PerkinElmer agrees licensing deal for Tibco Spotfire

PerkinElmer has agreed an exclusive strategic relationship that will allow it to distribute Tibco Software's analytics and data discovery platform Spotfire in certain markets.

Under the terms of the agreement, PerkinElmer will gain exclusive worldwide rights to the Tibco Spotfire software platform in several scientific research and development markets, including basic and preclinical development applications in life sciences, as well as research and development, quality assurance and quality control areas.

Through this alliance, PerkinElmer's domain knowledge and solutions will be combined with Tibco's analytical capabilities, for the benefit of the research market as a whole.

Mike Stapleton, general manager of Informatics at PerkinElmer, said: "Spotfire … complements PerkinElmer's informatics offering by adding search and data visualisation, which are among the most pressing business requirements of life sciences, diagnostics and environmental laboratories worldwide."

Last month, the company announced a collaboration that will bring Elsevier's Reaxys workflow solution to PerkinElmer's electronic laboratory notebooks.