LIMS industry scenario in 2009?

[Michele Baldi]

Hi all,
This is a short survey that I'm running on my site (www.arealims.it -
an Italian community of lims users)

I'm posting it here and on Linkedin because I'd like to hear some
opinions from users and professionals from other countries, too.

What do you think about LIMS industry scenario in 2009?

Which consequences will arise from economic crisis and credit crunch?
Here you can find some questions and ideas, please share your thougths
and/or add new topics.

1- COTS Lims projects (both for new implementations and for
evolutions) will be postponed or deleted?
2-"in house" LIMS development will be used, at least to build
"temporary" solutions, waiting for later COTS projects?
3- New opportunities will arise for opensource lims projects, thanks
to lower licencing and OS costs?

4- Which of these topics will be used to support new lims projects?
4.1 new LIMS will improve efficiency and will therefore support cost
reduction
4.2 new LIMS must support urgent laboratory accreditation process (eg.
ISO 17025)
4.3 Current LIMS system costs (maintenance / TCO) are too high
4.4 other (please share your ideas)

Thank you in advance!
Michele Baldi
www.areaLims.it