<div dir="ltr">Philippe and Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the feedback. We are reviewing Stratocore at the moment as part of a last minute due diligence.</div><div> <br></div><div>In our brief assessment, it seems that Stratocore was designed particularly for microscopy cores for <b>tool access control</b>, and while there is some operational overlap with running a cleanroom, absent is <b>area access control</b> as we charge and track access to parts of our cleanroom, which NEMO does well. A few of us have found that reserving tools is a bit clunky using the Stratocore calendar interface. NEMO's calendar is a bit more intuitive and has the ability to provide a cleaner view of one's schedule. This is especially important when running a multi-tool process, and you want to plan your day accordingly with <b>fewer clicks</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>Looking at three specific categories of Annual Cost of Ownership, Flexibility, and Feature Richness:</div><div><ol><li><b>Annual Cost of Ownership</b>: Stratocore is significantly more expensive than NEMO. NEMO can be installed without vendor lock-in (no service agreement). And for about the same price year-to-year, we could push Atlantis to develop more into NEMO on our behalf for our specific processes and impact a larger community.</li><li><b>Flexibility</b>: Stratocore is closed source and feature implementation is dependent on the development team's decision.
NEMO is community driven; anyone can contribute and their source code can be modified. For those not familiar, NEMO is extendable by way of plug-ins or you can completely branch out like our PennState colleagues.</li><li><b>Feature Richness</b>: While initially there are many well-thought out features in Statocore when it comes to billing, tool training requests, etc., the community contribution aspect of NEMO could easily outpace these over time.</li></ol></div><div>Cost aside, I believe flexibility wins especially when there is community involvement (similar to my days with GenISys and the ecosystem they created with its customer base and user meetings). I am looking for a positive difference of opinion if there are any. So far, I have heard none from our network here but am open to them and a deeper discussion on our process so far.</div><div><br></div><div>I agree with Philippe that this is a very hot topic for sure.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Gerald</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:468pt"><colgroup><col width="161"><col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-right:solid #011f5b 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:133px;height:83px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/NUqjkaspQaBTb7N06qB3MRywBg5w4pDGo_OuUGZrMj3ewACFau26SJnRwTvMgc-YDXpSM3-qTmY_iqr-ttCJgr1M-OKuod2NDI9FwckJCRLEPfwAmDaX6bsMpi0ihlYL0fZqTvJc" width="133" height="83" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-left:solid #011f5b 0.5pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gerald G. Lopez, Ph.D. </span><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(he/him/his)</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#011f5b" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap">Director of Operations and Business Development & </span><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap">Center Associate Director</span></font><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">University of Pennsylvania | Singh Center for Nanotechnology </font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NNCI Mid-Atlantic Nanotechnology Hub (MANTH)</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ∙ </span><a href="http://nnci.net/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">nnci.net</span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.44;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:8pt;color:rgb(1,31,91);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="times new roman, serif">3205 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hello Gerald, Dear Folks and Friends,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I hope you are all doing well.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In the following months, we are going to evaluate how STRATOCORE can be adapted to the specific needs of our state-of-the art platform.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Access control (physical interlock on every tool), conditional reservations depending of the targets installed on sputters/evaporators will be the key points to address.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We will see how STRATOCORE is willing to be responsive and motivated to proceed to our demands, and what add-ons might be made by EPFL.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Currently we are still running our homemade 20+ years old permanently upgraded software but we are reaching the limits of it.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The reason we will investigate STRATOCORE is that it is already implemented in Life Science at EPFL.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This is definitely a hot topic !<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Dr Philippe Flückiger<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> labnetwork <<a href="mailto:labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu" target="_blank">labnetwork-bounces@mtl.mit.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerald Lopez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> mardi, 14 mars 2023 22:43<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu" target="_blank">labnetwork@mtl.mit.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [labnetwork] Seeking Opinions on Lab Management Software<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would anyone on our network with experience working with both Stratocore's lab management software (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stratocore.com/__;!!IBzWLUs!XNt7jKZP_y-F055dlRPn4AEPFGQRT5T7HMCrEM3DLLO_gMCbSJPyAQRkeQ1JTvBMqYTWGQERJfgNOaS44Fxqg8jwU17eSWid$" target="_blank">Home - Stratocore</a>) and NEMO be willing to share their thoughts on these systems? If you work with
Stratocore, can you kindly share its pros and cons? What were your reasons if you moved from NEMO to Stratocore or vice versa?<u></u><u></u></p>
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