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Overview
Designed to support your digital transformation journey, the Thermo Scientific Ardia Platform is a scalable software solution for modern, dynamic (often cloud-based) environments. It connects and organizes projects, people, and instruments, on a global level, with web-based access and secure centralized data storage, enabling scientists to collaborate more efficiently and gain new insights faster, helping them get closer to the truth.
What is the Thermo Scientific Ardia Platform?
Ardia Core software & services
The software supporting administration and general tasks including the underlying architecture and services.
Ardia Core apps
A set of applications with broad applicability helping to increase productivity and connect analytical workflows, people, and instruments.
Ardia Suite apps (coming soon)
A set of add-on processing applications designed for specific analytical challenges combining ease of use with performance.
Benefits
De-manage your data management
Take charge of your data to ensure security and accessibility. Remove the barriers around managing large volumes of data with data handling capabilities designed for ever-increasing file sizes. Automated central data storage with backup and archival capabilities enables information from selected applications to be securely accessed, viewed, and organized more effectively.
It’s all about the gains
Accelerate your results with parallel processing of multiple software functions. Expediting application processing has never been easier for any connected 'powered by Ardia' applications, including selected Thermo Scientific chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS) software.
Future thinking
Advance your digital lab with our built-from-the-ground-up, scalable architecture that economically utilizes computing resources, enhances streaming performance for large files, improves lab uptime, and increases your connection to a wider environment via the web-based application. Discover how architecture has evolved in our blog .
Remove barriers, build bridges
Realize true collaboration with seamless software communication and real-time global access to data, you can easily view, share, and analyze to help you get faster insights.
See the whole picture
Take control of your laboratory and make decisions quickly, with the ability to monitor the status of all connected instruments running Thermo Scientific Chromeleon Chromatography Data System (CDS) or Thermo Scientific Xcalibur Software. Consolidate and centralize your instrument activities via an online scheduler and digital logbook for effective instrument utilization and accelerated instrument support, while ensuring records are always complete and accurate.
Work smarter, not harder
Free up your time to focus on the tasks that matter most with a platform that can handle demanding data processing requirements. Multitask on an intuitive interface with automatic transfer of data files acquired from Chromeleon CDS and Xcalibur Software to central data storage. Visualize chromatography and MS data from one dedicated application without file conversion.
Discover the future of proteomics
Our new proteomics solution combines the suite of mass spectrometers and software to automate data acquisition and processing. An intelligent predictive algorithm supports data processing, while a server allows for efficient data management. Experience the power, responsiveness, multitasking capability, and global connectivity of our solution.
- Push the boundaries of data exploration with the new Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral Mass Spectrometer
- Discover more from your data by combining the study management and workflow design capabilities of Thermo Scientific Proteome Discoverer Software with spectrum prediction and scoring algorithms in CHIMERYS™
- Achieve faster-than-expected results through centralized storage, management and global access to even the largest data files, with the ability to perform rapid, automated processing
Learn more about our proteomics software solution ›
Features
Ardia Instruments application
Optimizing instrument operations sounds straightforward, but often, instruments are isolated making instrument management a manual, time-consuming task. Designed to ease the management of your laboratory, the Ardia Instruments application is the driving force behind managing, scheduling, and monitoring systems, enabling you to get the most out of your instruments.
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Systems
Get an overview of your entire lab and easily access detailed system information to streamline your instrument management. With up-to-date information, even if instrument configurations change, the system overview always reflects the current state of your lab.
- See all instruments configured with Xcalibur Software or Chromeleon CDS in one place
- Get real-time status and data acquisition feedback to enable fast, informed decisions
- Dive deep into individual instruments to see information on software/firmware versions, service contract expiration, and more to facilitate asset management
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Logbook
Eliminate the need for paper notebooks with digital logbooks. Track important events for each system in an accessible and consistent format to demonstrate that instruments are working correctly and ensure that records are complete and accurate.
- Automatically track changes in configurations and automate entries from supported instrument types
- Manually add entries with custom descriptions and attach images, files, and more
- Access from anywhere on your web browser
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Scheduler
Increase laboratory efficiency by optimizing instrument utilization. Providing a single point to plan work, the Scheduler enables you to view system availability, effortlessly reserve instruments, manage schedules to avoid conflicts and increase your utilization of assets.
- Easily book or assign instrument time across one or multiple instruments with single or recurring time windows
- Designate specified times for maintenance activities
- Maintain schedules for other assets in the lab with customizable entries
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Support
Easily request instrument support from Unity Lab Services with the Instruments app. Effortlessly share relevant information to get your issues resolved faster.
- Generate service tickets without the need for phone calls
- Create service bundles that provide instrument logs and other information to help with troubleshooting
- Securely share the data you choose directly with technical support
Ardia Data Viewer application
Providing a single location for review of chromatography and mass spectrometry data, whether acquired from Chromeleon CDS or Xcalibur Software, you can expedite data review with consistency across software products using a simple, intuitive interface.
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Data Viewer
Use the Data Viewer application to view data from all your instruments in one location. With user-friendly features and web browser access, you can simultaneously view and work with data from anywhere with no need to install local software.
- Seamlessly view data collected from Xcalibur Software or Chromeleon CDS – no need to export or convert data files
- Easily display chromatograms, spectra, and linked data-dependent acquisitions
- Perform peak integration, extract ion chromatograms, and view diagnostic channels for troubleshooting assistance
- Export plots in .svg format for high resolution visualization
Ardia Core software
We understand that managing users and large volumes of data, in multiple formats, can be difficult to secure, time-consuming to manage and inefficient to utilize. That is why we have embedded user and data management tools into the core of the Ardia Platform. Embedded into the Ardia Platform are the user and data management tools designed to streamline your administrative tasks to manage users, track actions, and simplify data backup and archival.
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User management
Keep data secure, controlled, and audit-ready with built-in user and data management tools customizable to your organization's specific needs for improved operational efficiency.
- Define privileges for which user actions can be performed within the platform
- Control access to data using a role-based approach
- Customize individual user experiences to your organization’s needs
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Data Explorer
View and organize data more effectively. Store data centrally from Xcalibur Software or Chromeleon CDS and access data remotely from Proteome Discoverer Software or BioPharma Finder Software.
- Organize data based on your laboratory’s requirements with a customizable file structure
- Enable quick record retrieval with flexible search options
- Facilitate method development for complex workflows such as multi-attribute method (MAM) with file sharing between applications
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Audit trails
Audit trail capture is an underpinning function of the Ardia Platform providing audit trail entries that are automatically created when actions relating to managing data, users and settings are performed.
- Automated audit trail generation by the system captures the application performing the action, along with expected information such as user, timestamp and object identifier
- Entries can be viewed in a dedicated Audit Trail Viewer application
- Filter audit trails for quick review with the powerful query system
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Archive and backup
Have confidence in your file security and redundancy measures. System administrators can create a secure environment for files uploaded or managed from anywhere, with backup and archive capabilities as standard, providing disaster resilience and continuous high performance.
- Prompt data archival directly from the user interface
- Server-hosted backup is managed through a separate administrator user interface
- Cloud-hosted backup utilizes universal cloud backup functions from the cloud service provider
Connected software environment
Bring together your applications and workflows like never before
Create a more flexible laboratory data ecosystem with the ability to integrate Chromeleon CDS, Xcalibur, BioPharma Finder, and Proteome Discoverer Software with the Ardia Platform. Designed to evolve with your laboratory's needs, the connected software environment improves data management and collaboration by automatically transferring files to the data repository as soon as they are acquired. This means your 'Ardia ready' and 'Powered by Ardia' applications can directly utilize the central data storage and be accessed and viewed within the platform to support your discovery, bring more clarity to your results and power your research.
Market applications
Multi-Attribute Method (MAM)
Straight through to breakthrough, an end-to-end MAM solution to move biopharma forward.
Proteomics software solution
Utilize artificial intelligence-empowered algorithms to combine, compare, and interrogate proteomics results with a truly collaborative connected platform.
Pesticides solution
Deliver performance, assurance and simplicity with our comprehensive pesticides solution.
Multi-Attribute Method (MAM)
Straight through to breakthrough, an end-to-end MAM solution to move biopharma forward.
Proteomics software solution
Utilize artificial intelligence-empowered algorithms to combine, compare, and interrogate proteomics results with a truly collaborative connected platform.
Pesticides solution
Deliver performance, assurance and simplicity with our comprehensive pesticides solution.
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Connected software
Chromeleon 7.3.2 CDS
Deliver efficiency, assurance, and compliance with one software platform that supports your chromatography and MS operations.
Proteome Discoverer Software with CHIMERYS™
Simplify a wide range of proteomics workflows, while supporting multiple database search algorithms and dissociation techniques.
Xcalibur Software
Windows-based Xcalibur Software provides method setup, data acquisition, data processing and processing integration to provide higher quality data.
BioPharma Finder Software
Streamline biotherapeutic characterization with advanced capabilities for increased throughput and confidence.
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FAQs
What is the Ardia Platform?
The Ardia Platform is designed as a scalable software solution built to run in modern, dynamic (often cloud-based) environments. It connects and organizes projects, people and instruments with web-based access and secure centralized data storage, enabling wider collaboration and faster results.
How can the Ardia Platform help me improve lab productivity?
The Ardia Instruments application provides a central place that enables the monitoring and management of all connected instruments to enable fast, informed decisions. From within the same application is the ability to perform asset management, submit instrument support requests, automatically record instrument-related activities via a digital logbook and optimize instrument utilization using an online scheduler that provides a single point to plan work, view system availability and set maintenance windows.
How will the Ardia Platform enable wider collaboration?
Centralized data storage lies at the heart of the web-based application and with real-time global access, users can enjoy seamless communication between software that allows for easy data sharing and the ability to work together to gain greater knowledge of the data.
Will the Ardia Platform have security?
Data is kept secure, controlled and audit ready with embedded user and data management tools that are customizable to an organization's needs. Built-in features manage users, track actions, and simplify data backup and archival, streamlining operations and delivering resilience.
Is the Ardia Platform cloud-based software?
The Ardia Platform is a completely refactored cloud-native solution that has been optimized for deployment in the cloud. However, it is not limited to this model and can also be deployed in a more classical way with all components being installed and run on dedicated on-premise hardware.
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