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'''Lab-Ally, LLC''' develops and distributed enterprise [[laboratory informatics]] software solutions.  
'''Lab-Ally, LLC''' develops and distributes enterprise [[laboratory informatics]] software solutions including CERF ELN, RSpace ELN and eCAT. Lab-Ally also sells a number of other Life-Science products  and services.


Lab-Ally, LLC is the North American distribution arm of [[Research Innovations Limited|ResearchSpace]], selling and supporting a version of eCAT called RSpace.<ref name="LARSInfo">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/research-space/ |title=Research Space |publisher=Lab-Ally, LLC |accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref>
==History==
 
Lab-Ally was formed in 2013 as a sales and marketing partner for a number of small biotech / histopathology companies. The founders were former employees of [[Rescentris, Inc.]], the company that originally developed the [[CERF]] ELN in the early 2000's. Rescentris (which was also briefly known as ELN Technologies and [[irisnote]], ceased operations in 2013 following the unfortunate death of the primary owner who was an internationally renowned Stanford scientist. At that time, Lab-Ally offered to provide interim technical support to the CERF ELN user base.
 
Also in 2013, Lab-Ally formed a strategic partnership with [[Research Innovations Limited|ResearchSpace]], the UK based makers of the RSpace ELN and eCAT sample tracking system. <ref name="LARSInfo">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/research-space/ |title=Research Space |publisher=Lab-Ally, LLC |accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> Lab-Ally currently serves as the North American office of RSpace assisting with all aspects of product design, support, distribution and US invoicing.


==History==
In 2014 Lab-Ally acquired the CERF source code and reactivated development of the CERF ELN product. Some minor maintenance and security releases were provided to existing CERF customers in 2014 and 2015 <ref name="iCERF 4.5.0.27">{{cite web |url=http://cerf-notebook.com/news/cerf-update-4-5-0-27-released/|title=CERF 4.5 update |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC. |accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref> and a new iPad client was released in 2016. <ref name="iCERF for iPad">{{cite web |url=http://cerf-notebook.com/solutions/ipad-client/|title=iCERF for iPad |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC. |accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref> Lab-Ally's first new version of the full product, CERF ELN version 5.0 is scheduled for release in January 2017.


Lab-Ally develops and distributes the [[electronic laboratory notebook]] CERF, but also sells a range of other informatics solutions and scientific products including the RSpace ELN<ref name="RSpace">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/products/rspace-eln/ |title= RSpace - Electronic Lab Notebook |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC |accessdate=18 Nov 2014}}</ref> and Qualoupe LIMS. Founded by Rob Day in 2013, Lab-Ally LLC attempts to position itself at the strategic nexus of many different types of modern research. Clients include universities, laboratories and biotechnology companies working in life science, biomedical, big pharma, environmental and informatics fields.<ref name="LARSInfo" /> Lab-Ally aims to provide assistance with every part of the research life cycle including the location of hard-to-find specimens and supplies, data collection and IP management (via selected ELN and LIMS software solutions), as well as the recruitment of CLIA certified CROs, consultants, and any other resources that research organizations may need to complete their studies. Lab-Ally also has strategic partnerships with design and engineering partners who can help turn early-stage technologies into marketable products. The Lab-Ally business model is to identify customer's scientific, data management or business bottlenecks, then connect those customers with complete solutions provided by either Lab-Ally, or one of its diverse partners.
Lab-Ally also distributes a number of other life-science products and services. According to their website:


The flagship CERF product was originally created by a team in Columbus, Ohio by [[Rescentris, Inc]]. In 2011 the company became ELN Technologies, Inc. and then [[irisnote, Inc.]] with a new leadership team and headquarters in California. In October of 2013, irisnote, Inc. ceased operations, and sales, support and development of CERF passed back to its original home town of Columbus, Ohio under the auspices of Lab-Ally, LLC.<ref name="Lab-Ally LLC">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/products/cerf-eln/ |title= CERF - Electronic Lab Notebook |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC |accessdate=18 Nov 2014}}</ref>
"Lab-Ally LLC sits at the strategic nexus of scientific research, data management, collaboration and commercialization. Our clients include universities, government laboratories and biotechnology companies working in the life-science, biomedical, pharmaceutical, environmental and informatics fields. We can provide assistance with every part of the research life cycle including the location of hard-to-find materials and samples, 21cfr11 data management via selected ELN and LIMS software solutions, and the formation of strategic alliances to help your organization grow. We can also assist you with the recruitment of CLIA certified CROs, immunohistopathology & genomic labs and other research service providers that can help you complete key studies. <ref name="Lab-Ally About Us">{{cite web |url=http://lab-ally.com/about-us/|title=Lab-Ally About Us |publisher=Lab-Ally LLC. |accessdate=19 December 2016}}</ref>


==Technology and products==
==Technology and products==


CERF is designed mainly for high compliance commercial labs and includes sophisticated semantic metadata tagging and search technologies, in-line data viewing, an iOS client, and true PKI digital signatures.
CERF ELN is designed mainly for high compliance commercial labs. The system includes the CERF server and dedicated desktop client applications for Mac OS and Windows. The System does not depend on internet access and can be run on a totally secure private LAN. CERF includes semantic metadata tagging and search technologies, in-line data viewing, round-trip editing and versioned document control, true PKI digital signatures and a dedicated app for the iPad platform called iCERF.  


[[Research Innovations Limited#RSpace|RSpace]] is the successor of the older eCAT ELN product and was designed by the makers of eCAT with input from Lab-Ally. RSpace is intended mainly for large academic, government and commercial enterprise deployments. Fast, simple, and easy to deploy, RSpace uses a browser to connect to the server, so there is no client software to download, install and learn. A free but storage limited public cloud version will be available to academic labs in 2015.
[[Research Innovations Limited#RSpace|RSpace]] is the successor of the older eCAT ELN product and was designed by the makers of eCAT with input from Lab-Ally. RSpace is intended mainly for large academic, government and commercial enterprise deployments. Fast, simple, and easy to deploy, RSpace uses any HTML5 capable browser to connect to the server and can be used with any workstation or any modern mobile device. RSpace is highly integrated with other common web tools and is designed to allow users to create links to data already stored in third party systems like Box, Dropbox, MS OneDrive, Mendeley, GitHub and others. RSpace also includes integration with ORCID and allows export directly to archives like Figshare and Dataverse. A free public cloud version is available for use by academic labs.


==See also==
* [[Research Innovations Limited]]


==References==
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Revision as of 23:31, 19 December 2016

Lab-Ally, LLC
Type LLC
Industry Laboratory informatics
Founder(s) Rob Day
Headquarters 1476 Manning Parkway, Powell, Ohio, United States
Area served Worldwide
Products CERF ELN, RSpace ELN, LabSpeedLS, Qualoupe, Histopathology Samples, CLIA certified Lab Services
Website lab-ally.com
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/4984678

Lab-Ally, LLC develops and distributes enterprise laboratory informatics software solutions including CERF ELN, RSpace ELN and eCAT. Lab-Ally also sells a number of other Life-Science products and services.

History

Lab-Ally was formed in 2013 as a sales and marketing partner for a number of small biotech / histopathology companies. The founders were former employees of Rescentris, Inc., the company that originally developed the CERF ELN in the early 2000's. Rescentris (which was also briefly known as ELN Technologies and irisnote, ceased operations in 2013 following the unfortunate death of the primary owner who was an internationally renowned Stanford scientist. At that time, Lab-Ally offered to provide interim technical support to the CERF ELN user base.

Also in 2013, Lab-Ally formed a strategic partnership with ResearchSpace, the UK based makers of the RSpace ELN and eCAT sample tracking system. [1] Lab-Ally currently serves as the North American office of RSpace assisting with all aspects of product design, support, distribution and US invoicing.

In 2014 Lab-Ally acquired the CERF source code and reactivated development of the CERF ELN product. Some minor maintenance and security releases were provided to existing CERF customers in 2014 and 2015 [2] and a new iPad client was released in 2016. [3] Lab-Ally's first new version of the full product, CERF ELN version 5.0 is scheduled for release in January 2017.

Lab-Ally also distributes a number of other life-science products and services. According to their website:

"Lab-Ally LLC sits at the strategic nexus of scientific research, data management, collaboration and commercialization. Our clients include universities, government laboratories and biotechnology companies working in the life-science, biomedical, pharmaceutical, environmental and informatics fields. We can provide assistance with every part of the research life cycle including the location of hard-to-find materials and samples, 21cfr11 data management via selected ELN and LIMS software solutions, and the formation of strategic alliances to help your organization grow. We can also assist you with the recruitment of CLIA certified CROs, immunohistopathology & genomic labs and other research service providers that can help you complete key studies. [4]

Technology and products

CERF ELN is designed mainly for high compliance commercial labs. The system includes the CERF server and dedicated desktop client applications for Mac OS and Windows. The System does not depend on internet access and can be run on a totally secure private LAN. CERF includes semantic metadata tagging and search technologies, in-line data viewing, round-trip editing and versioned document control, true PKI digital signatures and a dedicated app for the iPad platform called iCERF.

RSpace is the successor of the older eCAT ELN product and was designed by the makers of eCAT with input from Lab-Ally. RSpace is intended mainly for large academic, government and commercial enterprise deployments. Fast, simple, and easy to deploy, RSpace uses any HTML5 capable browser to connect to the server and can be used with any workstation or any modern mobile device. RSpace is highly integrated with other common web tools and is designed to allow users to create links to data already stored in third party systems like Box, Dropbox, MS OneDrive, Mendeley, GitHub and others. RSpace also includes integration with ORCID and allows export directly to archives like Figshare and Dataverse. A free public cloud version is available for use by academic labs.


References

  1. "Research Space". Lab-Ally, LLC. http://lab-ally.com/research-space/. Retrieved 23 April 2014. 
  2. "CERF 4.5 update". Lab-Ally LLC.. http://cerf-notebook.com/news/cerf-update-4-5-0-27-released/. Retrieved 19 December 2016. 
  3. "iCERF for iPad". Lab-Ally LLC.. http://cerf-notebook.com/solutions/ipad-client/. Retrieved 19 December 2016. 
  4. "Lab-Ally About Us". Lab-Ally LLC.. http://lab-ally.com/about-us/. Retrieved 19 December 2016.