Top 10 reasons to consider Buy vs. Build

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1. custom development requires months to years of time in the reiterative development cycle of requirements gathering, translation to technical specifications, prototype construction, beta testing. Labmatrix is ready for you to use today!
2. custom development requires multiple technical personnel for the different stages of system design and build, from domain experts to project managers to the engineering and training teams. BioFortis’ technical infrastructure includes a multi-disciplinary team with the expertise and experience available to serve our customers today!
3. custom development requires ongoing support and training, which translates into maintenance of skilled personnel dedicated to these endeavours. Labmatrix training and customer support are incorporated into our licensing model, eliminating the need for maintaining FTEs. All Labmatrix support personnel are cross-trained in both biotechnology and IT.
4. custom development requires an investment in server hardware and software. Labmatrix is offered as both an enterprise installation or as a more affordable hosted solution by subscribing to our professional data hosting facility.
5. custom development requires redundant efforts for development of customized solutions to be used for specialized applications, different therapeutic areas or research area of focus. Labmatrix is disease-neutral, supporting study of any type of disorder, both inherited and sporadic. User-driven customization provides vocabulary and ontology for therapeutic area of focus.
6. custom development requires maintenance of software development personnel for system upgrade for the life of the application, or risk becoming obsolete or non-interoperable. Labmatrix licensing incorporates all version upgrades, currently averaging 3 releases annually, to keep up with the pace of technology and new developments in the field.
7. custom development requires redundant development of technical interfaces for multi-system integration. Labmatrix is designed with interfaces to integrate with existing and future IT infrastructure, on both the clinical (ie: electronic medical record) and the molecular analytical (ie: LIMS systems or analytical software) side.
8. custom development requires solutions to maintain regulatory compliance. Labmatrix is built with a four-dimensional access control engine to enable fine-tuned access permissions and restrictions for multi-site users and collaborators.
9. custom development delivers one-of solutions lacking the scope to support both current and future growth. Labmatrix was designed with an underlying flexible infrastructure to grow with increasing scopes of future research undertakings and goals.
10. custom development requires labor-intensive efforts in successive rounds of beta-testing and refinement. Labmatrix has been refined by user feedback over many years from multiple different institutes, each focusing on different therapeutic areas and incorporating cross-disciplinary, multi-functional users.