Empower Software Solutions
Run samples and produce meaningful results without downtime with Empower Software Solutions, comprised of Waters industry-leading Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS) and Empower Lab Management System (LMS).
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Empower Software Solutions, a flagship suite of CDS and LMS solutions for liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) instruments, makes it easier than ever to run samples and produce meaningful results without experiencing downtime for training, re-engineering workflows, or adding new software to support instruments or advanced chromatographic techniques.
The versatile, easy-to-use software will help increase your productivity and:
- Minimize training and transaction costs with intuitive and configurable user interfaces
- Eliminate the need for manual recordkeeping
- Support compliance and security requirements
- Improve your information management, storage, and data mining capabilities
- Refine your processes with method development and validation management tools
Empower Software Solutions is a flagship suite of Chromatography Data System (CDS) and Laboratory Management System (LMS) tools designed to streamline liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) workflows. By integrating advanced features with an intuitive interface, Empower eliminates downtime associated with training, re-engineering workflows, or adopting new software for advanced chromatographic techniques. It’s a comprehensive solution tailored to meet the evolving demands of modern laboratories, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and exceptional data quality.
Empower Software simplifies laboratory operations, minimizing training and transaction costs with its configurable and user-friendly interface. Researchers and lab managers can quickly adapt the software to their needs, reducing the learning curve and enhancing productivity. The system eliminates the need for manual recordkeeping, allowing laboratories to focus on critical analysis tasks while maintaining precise and error-free documentation. With built-in tools to support compliance and security, Empower ensures laboratories meet regulatory requirements without compromising operational efficiency.
Empower Chromatography Data System (CDS) serves as the backbone of advanced laboratory data management, enabling seamless acquisition, processing, and reporting for LC and GC instruments. From small-molecule separations to complex biomolecular analyses, Empower CDS empowers scientists to produce meaningful results efficiently. For labs managing diverse instruments, Empower offers extensive compatibility with Waters' innovative LC portfolio and instruments from various third-party vendors.
With Empower’s scalable deployment options, laboratories can select solutions tailored to their current needs and expand functionality as requirements grow. Waters Software and Network Compliance Services facilitate rapid system deployment, ensuring labs can integrate Empower without disrupting ongoing operations. The Empower Lab Management System further enhances workflow efficiency, enabling seamless data management and sample tracking through integration with NuGenesis Software functionality.
To support lab networking needs, Empower offers Laboratory Acquisition Control Environment (LAC/E) Device options, providing robust infrastructure for managing interconnected devices within the Empower environment. Empower Inventory Viewer adds another layer of convenience by offering a clear visual map of installed systems and modules, simplifying upgrades and system planning.
Empower Software goes beyond routine data acquisition by providing powerful tools for method development and validation. These tools enable scientists to reduce method creation and validation times from months to weeks, significantly accelerating workflows. Whether working on simple separations or complex method validations, Empower’s capabilities ensure accuracy and reproducibility while improving overall laboratory performance.
For ongoing insights and optimization, Empower Driven Services (EDS) 365 provides detailed chromatography performance data through a web-based dashboard. Laboratory Analytics dashboards offer actionable insights into resource utilization, helping labs identify inefficiencies, minimize downtime, and enhance overall productivity.
Empower Software Solutions is more than a chromatography management tool; it's a transformative platform that empowers scientists to focus on discovery and innovation. By delivering advanced features, versatile compatibility, and scalable deployment, Empower optimizes every step of chromatographic workflows, ensuring your laboratory operates at peak efficiency.
Achieving effective biotherapeutic peptide and protein size-based analyses while maximizing SEC column life
Success with size exclusion chromatography (SEC) depends on more than choosing the right column. System dispersion, unwanted interactions, contamination, and poor handling practices can all undermine peptide and protein analyses, affecting both data quality and column lifetime.
In this resource, discover how you can optimize SEC workflows for biotherapeutic peptides and proteins. Learn how to improve separations, extend column life, and avoid common analytical pitfalls, while gaining practical guidance to support more reliable results and greater confidence in your biotherapeutic characterization workflows.
Resource details:
Resource type: eBook
Page count: 31
Read time: 48 mins
SEC-MALS analysis of proteins with Empower Chromatography Data System
Characterizing complex biologics demands precision, traceability, and streamlined workflows across development and QC. Integrating SEC-MALS with Empower™ Software addresses these challenges by uniting robust data acquisition with advanced light scattering analysis.
Discover how this technology enables seamless method transfer and reliable characterization of protein standards, enhancing regulatory compliance and analytical confidence in biopharmaceutical workflows.
TechTalk: Clear the noise for better chromatographic separation of GLP‑1 receptor agonists and insulin impurities
Friday, June 12 at 14:00 BST | 15:00 CEST | 09:00 EDT | 06:00 PDT
In the race to launch GLP‑1 generics and novel agonists, complex impurity analyses can directly impact your speed to market. Conventional columns often obscure peaks of critical impurities, leading to costly rework and increased regulatory scrutiny.
Join this SelectScience® TechTalk and discover new analytical tools designed to streamline your process and deliver reproducible, high-resolution separations of GLP‑1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) and insulin-related impurities – without relying on suppressive mobile‑phase additives. Michael Zagieboylo, Principal Product Manager at Waters Corporation, will share how improved resolution can accelerate method development, increase confidence in your results, and support faster time to market for your GLP-1 RA and insulin products.
Certificate of attendance
If you attend the live TechTalk, you will automatically receive a certificate of attendance, including a learning outcomes summary, for continuing education purposes.
If you view the on-demand TechTalk, you can request a certificate of attendance by emailing editor@selectscience.net.
TechTalk details
- Cost: Free to attend
- Location: Online
- Duration: 20 minutes
Registration is required to secure your place. If you register but can’t attend live, you will receive a link to the on‑demand recording once it becomes available.
TechTalk: Turn lab data into insights with Empower Software and Cloud Applications
Friday, June 26 at 16:30 BST | 17:30 CEST | 11:30 EDT | 08:30 PDT
Labs often struggle to quickly develop deeper insights from their data, which is often disconnected across disparate projects or locations. This can lead to additional challenges, including:
- Compliance and data integrity
- Insight access for risk-based performance monitoring
- Data accessibility and decision making
- Scalability and interoperability
In this 20-minute TechTalk, you will learn about how Waters’ new cloud-based software solutions can overcome these challenges by providing real-time system status information and performance monitoring, as well as compliance and data integrity oversight. This platform also enables data trending, providing key insights needed for vigilant, continuous monitoring, comprehensive asset utilization, and advanced analytics powered by artificial intelligence/machine learning.
Certificate of attendance
If you attend the live TechTalk, you will automatically receive a certificate of attendance, including a learning outcomes summary, for continuing education purposes. If you view the on-demand TechTalk, you can request a certificate of attendance by emailing editor@selectscience.net.
TechTalk details
- Cost: Free to attend
- Location: Online
- Duration: 20 minutes
Registration is required to secure your place. If you register but can’t attend live, you will receive a link to the on‑demand recording once it becomes available.
Achieve faster GLP-1 amino acid analysis with rapid UPLC technology
Wednesday, May 13 at 16:00 BST | 17:00 CEST | 11:00 EDT | 8:00 PDT
As demand for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies continues to rise, ensuring they meet strict regulatory standards while delivering fast, reliable results is more important than ever. Traditional amino acid analysis (AAA) workflows provide valuable quantitative insight into bioprocess conditions but can be time-intensive and operationally complex.
In this SelectScience® webinar, biologic drug screening and protein analysis experts, Dr. Duanduan Han and Dr. Tim Anderson will present a microwave-assisted UPLC approach that accelerates hydrolysis, labeling, and identification of GLP-1 analogs using the Waters AccQ·Tag Ultra Chemistry Kit. They will also discuss how this approach simplifies amino acid analysis to significantly reduce turnaround time, whilst maintaining accuracy and reproducibility.
Plus, they will share how this microwave-assisted UPLC approach can be seamlessly integrated into an Empower™ Chromatography Data System (CDS) workflow to support efficient data processing and compliance.
Register today to learn how to enhance productivity, improve consistency, and meet the growing demands of GLP-1 development and manufacturing.
Certificate of attendance
If you attend the live webinar, you will automatically receive a certificate of attendance, including a learning outcomes summary, for continuing education purposes. If you view the on-demand webinar, you can request a certificate of attendance by emailing editor@selectscience.net.
Webinar details
- Cost: Free to attend
- Location: Online
- Duration: 60 minutes
Registration is required to secure your place. If you register but can’t attend live, you will receive a link to the on‑demand recording once it becomes available.
Unlocking the power of analytics in the discovery, development, and manufacturing of bioconjugates
Nick Pittman, Waters Corporation, offers a practical overview of the analytical tools supporting modern bioconjugate development and manufacturing in this guest editorial
