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LifeSciencesWorld
A Portal to Progress
Based in Quebec City, Canada, LifeSciencesWorld.com is a
specialized web portal for the biotechnology sector, offering a
comprehensive and fully-searchable collection of links to
organizations in the industry, along with resume-posting and
job-announcement services, information on upcoming industry events,
sources for equipment and supplies, and other pertinent information
to those involved in biotech-related activities worldwide. The site
is busy -- and getting busier every day, with an average of 15,000
hits per day, and more than 90,000 page views per month.
There's a reason why the site is so well received.
LifeSciencesWorld offers biotech companies and equipment vendors a
range of services, from posting of press releases and job
announcements to access to a fully-searchable resume database and
its global scope sets it apart from its competitors. "We realized
that existing portals were often focused on a region of the world
or on a very specific sector of activity," comments company CEO
Mike Carpentier. "This is why we decided to offer the most
representative service possible to the biotech community by
allowing organizations in Europe, Asia, and Australasia to benefit
from the same quality of service as competitors in the US."
At the heart of LifeSciencesWorld.com's success are powerful
databases - their fast, comprehensive results keep thousands of
users coming back and keep clients satisfied. And that speed and
efficiency are made possible by FileMaker Pro. "We use FileMaker
Pro as the foundation for our search engines," says Mike, "and it
runs both our organizations and jobs databases, as well a banner
rotator. FileMaker helped us to rapidly develop several flexible
database." As Mac users, Mike and his technical director are
well-acquainted with the power of FileMaker Pro, but cross-platform
adaptability was essential. "We evaluated different solutions such
as SQL or Oracle," Mike continues, "but FileMaker was the only
multiplatform database that allowed us to rapidly develop solutions
on the Mac with a short learning curve and rapid deployment for
testing." FileMaker Pro Developer and FileMaker Pro Server are also
key components of the LifeSciencesWorld.com system. The static web
pages run on a WebStar server allowing inquiries made through the
site to be passed directly into the FileMaker Pro databases.
LifeSciencesWorld.com deploys its system of 10 FileMaker databases,
some containing thousands of records, over an internal wireless
network. "We use the CDML language to post the page results," Mike
explains, "We'll shortly move to a FileMaker/Lasso solution at a
specialized co-location, and we will continue to use FileMaker for
the new portal that we're developing in the field of
nanotechnologies."
Wherever fast-changing technology may take them, the team at
LifeSciencesWorld.com is prepared for the future. As Mike says, "We
believe that the reliability of the Mac platform and FileMaker Pro
guarantee the quality of our services."
Contact information
Contact Info for Customer:Mike Carpentier
CEO
LifeSciencesWorld.com
418-887-4996
mcarpentier@LifeSciencesWorld.com
http://www.LifeSciencesWorld.com
Filemaker Contact:
Kevin Mallon
Public Relations Manager
FileMaker Inc.
408-987-7227
kevin_mallon@filemaker.com
http://www.filemaker.com
- LifeSciencesWorld.com offers clients and website users a fast, efficient gateway to the ever-changing world of biotechnology -- through databases powered by FileMaker Pro.
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