PerkinElmer in the News
March 17, 2014
PerkinElmer Launches Innovative Cloud-Based Platform for Collaborative Academic Research
The Elements® Platform Provides App-Based Approach to Electronic Data Capture and Sharing in
Increasingly Distributed Global Research Environment
WHAT:
PerkinElmer, Inc., a global leader focused on the health and safety of people and the environment, today
announced the launch of the Elements® platform, a cloud-based expandable scientific collaboration tool for
students and researchers, at the 247th American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition.
The Elements platform is a first-of-its-kind tool for academic scientists that revolutionizes how they collect and
share data and information in the lab and classroom. The Elements platform provides a cost-efficient solution
for safe, secure record-keeping that eliminates the need for investment in digital infrastructure.
“Despite the wide range of technology offerings available in the marketplace today, a recent study we
conducted revealed that more than 75 percent of research academics still use a paper notebook for recording
lab notes,” said Michael Elliott, CEO and Chief Analyst, Atrium Research & Consulting. “Electronic lab
notebooks (ELNs) are changing this practice in how labs at major universities embrace electronic data capture,
cloud-based applications and collaborative tools to modernize their research environments.”
HOW: The Elements platform was created through PerkinElmer’s 20+ years of experience developing scientific
computing tools combined with the cloud-based scientific collaboration platform that PerkinElmer obtained
through its recent acquisition of Wingu, Inc., a Google Ventures-backed software development firm. This unique
blend of capabilities allows PerkinElmer to deliver a cloud-based collaboration solution to an increasingly
distributed global research marketplace.
“As the pace of science speeds up and moves toward collaborative tools and cloud-based applications,
PerkinElmer continues to develop innovative technologies for the academic and research community,” said
Daniel R. Marshak, Chief Scientific Officer, PerkinElmer. “The Elements tool matches workflows with the needs
of each type of science and scientist. This technology empowers academics to work more effectively toward
advancing their research in human and environmental health. We will continue to launch additional platform
enhancements in response to the insights we receive from the scientific community.”
FEATURES:
- Expandable platform: Sets the stage for a rapid pace of innovation by delivering an application
framework for deep scientific support through modular apps that can be combined into sophisticated
scientific experiments. The Elements framework is designed for expansion so that PerkinElmer can
continually create and deploy new scientific applications to academic and commercial users.
- 100 percent cloud-based: While other conventional ELNs offer limited cloud capabilities combined with
a standard server-on-site model, the Elements platform is 100 percent cloud-based, which enables users
to be up and running in minutes without the need for lengthy deployment and installation steps.
- Electronic data capture: The Elements framework facilitates easy, effective data capture and electronic
collaboration within an individual research group or among varying research groups. This approach is
ideal for university students and professors in a classroom or lab instruction setting.
- ChemDraw® integration: Embeds PerkinElmer's drawing tool so that chemical compounds and
reactions can be easily drawn and captured in the Elements framework, in addition to creating
publication-ready, scientifically intelligent drawings for use in databases and publications
MORE: The new Elements platform expands upon PerkinElmer's legacy in the ELN marketplace. The Company created
the E-Notebook, one of the industry's most widely deployed electronic laboratory notebooks. The E-Notebook
helps researchers in a wide range of industries, academia and government institutions to plan, capture,
manage, share, search and securely protect accumulated institutional knowledge and data.
Gartner, Inc. also recently rated PerkinElmer "very high" for "Scope of capability" in four out of five ELN broad end-to end NPD phases in the "Product Innovation Requires Laboratory Informatics Systems to Transcend
Phases" report, published September 26, 2013, by Gartner analyst Michael Shanler.
AT ACS: Please visit the PerkinElmer booth #1508 at the ACS event for more information. PerkinElmer will also host the
workshop "Moving Main Stream Chemical Research to the Cloud - A New Paradigm in Data Collection" on
March 17 from 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in room D220 at ACS. Additional details are also available on our website.
About PerkinElmer, Inc.
PerkinElmer, Inc. is a global leader focused on improving the health and safety of people and the environment. The Company
reported revenue of approximately $2.2 billion in 2013, has about 7,600 employees serving customers in more than 150
countries, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. Additional information is available through 1-877-PKI-NYSE, or at
www.perkinelmer.com.