Xserve manages docs

Rescentris today its , its server-based Collaborative Electronic Research Framework (CERF) that manages research documents as well as provides a full-featured electronic lab notebook. In addition, the solution makes laboratory records and data readily available throughout R&D organizations. Rescentris says that CERF is a secure, 21CFR 11 compliant system that centralizes scientific content management and record-keeping. The Rescentris CERF-Notebook product was designed specifically to increase the efficiency of multi-disciplinary life scientists. Apple's Xserve platform running Mac OS X is a recommended server system for biology labs and organizations of 10 to 500 CERF users, according to the company.

"We are pleased to be able to provide our knowledge management and electronic lab notebook solution to scientists and records-keepers on every computing platform they currently use - Windows, Linux, or Mac" said Dr. Adel Mikhail, Rescentris CEO. "This enables us to accommodate many government and academic clients who work with mixed platforms and operating systems."

Rescentris has also recently become an Apple VAR (Value-added Reseller) and is currently offering a promotional bundle which ships the CERF-Notebook Server pre-installed and configured on Power Mac G5 computers for labs and research organizations.

"This is a great solution for organizations that want to explore the benefits of ELNs without making major commitments. We have a number of new pilot studies running the Xserve Edition of CERF-Notebook," according to Dr. Mikhail.

by MacNN Staff