In a recent blog post, we mentioned the importance of having accurate census data and how the TOPAZ Mobile Census application is a key part of this picture. The Mobile Census application has been around, in one form or another, for over 20 years. For a while it was called, rather snappily, TOPAZ Tracks, complete …
2019 is the 40th anniversary of the founding of TOPAZ! Our predecessor—GCS— was founded in Norman, Oklahoma in 1979, with the first contract being to provide the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center with an animal resource cost accounting system. The company incorporated as GCS (General Computer Systems) in 1981. Census and barcoding capabilities were …
TOPAZ is excited, once again, to be attending the SCAW Annual Winter Conference. It’s held in San Antonio every year at the lovely Menger Hotel on the Riverwalk. For us, that’s an easy drive down I-35 from Austin! This year’s meeting is December 3rd-4th. SCAW is The Scientists Center for Animal Welfare, which mainly focuses on outreach …
Providing reports for users of software applications can be a difficult compromise for software developers. There is no point collecting data if it cannot be reported in a useful way, yet every user has their own ideas and requirements for reporting. There is also, to some extent, a trade off between the flexibility of a system, and …
One of the main features in the new version of Elements is the inclusion of Vet Management data into the TOPAZ Reporter module. For any users who are unaware, TOPAZ Reporter is a very powerful report design tool that customers can use to develop their own reports and dashboards. The Reporter data resides in a separate database …
Elements v4.3 brings together Veterinary Management with TOPAZ Reporter Read More »
TOPAZ officially releases v 4.3 of Elements on Friday July 27th. We’ll be working with customers to implement the upgrade over the coming weeks. Version 4.3 continues our recent focus on enhancing both the Veterinary Management module and the TOPAZ Reporter module. In this version, you will be able to access Vet Management data within Reporter, to …
As you may have noticed over the past few months, TOPAZ has been focusing considerable efforts on improving our customer engagement and interaction. This has been an exciting summer for TOPAZ, as we have conceived and thoughtfully developed our presence on numerous social media outlets, including twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Beyond simply building awareness of …
TOPAZ Marketing Efforts and The Power of Interns Read More »
We’ve talked a lot recently (in blog posts, on the website) about the Veterinary Management module of TOPAZ Elements and there’s been a lot of interest in how this module can help with compliance, animal care and communication within the vet team and with researchers. We have a couple of case studies on the website that …
We’re pleased to announce that our Annual User Symposium will take place this year in Baltimore, in the aftermath of the National AALAS meeting. TOPAZ has been running an annual user meeting for decades, and they always prove to be both fun and enlightening for our customers. This year’s will be hosted at the University of …
The use of RFID technology to ease the tracking of cages in the animal facility has taken a long time to take off. It was at least 15 years ago when TOPAZ presented RFID technology to our Annual User Conference in the full expectation that within a few years, everyone would be using it! In practice the …
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