has become central to the user desktop, and for good reason. My email program (Outlook) contains more than just electronic correspondence; it has contact information for co-workers and customers, work and project calendars, personal reminders, and lots of other mumbo-jumbo I usually can't recall without some kind of help (like my mom's birthday). However, while LIMS users clamber to receive system...
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April 01, 2005
Identifying files by Digital Signature
In the past, I've looked at how digital signatures can be used to identify textual and binary files. Today I'd like to explore the specifics of how a company can use digital signatures to organize and identify files.
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