SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Symyx Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SMMX) today announced it has been named one of the Top 10 Life Science Software Vendors in a May 2009 report published by Health Industry Insights, an IDC company. Symyx electronic laboratory notebook, data acquisition, decision-support software and scientific databases give scientists collaborative access to personal, corporate and public sources of data to support information-driven R&D.
"The inclusion of specialty vendors in the enterprise life science software top 10 list reflects significant growth trends impacting the industry," said Alan S. Louie, Ph.D., research director, Health Industry Insights. "The conversion from paper-based efforts to electronic systems to improve collection, analysis and accessibility is driving vendor growth across the pharmaceutical value chain, including rapid growth in electronic notebooks."
Symyx software provides a portfolio of products that support the efficient capture of notebook information and instrument-generated information into easily accessible repositories. Advanced decision-support tools allow corporate intellectual property to be combined with public sources of information. Researchers can then leverage the knowledge of others to more effectively design, execute, analyze and report experiments.
Health Industry Insights provides health and life sciences industry executives, and the suppliers who serve them, with market research and advisory services. The company's integrated coverage spans the entire health industry value chain and closely follows the payer, provider and life sciences markets with special emphasis on developing and employing strategies that leverage IT investments to maximize organizational performance.
To view the report, visit http://www.idc.com/HII/getdoc.jsp?containerId=HI218060.
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, easier, 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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