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All businesses and organisations are at risk from ransomware. For many of those companies, the risks are substantial and potentially existential, but they are largely contained within the business and its customers. For companies in other sectors, the risks that ransomware poses are much more significant.

Continuous improvement is an essential priority for pharmaceutical manufacturers. This push for continuous improvement is one of the reasons companies invest in their IT, including lab IT infrastructure and systems. As a result, more and more processes and workflows...

Traditionally, IT infrastructure was physical, i.e., physical servers in an on-site server room, physical desktops on each lab technician’s desk/workstation, etc. Virtualisation technologies create virtual representations of these previously physical IT infrastructure

Audit trails are an essential component of regulatory compliance in the pharmaceutical sector. They are also crucial for ensuring patient safety as well as delivering a range of other benefits. There are two main types of audit trails that apply to pharmaceutical...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is getting into more and more aspects of our personal and professional lives. Our favourite streaming services give us recommendations based on AI algorithms, for example, and search engines are increasing their use of advanced AI...

Operating systems are becoming more and more important in lab environments, not least because of the increased digitisation of equipment, workflows, and processes. For example, the operating systems running in your lab influence performance and productivity. They also...

Computer software validation (CSV) is a well-established methodology for ensuring a software system does what it is intended to do. It has been around for decades, but in those intervening years, the technologies available to pharmaceutical operations, including in...

Effectively securing the IPV4 network in your pharmaceutical laboratory requires having a good initial setup. We covered this in a previous blog, where we looked at seven essential security considerations when setting up an IPV4 network. The points in that blog can...

Buzzwords like Lab 4.0 continue to be mentioned as pharmaceutical labs plan for the future while delivering on day-to-day requirements. What are the Lab IT trends that will influence your decision-making in 2023 and beyond? What are your competitors doing and what...