4th Electronic Laboratory Notebook Survey
This is the latest survey in our continuing investigation of the ELN market. Developed in 2010 over a several month period, provides data and analysis of the views of over 400 scientists, information technology professionals, and managers from over twenty countries. Respondents answered dozens of individual questions on their ELN perspectives, purchasing trends, budgets, interests, and brand perceptions.
This report provides more than just data - it includes expert commentary and analysis relevant for decision making. Over 110 charts and tables in this 96 page report present data in a clear and understandable format.

Get the data on the ELN market and trends
Covered in this comprehensive report are answers to: |
- Are organizations interested in ELN technology?
- What is the relative market share of vendors?
- What are companies doing about ELN?
- What are leading adoption? Who lags?
- What motivates prospects to make an investment?
- What are the purchasing trends and timing?
- What do users feel about ELN in the cloud?
- How does ELN compare to LIMS?
- Perceived goals and benefits from an ELN - what drives purchasing decisions?
- Where is the ELN market on the technology adoption lifecycle?
- What are the issues that concern prospective users?
- What do existing ELN customers have to say?
- Electronic or hybrid? What do potential users think?
- What challenges do prospective users feel they will face with an ELN project?
- Are there concerns over user acceptance of an ELN?
- ELN integration - what systems are most likely to be interfaced?
- Why would someone invest in ELN?
- What do prospective users want?
- How satisfied are current users with their supplier?
- Brand perception of ELN players. Who has customer mind share and who doesn't?
|

Discover who is leading and who is lagging
The valuable information delivered in this report is $1500. Our studies are delivered via secure electronic download. Orders can be placed by purchase order or through our online ordering system. Payment is accepted by check, Visa, Master Card, American Express, or wire transfer.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 2 METHODOLOGY AND KEY OBSERVATIONS
2.1 OBJECTIVE
2.2 METHODOLOGY
2.3 KEY OBSERVATIONS
CHAPTER 3 SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS
3.1 OVERVIEW
3.2 BACKGROUND
3.2.1 Geography
3.2.2 Markets
3.2.3 Positions
3.3 WORK AREAS
3.4 ORGANIZATION SIZE
CHAPTER 4 RESULTS FROM ALL SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
4.1 OVERVIEW
4.2 DATA MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
4.3 ELN USE
4.4 PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE
4.5 LIMS USE
4.6 AREAS OF CURRENT AND POTENTIAL ELN USE
CHAPTER 5 PROSPECTIVE ELN USERS
5.1 OVERVIEW
5.2 INTEREST
5.3 ELN PERCEPTIONS
5.4 ELN IN THE CLOUD
5.5 PURCHASE TIMING AND SIZE
5.6 ELN PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
5.7 ANTICIPATED PROJECT CHALLENGES
5.8 ELN INTEGRATION
CHAPTER 6 ELN USERS
6.1 OVERVIEW
6.2 PRODUCTS IN USE
6.3 SYSTEM SIZE AND GROWTH
6.4 SUPPLIER RATINGS
6.5 ATTITUDES TOWARD ELN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
6.6 CHANGES IN SUPPORT
6.7 HYBRID OR FULLY ELECTRONIC?
6.8 IMPLEMENTATION TIME
6.9 PROJECT CHALLENGES
6.10 SYSTEM INTEGRATION
6.11 WHERE USED
CHAPTER 7 BRAND
List of Tables
Table 1 Organizations
Table 2 Role
Table 3 Departments
Table 4 Participant department size
Table 5 Data management challenges
Table 6 ELN and LIMS Users versus Non-Users
Table 7 Challenges by work area
Table 8 Challenges by position
Table 9 Are data harder to find?
Table 10 Do you have a search utility?
Table 11 ELN use
Table 12 2010 ELN use by department size
Table 13 ELN use by position
Table 14 ELN use by work area
Table 15 ELN versus LIMS adoption
Table 16 Familiarity with ELN
Table 17 ELN knowledge by position
Table 18 ELN knowledge by work area
Table 19 Current use of LIMS
Table 20 LIMS use by area
Table 21 LIMS use by position
Table 22 Potential Areas of ELN
Table 23 ELN interest
Table 24 ELN interest by department
Table 25 Interest by department size
Table 26 ELN Interest by position
Table 27 Those who express no interest in ELN
Table 28 Definition of an ELN from prospective users
Table 29 Acceptance of a cloud ELN
Table 30 Cloud ELN acceptance by department size
Table 31 Cloud ELN by role
Table 32 Cloud ELN by area
Table 33 Purchase timing
Table 34 Purchase timing by department size
Table 35 Purchase timing by work area
Table 36 Purchase timing by position
Table 37 Initial ELN system – number of seats
Table 38 ELN Project Goals
Table 39 Anticipated project challenges
Table 40 Project challenges by work area
Table 41 Project challenges by position
Table 42 Prospective user anticipated integrations
Table 43 Contributor ELN systems in use
Table 44 Market Share
Table 45 ELN user system size
Table 46 ELN user growth
Table 47 Product and supplier ratings
Table 48 Comparison of User Ratings
Table 49 CambridgeSoft user feedback
Table 50 IDBS user feedback
Table 51 Symyx user feedback
Table 52 What ELN users like best about their system
Table 53 What users like best about their ELN
Table 54 What users like least about their ELN
Table 55 Comparison of "dislikes" of major products
Table 56 Changes in vendor support
Table 57 Support changes by major supplier
Table 58 Fully electronic?
Table 59 Electronic v Hybrid by major product
Table 60 ELN implementation time
Table 61 ELN implementation challenges
Table 62 Technologies that are/will be integrated
Table 63 Domains of installed ELN
Table 64 Domain percent by supplier
Table 65 Supplier Brand Index
Table 66 2010 Supplier Brand Index - % of sample
Table 67 Scientist Brand Index
Table 68 Management Brand Index
Table 69 IT Brand Index
|