SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX) today announced the release of Symyx Notebook 6.4., offering scientists improved support for method development, validation and execution in regulated and non-regulated analytical labs. This latest release of Symyx's electronic lab notebook (ELN) offers new cross-experiment referencing and reporting capabilities that improve collaborative workflows for multidisciplinary teams working in the life sciences, chemicals, energy and consumer products industries.
"Symyx Notebook 6.4 is our most feature-rich Notebook upgrade to date," said Dr. Trevor Heritage, president of Symyx's software business unit. "The latest advancements round out important functionality for analytical labs while also supporting other scientific disciplines, including biology. Symyx Notebook improves operational efficiency in the electronic lab by streamlining the flow of information among instruments, software, scientists and project groups."
Symyx Notebook 6.4 offers the following feature upgrades:
* Of special interest to biologists - A new spreadsheet section that enables cell-by-cell auditing, import/export of Excel workbooks and inline editing/graphing capabilities * Enhanced capabilities for creating and executing structured recipes and procedures * Improved support for sample preparations with auto-generated procedure text and calculations for dilutions and replicates * Advanced cross-section referencing capabilities with the ability to retrieve section data for a selected set of samples * New cross-experiment reporting using standard report templates * Improved form searching with property searches spanning table sections, forms and recipes
Symyx Notebook continues to provide productivity improvements for scientists by capturing the science they do in the lab, enabling them to readily optimize, share and repurpose information to increase productivity in today's electronic lab. A single, shared notebook enables scientists to work more efficiently by instantly accessing a variety of techniques, instrumentation, software and information while also fully leveraging the experimental methodologies and results of colleagues.
For more information, visit www.symyx.com/notebook6 or contact inforequest@symyx.com.
About Symyx
Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX) enables companies in life sciences, chemicals and energy, and consumer and industrial products to transform scientific R&D and achieve extraordinary breakthroughs in productivity and return on investment. Symyx scientific information management enables scientists to design, execute, analyze and report experimental results faster, more easily and less expensively. Symyx microscale, parallel experimentation enables a single scientist to rapidly explore a broad experimental space and develop comprehensive data sets in days - not weeks or months. Symyx contract research delivers these advantages on a project basis and enables companies to increase R&D productivity, agility and flexibility. Information about Symyx, including reports and other information filed by Symyx with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is available at www.symyx.com.
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