I recently found this document from LabTrack (<a href="http://www.labtrack.com/ProductComparison.html">http://www.labtrack.com/ProductComparison.html</a>) describing their electronic lab notebook products. The price, to me at least, is interesting; the feature set, even more so. This is billed as "the legal" electronic lab notebook. I can't see a single scientific feature listed in the document. The legal features mentioned are interesting. This is aimed at a company that wants to do as much as possible to guarantee strict adherence to IP protection.<br>
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<td class="xl25"><a target="_parent" href="http://www.labtrack.com/LabtrackPersonalEdition.html"><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;">Personal</span></a></td>
<td class="xl26"><a target="_parent" href="http://www.labtrack.com/PersonalQ1.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Personal/Q1</span></a></td>
<td class="xl26"><a target="_parent" href="http://www.labtrack.com/TeamELNSolution.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Team</span></a></td>
<td class="xl26"><a target="_parent" href="http://www.labtrack.com/EnterpriseELNSolution.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enterprise</span></a></td>
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<td class="xl28" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">License Options</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">Max Number of Users</td>
<td class="xl31">5</td>
<td class="xl31">5</td>
<td class="xl31">200</td>
<td class="xl32">10,000</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">Software List Price Starts At</td>
<td class="xl33">$1,700 </td>
<td class="xl33">$2,500 </td>
<td class="xl33">$6,000 </td>
<td class="xl33">$14,000 </td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Computer HW Included in Price</td>
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<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl38" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Database Options</td>
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<td class="xl43" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">Databases Supported</td>
<td class="xl44">MSDE, Oracle XE</td>
<td class="xl45">MSDE, Oracle XE</td>
<td class="xl44">SQL Server, Oracle 10g</td>
<td class="xl45">SQL Server, Oracle 10g</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">Max Database Size</td>
<td class="xl34">4 GB</td>
<td class="xl46">4 GB</td>
<td class="xl34">*Unlimited</td>
<td class="xl37">*Unlimited</td>
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<td class="xl38" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">User Computer
Compatibility***</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Windows XP, Vista</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Macintosh</td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Internet Explorer</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Firefox</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Tablet PC Compatible</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl38" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">cGMP Functions</td>
<td class="xl41"> </td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Electronic Signature (21 CFR
Part 11)</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Audit Trail</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Customizable SOPs &
Protocols</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Validation IQ/OQ/PQ Docs
Available</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl38" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">General Features</td>
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<td class="xl43" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">One-Way Hashing for Legal Compliance</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Unlimited Number of Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Embed Any Type of File</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Copy/Paste</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Print Pages</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Print Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Print to PDF Files</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Custom Forms & Templates</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Witness Pages</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Review/Approve Pages</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Store Review Comments</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Review/Approve Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Archive Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">**Off Line Editing - Check-In
/ Check-Out Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36"> </td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Check-In / Check-Out Pages</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Send Email w/ Hypertext Links</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Automatic Emails</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Automatic
Subscriptions/Notifications</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Notebookviews for Combining
Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Combine Sub-sets of Notebooks</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Google Mini/Enterprise
Compatible</td>
<td class="xl36"> </td>
<td class="xl36"> </td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">
<td class="xl30" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
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<td class="xl38" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">User Rights / Authentication</td>
<td class="xl41"> </td>
<td class="xl41"> </td>
<td class="xl41"> </td>
<td class="xl41"> </td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Workgroups</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Departments</td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Divisions</td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl37"> </td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
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<td class="xl30" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">Corporate</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td class="xl36">ü</td>
<td><br></td>
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<td style="height: 15pt;" height="20"><br></td>
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<td colspan="2" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">* Limited
only by<span style=""> </span>SQL Server or Oracle 10g
specifications</td>
<td colspan="3" class="xl35" style=""><br></td>
<td><br></td>
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<td colspan="2" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">** Requires
Personal or Personal/Q1 in combination with Enterprise</td>
<td colspan="4" style=""><br></td>
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<td colspan="4" style="height: 12.75pt;" height="17">*** Refer
to LABTrack Requirements Document for specific requirements for users
computers and servers.</td>
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