![]() ![]() ![]() The ELNs from some of the big companies like Perkin Elmer, Accelrys and IDBS are often too expensive and complex for academic labs. CERF is a more sophisticated option that works best in smaller, highly regulated labs, but it tends to be more appropriate for Pharma and biotech labs. A free public cloud version will be available in 2015. Rspace is affordable and follows data conventions that match academic norms by default, everything is viewable by the PI, sharing within a lab is easy, and sharing with colleagues outside the lab requires the PI's permission. You might, however, be able to add better IP protection by combining these home-brew systems with something like Surety AbsoluteProof. Some of the home-brew solutions I've seen based on things like evernote, onenote or various wiki technologies are often quite cleverly deployed and may be adequate for small labs, but they don't really offer proper IP protection or the audit details needed in regulated labs, and they often don't scale well to multiple labs and departments organized hierarchically, nor do they usually integrate well with your universities archive or IT structure. Disclaimer: I sell data management software, but I sell a range of products, so I am not in the position where I need to advocate just one product. ![]()
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