Acquiring and implementing a LIMS (laboratory information management system) can be a challenging period of transition and transformation for any laboratory. While benefiting from new technologies, your team will also have a golden opportunity to evaluate and increase the efficiency of your lab’s business operations.

Although a new LIMS can deliver valuable advantages with its features, its value will ultimately be determined by the quality of your laboratory’s infrastructure. As it runs quietly in the background, most users will only be aware of its true value when a malfunction results in downtime.

How well lab infrastructure recovers from a disaster or responds to user performance problems can either boost or harm a business. Thus, it is crucial for the team managing the laboratory and IT departments to correctly choose the LIMS solution that will meet their lab infrastructure’s requirements during the early stages of planning.

Ultimately, the team must choose between self-managing and hosting the LIMS or retaining an MSP (managed services provider) responsible for maintaining the system.

Organizations that purchase STARLIMS will be offered a secure, high-quality STARLIMS solution with its infrastructure entirely managed by STARLIMS. Thus, an organization can focus on its lab’s operations while STARLIMS expertly manages its laboratory infrastructure.

Meeting Budget Requirements

STARLIMS provides two kinds of Cloud Services that help a company meet its budget requirements. An organization can select the plan that best meets its business requirements.

Businesses that prefer buying perpetual licenses for STARLIMS can treat the purchase as a capital expenditure. As an add-on, STARLIMS offers Managed Hosting Services. The monthly subscription fee for Managed Hosting Services pays for fully managed services and infrastructure.

Companies that would rather pay for STARLIMS as a monthly operational expense can opt for the Cloud Subscription offering. The monthly fee covers STARLIMS fully managed services, licenses, application support and maintenance, and infrastructure.

Part 2 will discuss World Class Solutions and Fully Managed Services.

Alpha LIMS Implementation

Alpha, Inc. has implemented over 50 LIMS systems ranging in size from small, “off-the-shelf” software systems to very large, highly customized, multi-functional systems, including STARLIMS, for both governmental agencies and private enterprises. For affordable client-focused network consulting services and solutions, please call Alpha today at (410) 295-9500.