April 2012 - Lab Magazine
LIMS, ELN or LES?
LIMS, ELN or LES? Why bother about product names? This article highlights how applications functionallities are blurring. When should I use an ELN, or a LIMS or both? This article is published in the Dutch Language. This article is published Laboratorium Magazine, edition 3, 2012




April 2012 - VMT Food & Beverage
Quality by Design - Moving towards Prevention by Peter Boogaard and Gerben de Haan (Asystance) 
Quality controll should be reduntant when executing well defined and robust processes. Quality by Design (QbD) methodology is proving the hooks to deploy multivariable analysis to help organisations to build knowledge databases., This article is published in VMT edition 8 and available in the dutch language




February 2012 - VMT Food & Beverage
Benefits of cloud computing in Food companies by Peter Boogaard
Cloud computing is the new buzz word. What are the economic benefits and what should companies be alerted to? This article, based upon an use case, in the food and beverage industry and describes how LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System) can be succesfully deployed. This article is published in edition 1/2 VMT magazine in the Dutch language.

Cloud computing. Er wordt steeds meer over gesproken, maar wat is het nu precies? Wat zijn de (economische) voordelen en waar moeten bedrijven alert op zijn? Dit artikel geeft met LIMS (Laboratorium Informatie Management Systeem) als voorbeeld aan niet-technische functionarissen in productie en management, inzicht in cloud computing. Conclusie: het door kwaliteitslaboratoria veel gebruikte LIMS is nu al geschikt voor een cloud-toepassing.

January 2012 - Scientific Computing World
Customer-led LIMS by Peter Boogaard
The pace of development in the informatics marketplace shows no sign of letting up. Whether it's the consolidation of suppliers through mergers and acquisitions, the migration to new platforms, or the introduction of new, customer led features, each year brings something new to those working in informatics. The Laboratory Informatics Guide 2012 brings all these strands together to provide informatics professionals with the informed comment, detailed product information and supplier details they need to help in their decision-making over the next 12 months. The Laboratory Informatics Guide 2012 is available via a free subscription. Look how suppliers are balancing standard features with bespoke custom needs and assesses the ways in which LIMS vendors are responding to customer needs. download article

December 2011 - Scientific Computing
Informatics engine drives toward Quality by Design by Peter Boogaard & Hans Griep (LabVantage)
For years, other industries, including the automobile, aviation and food & beverage industries, have adopted, very successfully, the Six Sigma QbD philosophy. ICH rolled out its first framework for a QbD concept for Pharmaceutical Development in 2003. Will informatics drives Pharma development towards Quality by Design? Knowledge management is a key enabler to adopt the ICH Q10 model. An introduction how informatics will drive Pharma development towards Quality by Design. Download the article or read the full magazine.

October 2011 - Drug Discovery World
Latest weather forecast: more clouds on the horizon by Peter Boogaard
Latest weather forecast: More clouds on the horizon. Cloud Collaboration has allowed projects of previously unimaginable scale and scope to be constructed at an unmet price/performance ratio. Widespread access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) and agile, adaptable systems of workflow now allow people across the globe to collaborate on virtual mega-engineering projects that are unprecedented in scale or scope. Read more how CaaS is crossing the chasm in Drug Discovery World.  more cloud



 

August 2011 - Scientific Computing
Considerations for software expansions and upgrades by Peter Boogaard
Headaches about upgrading your software? Considerations for software expansions and upgrades. Before you decide to rock the boat, several key decision-making steps can help to ensure a smooth and successful upgrade. The last thing to do is to start is a project to change a working enterprise application environment....  Read more in Scientific Computing or just download the article and prepare yourself for your sailing experience.