Data Integrity and Intellectual Property Protection Software for LIMS, ELN and ECM

Surety Partners with OnQ Software of Australia to Deliver Data Integrity Protection to OnQ Clients
Surety’s AbsoluteProof Service enables organizations to prove the authenticity of their electronic records, files and other digital content.

Surety, LLC, the leading provider of data integrity protection solutions, and OnQ Software, a specialized software provider that delivers a comprehensive range of informatics solutions, today announced a new partnership to bring Surety’s AbsoluteProof digital timestamping service to industries in Australia and throughout the APAC region that place great value on protecting the integrity of electronic records, files and other digital content. These industries include the life sciences, financial and legal markets.
Through the agreement, OnQ Software will be able to provide its clients with solutions that seamlessly integrate AbsoluteProof, thereby meeting their client’s critical record integrity and intellectual property protection requirements. These solutions include industry-leading electronic lab notebook (ELN), laboratory information management systems (LIMS) and other enterprise content management (ECM) system deployments.

When integrated into a content or record management system, AbsoluteProof enables the client organization to protect the integrity and prove the authenticity, ownership and time of creation of its electronic records. In the case of ELNs and other informatics systems, this proof is central to the client’s ability to protect their critical scientific intellectual property and to ensure compliance with regulatory mandates. AbsoluteProof applies a tamper-evident, digital “seal” to each record in the system, providing long-term, independent and standards-compliant proof that the content existed at a particular point in time and has not been altered since. Because of its independence and long-lasting protection, the AbsoluteProof Service enables organizations to defend the authenticity and ownership of their electronic data for the life of the records.

“The partnership with OnQ Software marks Surety’s first reseller and implementation partner in the fast-growing Australian market, and helps expand our presence in a region where the move to electronic records is occurring rapidly in organizations of all sizes,” explained Jim O’Connor, President and CEO of Surety. “As life sciences and other organizations increasingly move to electronic records management solutions, data integrity and intellectual property protection are top-of-mind concerns. By offering AbsoluteProof to its customers, OnQ Software can readily address these issues.”

As the healthcare and life sciences information technology markets continue to expand, and electronic records management initiatives expand in other industries in Australia and throughout the Pacific Rim region, OnQ Software has become the region’s go-to solutions provider to help organizations improve efficiencies, solve key IT issues and capture and protect their electronic records.

“We have seen an annual growth in the region of approximately 7.4%; however, as more industries look at protecting their intellectual property and managing their records more effectively, we expect further growth,” said Nick Gannoulis, Managing Director, OnQ Software.

“Surety’s independent, digital timestamping technology mitigates the risks associated with electronic records, enabling our customers to safely move to efficient and cost-effective electronic record management processes,” he added. “Surety is backed by more than 15 years of successful deployments in some of the largest organizations in the world. This partnership marks a valuable expansion in our service offerings that will benefit our clients by enabling us to provide them with the best-available electronic data integrity solution, ensuring intellectual property protection, litigation readiness and regulatory compliance as they move to electronic records.”

About Surety, LLC
Founded in 1994, Surety is the world’s leading provider of technology to protect the integrity and prove the authenticity of digital information. Surety’s founders were pioneers in the field of cryptographic timestamping, and to this day, Surety provides the market’s best solution for long-term, independent and standards-compliant proof of electronic data integrity through its AbsoluteProof Service. With millions of electronic records, files and other digital content worldwide protected under its authenticity Seal, AbsoluteProof can be deployed at all levels – from the desktop or enterprise to the cloud – and provides an ideal, affordable solution to the challenges of protecting intellectual property, online or digital evidence, and proving the authenticity of electronically stored records and information. For more information, visit http://www.surety.com.

About OnQ
OnQ Software is dedicated in providing leading edge custom technology solutions with the aim of enabling end to end integration across your entire workplace using our suite of state of the art software, tools and highly trained experts who can tailor a solution for your business needs.
OnQ Software has been in the industry for 20 years enabling partners and customers to achieve their goals through delivering quality solutions and services For more information, visit http://www.onqsoft.com.au

STARLIMS Is Expanding Its Global Distrubution Network

Abbott's STARLIMS Business Acquires Distribution Partners to Build International Presence

Date: March 02, 2012
Abbott Park, Illinois (NYSE: ABT) — As part of a series of strategic moves to build its laboratory information management system (LIMS) business in Europe and emerging markets in Latin America and Africa, STARLIMS Technologies, an Abbott company, has announced the acquisition of several longtime distribution partners.
These acquisitions include STARLIMS's French distributor Varilab; operations of two privately held Spanish businesses, now operating as STARLIMS Iberica; a privately held Dutch company, now operating as STARLIMS Netherlands, with a branch office in Solna, Sweden; and the business of its Israeli distribution partner, STARLIMS Israel, Ltd. In addition, the company established STARLIMS Germany GmbH, with offices in Witten, Germany, to provide direct support for its German and Swiss customers.
"The successful completion of these transactions represents Abbott's commitment to invest in and accelerate the growth of STARLIMS's core business," said Isaac Friedman, head of Abbott's STARLIMS business. "With these acquisitions, we now have more than 100 experienced LIMS engineers in the region allowing us to better serve our fast-growing European customer base and further strengthen our position as a leading provider of laboratory information management systems in Europe and other important markets."
Since its acquisition by Abbott in March 2010, STARLIMS has accelerated its worldwide sales growth and R&D spending. This has resulted in the addition of more than 150 customers across its global operations including major government accounts in the fields of forensics, public health and utilities, as well as multinational manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies.

About STARLIMS

Based in Hollywood, Fla., STARLIMS is a leading provider of laboratory information management systems, with more than 20 years of LIMS experience. The company's products help improve the reliability of laboratory sampling processes, support compliance with domestic and international regulations and industry standards, and provide comprehensive reporting, monitoring and analysis capabilities. STARLIMS software is used for quality assurance and control, testing and monitoring, and research and development in government, manufacturing and life sciences organizations. With 12 development and support centers across the globe, STARLIMS serves customers in more than 40 countries.

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