Currently
just 25 percent of laboratories in the United States have implemented mobile
devices for their daily operations but interest is growing, especially for
tablets. There are just a few laboratory
specific apps available today and 60 percent of the custom apps for labs are
developed internally.
At
Forum, STARLIMS gave its customers an opportunity to preview possible mobile
apps for STARLIMS LIMS and ELN products displayed in an interactive kiosk. Attendees also participated
in a hands-on workshop conducted by Design Concepts, Inc., in which they were
able to design their own mobile app concepts.
STARLIMS, in effect, took full advantage of the Forum conference to
generate feedback from customers regarding a full range of mobile apps possibilities.
Itschak
Friedman said that designing software applications for one device and one
operating system is no longer enough, however, mobile apps are not the answer
for everything. "You can't do everything
on an i-Phone. Desktop apps are great for
intensive data processing and creation while mobile apps are great for data consumption,"
Friedman explained. "For LIMS products,
mobile apps need to focus on specific tasks which are performed at locations
without desktops, thus eliminating the need to record data on paper and then
transcribe to a desktop. The decisions
for designing mobile apps involve determining which screen - PC, tablet or smart phone -- is right for the specific
job," he added.
At
Forum, STARLIMS showed early versions of its Next Gen designer which allows
users to develop, deploy and maintain HTML5 apps for both iOS and Android
platforms. The pre-release Windows 8 /
Metro crime scene mobile app to help investigators gather and inventory
evidence was demonstrated in theatric, ketchup-stained crime scene. Friedman
said STARLIMS will start rolling out these capabilities with technology builds
slated for the fourth quarter 2012.
For further information visit
www.starlims.com
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