Scionics Computer in Dresden

We specialize in providing cutting-edge software and IT services tailored specifically for the biological science research community. With over 20 years of experience in scientific research environments, our team combines deep technical expertise with firsthand knowledge of research workflows.
Our services
For over 20 years, Scionics has delivered advanced IT solutions that enhance research accuracy and efficiency while saving clients time and money.
Consulting
Scionics is dedicated to providing consulting and IT solutions to help scientists and scientific organizations reach their research and administrative goals.
Scionics provides consultation on a wide range of IT issues in half-day and larger time blocks.
Outsourcing
Outsourcing of IT services is a common element in private companies' structures aimed at reducing costs as well as improving quality and service levels through economies of scale and specialization.
Scionics has significant outsourcing experience and offers services for parts or all of a research institution's IT needs.
Bioinformatics
The Scionics Bioinformatics team has more than ten years experience analyzing biological datasets both large and small.
Our Services and Expertise
For over 20 years, Scionics has provided a wide variety of professional IT services. Our focus has always been to increase the accuracy and efficiency of the research of our clients using state-of-the-art technologies. Our highly qualified staff has the know-how to provide not only the most advanced technical solutions available, but also the experience to create solutions that will grow with the needs of the client. By making better technical decisions at the beginning, we save our clients time and money in the future.
- Infrastructure and service structure design for scientific environments including staffing, hardware, and software.
- Evaluation of existing IT solutions, structures, staffing, and resources to help organizations improve efficiency, costs, and effectiveness.
- Helping research organizations streamline their communication with their IT providers to improve integration of IT with the research environment.
- General IT consulting to help bridge the scientist to IT gap.
Pricing
Scionics provides consultation on a wide range of IT issues in half-day and larger time blocks. Larger time blocks are generally done as project pricing, which typically includes a discount of 5-25% depending on complexity and duration of project.
Outsourcing of IT services is a common element in private companies' structures aimed at reducing costs as well as improving quality and service levels through economies of scale and specialization. These concepts also apply to scientific institutions.
Scionics has significant outsourcing experience and offers services for parts or all of a research institution's IT needs, such as:
- Infrastructure Support
- Desktop and Client Services
- Software Development
Benefits of Outsourcing
Outsourced services can be highly flexible and responsive allowing quick adjustments to needs and demands. Outsourced staff benefit from the depth of knowledge of the provider and are not limited solely to the internal environment. Interaction with other organizations can prevent the IT staff from becoming entrenched in existing processes or technology. Staff have more opportunities for advancement, preventing stagnation and lack of motivation.
The Scionics Bioinformatics team has more than 10 years of experience analyzing biological datasets both large and small. On the small scale, we enable classical bioinformatics projects, such as predicting the function and evolutionary history of a single uncharacterised gene or protein using sequence or structural information. On the large scale, we can handle the datasets that result from global analyses using ‘omics data.
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