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June
20 , 2002
Contacts:
IDBS
to Deploy AVS OpenViz Data Visualization Technologies within ActivityBase
(Guildford, United Kingdom
and Waltham, Massachusetts -- June 20, 2002) ID Business Solutions
(IDBS), provider of data management software applications for drug
discovery, and Advanced Visual Systems (AVS), supplier of interactive
data analysis and visualization software, today announced that IDBS
will incorporate AVS OpenViz technologies into the IDBS software
suite strengthening the data visualization capabilities within ActivityBase.
ActivityBase is the biopharmaceutical industry standard data management
application for drug discovery, enabling scientists to capture,
manage and use chemical and biological data in an integrated software
environment. ActivityBase 5.1, to be released later this year, will
encompass as standard the OpenViz components for data analysis,
visualization, graphics and data interactivity.
Neil Kipling, IDBS chairman and CEO, commented, Our partnership
with AVS enables us to immediately provide our users with the sophisticated
Quality Control capabilities they have been asking for, which will
further streamline and simplify the decision-making workflow. He
continued, New advanced visualization technologies enable aggregate
views of biological and chemical data a breakthrough for scientists
working with extremely large data sets.
According to Brian Clark, president and CEO of AVS, We are extremely
pleased that IDBS has selected OpenViz to enhance the well-proven
functionality of ActivityBase. The addition of innovative visualization
techniques and interactive analytics will provide IDBS customers
with new dimensions of insight and a clear advantage in their drug-discovery
initiatives.
About ID Business Solutions Ltd
IDBS works with discovery organizations to help maximize the value
of research data, by providing software solutions to capture, manage
and use biological and chemical information in an integrated framework.
Unlike resource-intensive tool-based solutions, IDBS delivers complete
and proven applications that bridge the gap between IT and science.
Headquartered in Guildford, United Kingdom, IDBS has offices in
Emeryville, California; Parsippany, New Jersey; and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
IDBS partners with CTC Laboratory Systems in Japan to market IDBS
products and services. Founded in 1989, IDBS employs more than 140
people worldwide.
About Advanced Visual Systems
Advanced Visual Systems (AVS) provides industry-leading, interactive
data visualization software and solutions that help business, scientific
and engineering users gain critical insight from all types of data.
AVS' complete line of software products speeds decision-making by
bringing information to life using the latest in graphics, Web-based
and interactive technologies on all major computing platforms. For
more information on AVS call 781-890-4300, write to info@avs.com,
or visit http://www.avs.com.
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