Electronic Laboratory Notebook Survey
This report, developed over a several month period, provides data and analysis of the views of 527 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 130 charts and tables in this 141 page report present data in a clear and understandable format.

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- Are organizations interested in ELN technology?
- What is the relative market share of vendors?
- What are companies doing about ELN?
- What are lead adoption? Who lags?
- What motivates prospects to make an investment?
- What are the purchasing trends and timing?
- Build versus buy - what is the trend?
- 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?
- Will users be implementing electronic signatures?
- 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?
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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 SAMPLE 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
4.2.1 Challenges by ELN and LIMS Users
4.2.2 Challenges by Work Area and Position
4.3 ELN USE
4.4 PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE
4.4.1 LIMS versus ELN
4.5 LIMS USE
4.6 AREAS OF CURRENT AND POTENTIAL USE
4.7 PURCHASE PREFERENCES
4.8 INFLUENCES ON PURCHASE DECISIONS
4.9 BRAND
4.9.1 Methodology
CHAPTER 5 PROSPECTIVE ELN USERS
5.1 OVERVIEW
5.2 INTEREST
5.3 ELN PERCEPTIONS
5.4 REASONS FOR INVESTING
5.5 BUILD VERSUS BUY
5.6 PURCHASE TIMING
5.7 INITIAL SYSTEM SIZE AND GROWTH
5.8 ELN PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
5.9 ANTICIPATED PROJECT CHALLENGES
5.10 ANTICIPATED RESISTANCE
5.11 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 PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
6.7 HYBRID OR FULLY ELECTRONIC?
6.8 IMPLEMENTATION TIME
6.9 PROJECT CHALLENGES
6.10 USER RESISTANCE
6.11 SYSTEM INTEGRATION
List of Tables
Table 1 Participant markets
Table 2 Survey positions
Table 3 Study work area composition
Table 4 Study organization size
Table 5 Data management challenges by market
Table 6 Comparison of 2008 and 2006 data management challenges
Table 7 ELN and LIMS users versus non-users
Table 8 Challenges by work area
Table 9 Challenges by position
Table 10 ELN use
Table 11 ELN use by size of organization
Table 12 ELN use by position
Table 14 ELN versus LIMS adoption
Table 15 Familiarity with ELN
Table 16 ELN knowledge by position
Table 17 ELN knowledge by work area
Table 18 ELN knowledge by organization size
Table 19 Knowledge of difference between ELN and LIMS
Table 20 Biopharmaceutical ELN/LIMS knowledge 2006 v 2008
Table 21 Current use of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
Table 22 LIMS use by position
Table 23 LIMS use by area
Table 24 LIMS use by organization size
Table 25 Domains of ELN use – Prospective and current users
Table 26 Domains of ELN use for prospective users
Table 27 Domains of use - ELN users
Table 28 Purchase preferences
Table 29 Purchase preferences by job type
Table 30 Purchase influences
Table 31 Influences by job type
Table 32 Supplier Brand Index – raw values
Table 33 2008 Supplier Brand Index - % of sample
Table 34 Brand Index by scientist
Table 35 Management Brand Index
Table 36 Biopharmaceutical Brand Index
Table 37 Non-Profit Brand Index
Table 38 Other markets Brand Index
Table 39 ELN interest by market
Table 40 ELN interest by department
Table 41 Interest by organization size
Table 42 ELN Interest by position
Table 43 Those who express no interest in ELN
Table 44 Definition of an ELN – Prospective users
Table 45 “I would invest in ELN if…”
Table 46 Build or Buy?
Table 47 Prospect purchase timing
Table 48 Purchase timing by size of organization
Table 49 Purchase timing by work area
Table 50 Initial number of ELN users
Table 51 ELN Project goals
Table 52 Project goals by market
Table 53 Project goals by position
Table 54 Anticipated project challenges
Table 55 Anticipated level of ELN resistance
Table 56 Prospects' reasons for ELN resistance
Table 57 Anticipated ELN integrations
Table 58 Respondent ELNs
Table 59 ELN user system size
Table 60 ELN user growth
Table 61 Product and supplier ratings
Table 62 CambridgeSoft user feedback
Table 63 Symyx user feedback
Table 64 VelQuest user feedback
Table 65 Contur user feedback
Table 66 IDBS user feedback
Table 67 What ELN users like best about their system
Table 68 What users like least about their ELN
Table 69 Fully electronic?
Table 70 Electronic signature adoption by ELN users
Table 71 ELN implementation time
Table 72 Majority of users anticipated the actual length of ELN implementation
Table 73 ELN implementation challenges
Table 74 Level of ELN resistance
Table 75 Reasons for ELN resistance
Table 76 Technologies that are/will be integrated with user ELNs
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