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At some point in early 2011, SparkLix changed its offerings, publicizing their free SparkLix ELN for commercial, academic, and personal use as well as a fee-based SparkLix Business Edition with more advanced features.<ref name="SparkLixELNArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.sparklix.com/notebook |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110223160607/http://www.sparklix.com/notebook |title=Sparklix Electronic Lab Notebook |publisher=SparkLix Bio IT Corp |archivedate=23 February 2011 |accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref> However, by roughly November 2012, the company removed information about its products and the company from its website while still allowing free access to SparkLix ELN.<ref name="SparkLixNovemberArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.sparklix.com/ |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20121110085201/http://www.sparklix.com/ |title=Sparklix Free Online Electronic Lab Notebook |publisher=SparkLix Bio IT Corp |archivedate=10 November 2012 |accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref> As of February 2013, it's not clear what the features of the web-based software are or if the Business Edition is still being offered.
At some point in early 2011, SparkLix changed its offerings, publicizing their free SparkLix ELN for commercial, academic, and personal use as well as a fee-based SparkLix Business Edition with more advanced features.<ref name="SparkLixELNArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.sparklix.com/notebook |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110223160607/http://www.sparklix.com/notebook |title=Sparklix Electronic Lab Notebook |publisher=SparkLix Bio IT Corp |archivedate=23 February 2011 |accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref> However, by roughly November 2012, the company removed information about its products and the company from its website while still allowing free access to SparkLix ELN.<ref name="SparkLixNovemberArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.sparklix.com/ |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20121110085201/http://www.sparklix.com/ |title=Sparklix Free Online Electronic Lab Notebook |publisher=SparkLix Bio IT Corp |archivedate=10 November 2012 |accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref> As of February 2013, it's not clear what the features of the web-based software are or if the Business Edition is still being offered.
===Awards and recognition===
SparkLix won a LabAutomation2009 award from the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).<ref name="ALAAward">{{cite web |url=http://www.slas.org/LA10/avenew_companies.cfm |title=LabAutomation2010 - Innovation AveNEW |publisher=Society for Laboratory Automation |accessdate=22 February 2013}}</ref>


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

Revision as of 20:55, 22 February 2013

SparkLix Bio IT Corp.
Type Corporation
Industry Laboratory informatics
Headquarters 250 Park Avenue
New York, New York
, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Products
Website SparkLix.com

SparkLix Bio IT Corp. develops and distributes the free ELN solution SparkLix.

History

SparkLix is an Israeli start-up transplanted to the U.S. A beta of the software (as SparkLab or SparkLab 360) was created as early as 2007[1][2]. SparkLab 360 was marketed as "one integrated system combining the best features of electronic lab notebooks (ELNs) and laboratory information management systems (LIMS)."[3]

At some point in early 2011, SparkLix changed its offerings, publicizing their free SparkLix ELN for commercial, academic, and personal use as well as a fee-based SparkLix Business Edition with more advanced features.[4] However, by roughly November 2012, the company removed information about its products and the company from its website while still allowing free access to SparkLix ELN.[5] As of February 2013, it's not clear what the features of the web-based software are or if the Business Edition is still being offered.

Awards and recognition

SparkLix won a LabAutomation2009 award from the Association for Laboratory Automation (ALA).[6]

Technology and products

SparkLix ELN

SparkLix ELN is a free web-based electronic laboratory notebook (ELN).

Features

The features of SparkLix are not publicly available and thus are unknown.

Pricing

SparkLix is free to use.

Demonstration videos and other media

The following demonstration video is available for SparkLix:

Additional information

References

  1. Hirschauge, Or (29 July 2010). "Israeli start-up: "Researchers are technophobes"". TechNation. http://technation.themarker.com/hitech/1.1765101. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  2. "About SparkLix". SparkLix Bio IT Corp. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100325231532/http://sparklix.com/company. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  3. "SparkLab 360". SparkLix Bio IT Corp. Archived from the original on 05 August 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100805062659/http://www.sparklix.com/product/sparklab. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  4. "Sparklix Electronic Lab Notebook". SparkLix Bio IT Corp. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110223160607/http://www.sparklix.com/notebook. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  5. "Sparklix Free Online Electronic Lab Notebook". SparkLix Bio IT Corp. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. http://web.archive.org/web/20121110085201/http://www.sparklix.com/. Retrieved 22 February 2013. 
  6. "LabAutomation2010 - Innovation AveNEW". Society for Laboratory Automation. http://www.slas.org/LA10/avenew_companies.cfm. Retrieved 22 February 2013.