Time Machine® Helps Life Sciences Companies Achieve Cost Savings and Speedy Deployment of Critical Pre-Clinical Applications
Monday, December 9, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT
Challenge: Testing Mission Critical Pre-Clinical Software Suite
Instem needed to deploy their pre-clinical trial software suite for their clients (major genetics drug companies) within a very short timeframe. This system provides clients with the ability to effectively document all stages of their pre-clinical testing as required by the FDA. Additionally, the FDA requires full documentation of the deployment process and successful functional testing of these systems, which are audited to ensure adherence to the required deployment standards.
The basic application architecture has a client software component containing the majority of the application logic, a backend database and a reporting module to generate usage reports.
The deployment process requires performing a number of functional tests using future dates to simulate the pre-clinical drug approval process. Performing this test in real time was not a possible solution and neither was simply changing the system dates, since it would not allow any other users to log into this server.
Additionally, unless they duplicated this environment, they could only perform one set of tests at a time.
The Time Machine Solution:
Using Time Machine, Instem found they could simulate a future date for one or more users while other users on their server would remain unaffected and see the current date.
They simply created a simulated date using Time Machine for each tester. Whenever each tester ran his tests, he saw the required dates rather than a common date. With typical validation testing taking 3-18 months, Time Machine allowed Instem to dramatically reduce their testing times, manpower and system resource requirements 3 to 5 times less, thereby saving their client tens of thousands of dollars in deployment costs.
According to Instem’s Validation Services Manager Vince D’Angelo, “I was impressed and pleased with the whole experience of using Time Machine to accomplish the date simulation for our testing.”
Instem has standardized deployment testing with Time Machine for their world-wide customers in the Life-Science & Pharmaceutical sectors. With Time Machine, the deployment and acceptance process can be done in weeks at a customer site rather than months.
About Instem:
Instem is a world-leading information solutions provider for Life Sciences R&D. Their software applications accelerate drug and chemical development by increasing client productivity and enhancing the processes that lead to safer, more effective products
About Time Machine:
Time Machine saves ten-fold or more on resources and costs associated with temporal testing of applications. It enables you to finish your large scale software projects on time and under budget. Some other usage scenarios of Time Machine include Cloud migration, time zone adjustment, data aging, Big Data analysis and online training. Time Machine is the original date and time simulation software for Unix and Windows since 1997 and it is Cloud ready. Thousands of customers worldwide utilize Time Machine successfully across all industries on a daily basis; including 47 of the Fortune 100 companies.
About Solution-Soft:
Solution-Soft is the leader in virtual clock, time shift testing software solutions for the ever-changing digital world. Our flagship and market proven product, Time Machine, opened up brand new possibilities in the application testing landscape upon its release in 1997. Today, thousands of applications have been tested with Time Machine, and IT professionals recognize that using a virtual clock is the ideal and safest way to conduct date and time testing. As pioneer in our field, we've created the Time Machine Product Suite and Time Machine for Container, a collection of cutting-edge testing software that augment Time Machine to further streamline enterprise cloud initiatives, containerization, micro services, and IT modernization for end-to-end integration testing, cloud migration, test automation, Agile/DevOPs, Continuous Operation, and Test Data Management.
We proudly provide our 2000+ domestic and international customers, including 47 of Fortune 100 companies, with our advanced solutions to optimize their testing and help deliver projects on-time. Solution-Soft's customers are across all market sectors including 3M, AMEX, AIG, Australia Tax Office, BBC, Boeing, British Gas, Covered California, Dept of Works & Pension, Deutsche Bank, Discover, FedEx, Federal Reserve Bank, Orange, National Australia Bank, SNCF, and Zurich Insurance. We bolster our market presence through robust partnerships with companies including Accenture, Capgemini, DXC, HPE, IBM, Infosys, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, and RedMane.
Founded in 1993, Solution-Soft is privately held and based in Santa Clara, CA.
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