Full newsletter here.  Summarised:

Releasing Inkosi. Bika LIMS 2 and Bika Calendar 1

Out in the open by 26 May if not earlier. We'll be testing the final alpha from Monday and continue work on the manual, training videos, installation guides and packaging to include Bika Calendar and Reportlab required for QC graphs

Bika hosting an IAEA fellow

The IAEA Technical Cooperation Group is sponsoring a fellowship for Juan  Chin Pampillo at Bika Lab Systems in Cape Town from 12 to 23 May. Juan will be trained on the implementation and use of Inkosi, for the University of Costa Rica's CICA laboratories performing ISO 17025 accredited pesticide residue, water and air quality analysis and research

Next. LIMS 2.2. A design

Please review and comment on the LIMS 2.2 specification sponsored by Benchmark Laboratories, Calgary, Canada. General parts of the specification, Instrument management, for one, are good candidates for co-development, interested labs please come forward

SaaS. Software as a Service

Client and Partner updates

On the road

Bika Lab Systems presents a self contained 'Light' version of Bika Health for rural clinics at the 2008 OpenMRS/OSCHA/HISA Conference from 17 to 20 June in Durban, South Africa