Thermo Fisher Scientific Incorporates Data Manager into Nautilus LIMS 8.0 to Deliver Complete Data Storage and Retrieval System

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, has incorporated award-winning data management functionality into its Nautilus LIMS™ version 8.0. Now installed with Data Manager, Thermo Scientific Nautilus can capture, archive and store both derived and raw instrument data, permitting users instant access and manipulation of the data without the original software.

Data Manager is a complete storage and retrieval system that understands and preserves analytical data, documents and PDF (Portable Document Format) files. It is able to view, search and manipulate real data and its metadata without the original application. Designed to address long term storage issues by being platform and manufacturer independent, Data Manager surpasses the traditional scientific data archiving approach which only captures proprietary format data files together with “pictures” of the data which cannot be further manipulated.

Thermo Scientific Nautilus 8.0 has been designed to give scientists a comprehensive instrument unified view of all relevant data directly from the LIMS rather than at the lab bench via multiple software packages. Drawing on technology from Thermo Scientific’s GRAMS™ Suite—the premier solution for visualizing, processing and managing spectroscopy data—the Data Manager module converts instrument data to a vendor neutral XML format and allows automatic linking to LIMS entities for instant investigation of suspect results.

Using a converter library of over 150 file formats, instrument data can be translated into a platform-neutral XML (eXtensible Mark-up Language) that enables it to be retrieved and visualized on virtually any platform, with no reliance on the original instrument software. In binding these converted XML files to LIMS entities, Nautilus 8.0 with Data Manager is unique in providing an organization with the ability to share, compare, query and visualize analytical data, with or without the original instrument hardware/software.

Nautilus 8.0 with Data Manager’s standards-based approach promotes knowledge-sharing through secure, company-wide access to information. This is especially important in today’s merger bound organizations that need to rationalize and retire instrument systems while retaining usable long-term access to valuable raw data.

This advanced data management functionality is available as standard upon installation or upgrade to Nautilus LIMS™ version 8.0. Customers only need to purchase the appropriate converter library for their instrumentation to utilize the extra power of vendor neutral data storage.

Dave Champagne, vice president and general manager of informatics for Thermo Fisher Scientific claims, “Data Manager represents a leap forward in value added LIMS. With the Data Manager technology incorporated in the core product, Nautilus LIMS 8.0 represents the company’s most significant development investment since the solution was first commercialized in 1998.”