Software development firm Datasign AG creates distributed
applications and offers a range of IT consulting services to its
customers. They have helped pharmaceutical companies validate their IT
systems and secure approval from international regulatory bodies, such
as the FDA and Switzerland's Interkantonale Kontrollstelle fr
Heilmittel (IKS).
When a pharmaceutical giant came to Datasign to develop data entry
systems for genomic sample hybridization and a global,
automated ordering system to be shared with several factories
worldwide, Datasign turned to JavaTM technology and became an early
access site for ForteTM for JavaTM.
Datasign developed a global ordering system based on Forte for Java that is
automated, located in three countries, and shared by the customer
and five different factories. It has a multi-tiered architecture. The
application transmits commands from users to robots on factory floors
in different company facilities. The robots respond to commands and
process orders on the required samples. Forte for Java IDE was also
used to create an information-intensive, data-entry application used by
research scientists worldwide who analyze genes to develop potential
new treatments for diseases.
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