4.2 out of 5 stars
(311 Ratings)
SciSure is a Scientific Management Platform built to support the full range of laboratory operations for scientific organizations. It combines ELN, LIMS, and Health & Safety functionality, giving teams a single system to document experiments, track sample lineage, manage chemical inventory, and run structured, audit-ready compliance processes.
Instead of relying on disconnected systems, organizations get one governed platform that improves reproducibility, increases visibility into lab operations, and reduces risk as they scale.
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4.5 out of 5 stars
(125 Ratings)
Bacula Enterprise provides backup and recovery for enterprise, HPC, defense, government and research environments. Developed by Switzerland-based Bacula Systems, it protects physical, virtual, container, database, SaaS and cloud workloads from one platform.
Support data sovereignty with on-premises deployment without mandatory cloud control planes, call-home licensing or continuous internet access. Retain control over backup location, infrastructure, encryption keys and recovery procedures.
Strengthen ransomware resilience with physically air-gapped tape, offline copies, immutable storage options, encryption, MFA, access controls and file integrity verification.
For petabyte-scale HPC datasets, HPC Accelerator, parallel processing and Lustre, GPFS and ZFS integrations help protect large file populations. Use disk, tape, object storage and cloud targets, with no licensing charges based on protected data volume.
VM coverage includes VMware vSphere/ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Nutanix AHV, XenServer, XCP-ng, KVM, QEMU, Libvirt, Red Hat Virtualization, OpenStack, Amazon EC2 and Azure VMs. Protect Kubernetes, OpenShift and Docker containers.
Database coverage includes Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Percona for MySQL, MariaDB, SAP HANA, Sybase ASE, IBM Db2, MongoDB and InterSystems IRIS, plus Amazon RDS integration. Other workloads include Hadoop HDFS, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.
BWeb administration, scheduling, monitoring, reporting, deduplication and compression simplify operations. Restore files, application data, VMs and supported bare-metal systems.
Its open-core architecture combines Bacula's open-source foundation with enterprise-only plugins, security features, management tools and commercial support.
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Zotero
Zotero stands out as the sole software that effortlessly detects research materials available online. Whether you are in need of an article from JSTOR, a preprint from arXiv.org, a news piece from the New York Times, or a book from a library, Zotero is equipped to assist you at every turn. This tool allows for endless organization of your research, enabling you to arrange items into collections and categorize them with keywords. Additionally, you can create saved searches that fill automatically with pertinent resources as you progress in your work. Zotero offers optional data synchronization across various devices, ensuring that your notes, files, and bibliographic records are consistently updated. With synchronization enabled, you can conveniently access your research from any web browser, adding an extra layer of accessibility. Beyond individual use, Zotero facilitates collaborative efforts, allowing you to co-author papers with colleagues, share course materials with students, or compile a shared bibliography. You can effortlessly share a Zotero library with an unlimited number of collaborators, all at no charge, making it a perfect tool for group projects and academic endeavors. Such versatility makes Zotero an invaluable resource for researchers and students alike.
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Referencer
Referencer is a GNOME application developed to help users manage documents or references and to create a BibTeX bibliography file. Tailored specifically for scientists and researchers, the term "document" generally refers to research papers, although Referencer is compatible with any document type supported by BibTeX. One of Referencer's standout features is its ability to automatically gather bibliographic information, or metadata, for various document types. When a PDF is added to a Referencer library, the application scans for key identifiers, such as a DOI code or an arXiv identifier, and if found, it will make an attempt to fetch the corresponding metadata online. Unfortunately, the process of retrieving metadata for newer arXiv entries has been disrupted due to a format change. Additionally, users can import references from BibTeX, Reference Manager, and EndNote. Furthermore, Referencer seamlessly retrieves metadata from arXiv, PubMed, and CrossRef for PDF documents that contain an arXiv ID or DOI code, making the reference management process more efficient for researchers. This functionality allows for a smoother integration of various academic resources into one's research workflow.
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