Aug 24, 2026
The Software Layer Behind Lab Automation
Most of the tools in our database are plumbing - workflow automation and integration middleware - and the value sits in moving data between instruments and systems of record reliably.The market serves two opposite buyers - academic R&D optimising for flexibility, regulated pharma optimizing for formality - which is why no single standard has emerged to rule everything.Four standards now belong on procurement checklists: SiLA 2 and LADS OPC UA at the communication layer, AnIML and Allotrope a