The Edge Software Consultancy

Migrating Chemical Information

The Edge launches a new white paper

January 8th, 2007 — The Edge releases a new white paper

"Migrating chemical information to new architectures"

by Andrew Lemon

Abstract

In this paper we shall discuss some of the drivers behind the increasing number of
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies moving from traditional proprietary
chemical information systems into modern alternatives. We shall explore the business
drivers for change and discuss some of the issues which must be considered before
migrating chemical information, including an analysis of common problems.
New approaches such as systems biology and translational medicine demand
interoperability and integration of data and systems. Oracle data cartridge technology
offers the opportunity to break the dependency between a pharmaceutical company's
data and the software that manages it, encouraging an increase in the utilisation and
value of data.
We shall discuss the benefits of this approach and explore how to achieve migration,
focusing on the benefits of JChem Cartridge and the ChemAxon products.

“Market developments in cheminformatics are increasingly generating interest in re-evaluating the corporate infrastructure for chemical information. This can often seem an intractable task. This paper provides a basic review of issues related to migration, making the case for adoption of new architectures”, said Dr. Andrew Lemon, Principle chemistry consultant and managing director of The Edge Software Consultancy, “With experience of both sides of the vendor customer barrier we are only too aware of some of issues this raises and in a good position to assist organisations to manage the change."