Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and Waters Corp. (NYSE:WAT) today
announced a formal agreement to exchange instrument controls to improve
the productivity of customers who own software and instruments from both
companies.
The new agreement replaces earlier provisions under which Agilent
implemented control of Waters instruments in the Agilent OpenLAB
chromatography data system and Waters implemented control of Agilent
liquid chromatography instruments in Waters Empower Software.
The newly signed agreement defines terms and conditions on how the
companies will exchange instrument control documentation and driver
software and how they will provide developer and technical support to
one another. It also spells out the escalation mechanisms for resolving
technical issues for their mutual customers.
“Agilent’s open-systems approach to laboratory informatics allows our
customers to select the best hardware and software for their needs,”
said John Sadler, Agilent vice president and general manager of software
and informatics. “We are integrating a full complement of third-party
gas and liquid chromatography instruments into our OpenLAB software
suite in collaboration with other analytical instrument manufacturers.
Our aim is to provide the best-working and best-tested software for our
mutual customers.”
“The trend toward standardization by laboratories for the adoption of a
single chromatography data management and instrument control software
platform, like Waters Empower Software, is bringing significant value to
science-driven organizations at the enterprise level,” said Rohit
Khanna, Ph.D., vice president of Marketing, Waters Corp. “Renewing this
agreement demonstrates Waters’ continued commitment to ensure the
success of our mutual customers.”
Waters and Agilent first agreed to exchange instrument control codes in
1999. Over the years, technology exchange and vendor collaboration have
become increasingly important in the analytical instrument industry, as
there are substantial benefits to the scientific community when they can
control instruments from multiple vendors with their chromatography data
software.
For more information about Waters Empower Software, visit www.waters.com/empower.
For more information about OpenLAB, visit Agilent’s
software and informatics website.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
For more than 50 years, Waters Corporation has created business
advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations by delivering
practical and sustainable innovation to enable significant advancements
in such areas as healthcare delivery, environmental management, food
safety, and water quality, consumer products and high-value added
chemicals worldwide. Pioneering a connected portfolio of separations
science, laboratory information management, mass spectrometry and
thermal analysis, Waters technology breakthroughs and laboratory
solutions provide an enduring platform for customer success. With
revenue of $1.99 billion in 2014, Waters is driving scientific discovery
and operational excellence for customers worldwide.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), a global leader in life sciences,
diagnostics and applied chemical markets, is the premier laboratory
partner for a better world. Agilent works with customers in more than
100 countries, providing instruments, software, services and consumables
for the entire laboratory workflow. The company generated revenues of
$4.0 billion in fiscal 2014 and employs about 12,000 people worldwide.
Agilent marks its 50th anniversary in analytical
instrumentation this year. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com.
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