full issue - Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy

Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy
Vol. 5 (3) 1353-1361 July 2011, ISSN 0973-8916 (Print), 2230-7303 (Online)
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and for generating performance reports. The
solution presents a single view of the total
infrastructure of CRO i.e. single view of system,
network and applications metrics.
Client automation enterprise (CAE) : Client
Automation Enterprise (3) has been implemented
to collect the hardware and software inventory
details of each desktop in the CRO besides
distributing software simultaneously to all these
desktops from centrally located server. By
deploying this tool, the CRO will derive the
following benefits.
1. Monitoring the application usage pattern on
individual desktops and hence helps to
strategize the application distribution across
the desktops.
2. Monitoring and managing the licenses
installed on each desktop.
3. To have a homogenous baseline desktop
environment.
4. To keep all desktops in synchronization with
latest software releases from application or
Operating Systems (OS) specific vendors.
HP TRIM (Transparent Records &
Information Management) document
management system, shown in (Fig 3), is a
transparent records and information management
system that can capture, share and manage
information by applying automated rules,
classifications and workflows. It adheres to ISO
15489 quality standards and complies with US
FDA (Federal Drug Agency) 21 CFR Part 11
guidelines (2). TRIM document solution
implemented at the Labs under study addresses
the above problems besides replacing the current
document management with a leading edge
solution from HP. All the existing data and
customization has been exported to TRIM using
tools and techniques provided by HP. HP TRIM
depends on Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) for user authentication and it
minimizes the cost impact by alleviating the
earlier licensing requirements.
Scientific applications: A clinical trial is
sponsored by an organization and various
organization roles are involved in conducting the
Content management : The CRO has been using
Lotus Domino document manger for managing
documents and its workflows. However, it has
been decided to phase out the existing Domino
Document Manager because of the following
reasons.
1. It has reached end of life with no support
from IBM which is a major concern for
some organization like Vimta.
2. It does not meet specific regulatory
requirements such as 21 Code for
Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 11.
3. It has performance problems due to
resource constraints.
4. Growing licensing requirements because
of tight integration with Lotus mail.
Fig 3. TRIM high level view
Information Technology Consolidation with Virtualization