Posts Tagged ‘hosting’

In my colleague’s last “cloud fact or fiction” post, he confirmed that clinical trial, clinical data, and safety systems can be implemented faster in the cloud than on-site because a vendor’s data centers, servers, and templates are ready for use by companies with strict regulatory and compliance guidelines. Today, I’ll discuss implementation costs. Claim #2: Clinical […]

Digitally signing documents is easier than you might think. It’s also much faster than having to print, sign, and scan them. And, of course, there’s a significant cost-savings for companies that frequently mail and store hardcopy documents. A product like CoSign can be a great solution for companies, especially those in highly-regulated industries that require […]

Anyone evaluating clinical trial, clinical data, and safety management systems today will also need to decide whether to implement on-site or in the cloud. As each year passes, more and more companies are choosing the cloud for a whole host (pun intended!) of reasons. Over the next few weeks, my colleagues and I will examine […]

Jody Trader, a pharmacovigilance and drug safety specialist at MMS Holdings, a CRO based in Michigan, recently published a blog post on whether or not Microsoft Excel was sufficient for capturing and reporting adverse events. Since validated safety databases, such as Oracle’s Argus Safety, are often costly, sponsors and CROs continue to use spreadsheets for […]

My recent trip to a new client in Hull, United Kingdom, reminded me of a Harvard Business Review management tip that is hard to argue. It conveyed three ways to start your client relationship right to ensure success: Make an accurate first impression. Make them feel comfortable, but also set clear expectations about what you can […]

Imagine accidently deleting lots of production clinical data. What do you do? How do you recover? Those are the tough questions our client was recently faced with when one of their Oracle Clinical (OC) power users ran the Delete Study Information function in the system with the intention of deleting patient data for only a handful […]

In the past few years, we have seen a lot of our new and existing customers show interest in having someone else run their WebSphere Portal infrastructure.  They’re happy with their investment in Portal, but may have any number of reasons why they don’t want to manage it themselves anymore. As you start to talk […]