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              News and Advisories It's Crunchtime! ∏ Enters Data Mining & 
              Fusion Alliance with Instras Scientific Annapolis, MD (October 2007) 
              -- ∏ has signed an activity agreement with
              Instras Scientific, a 
              newly formed upwardly-mobile and visionary Custom Solutions 
              Company that delivers task-oriented programs for the data analysis 
              and acquisition needs of scientists. 
              Collaborations with ∏ will revolve around the principal areas of 
              mining and fusion of disparate data sets, developing a unified 
              data depository and analysis system to support ∏'s
              scholastic programs 
              objectives, the development of a software platform that enhances 
              modular education architectures, and the identification and 
              writing of joint proposals under the Small Business Innovative 
              Research SBIR umbrella. Instras' products 
              include MyLIS™ (My Laboratory Information System), a simple and 
              password secure web-based management system for small research 
              groups; and InstruView™, a custom program that provides an 
              effective means of managing, visualizing, and sharing data sets 
              unique to research groups.  Instras is 
              based in Teaneck, New Jersey.   |