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ZEN Data Storage and Data Explorer
Smart data management in life sciences

Last updated: 2020-10

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The safe haven for all your imaging data

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2Store and manage your multimodal imaging data in a central storage place: ZEISS ZEN Data Storage.

Manage large amounts of data

ZEN Data Storage Server forms thethe potential of separating the tasks

conveniently

central database that holds not only theof data acquisition on your microscopeLife Science imaging is a multi-mode

images, but also multidimensional ZEN

systems and analysis on your dedicatedeffort. In your lab you might be running

Connect projects. The server software isprocessing workstations.

simultaneous projects using, for example,

easily installed on any Windows-based

whole slide scanning on an Axio Scan.Z1,

server hardware.

Get faster from experiment topublication

live-cell acquisitions using Celldiscoverer 7,
and super-resolution approaches on

Separate image acquisition andConnecting your instruments via ZEN

an Elyra 7. Even in routine applications

processing tasks

Data Storage ensures the road from

where manual microscopes are used,

Smart management allows simultaneous

experiment to publication becomeshundreds of images are taken per day.

access to the same data set of several

significantly more efficient. Remember

These massive amounts of data need tousers with different access rights forthe time you searched for that data set

be stored and managed in a convenient

easy sharing and information exchange.

that was generated 2 years ago by yourway.

ZEN Data Storage integrates into exist-

student and was hidden somewhere on

ing servers for lab management systems

one of several lab computers? Having

Inspired by experience with large-scaleor established ZEN Connect installa-

all your data organized in one place fa-

imaging networks from our partners,

tions. Connecting all your instruments

cilitates implementation of backup andZEISS implemented a central solutionmeans unreliable data transfer via sticks

data security plans. Data set are quickly

that manages your data storage so you

or external hard drives becomes a thing

accessed via context-specific searchingcan focus on your research results.

of the past. Now you can fully harness

and browsing options.

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Permanent access to your research results

ZEN Data Explorer gallery viewZEN Data Explorer annotations view

Access and share your data with ease

your ­colleague on the other side of the globe. Complex data

Presenting and sharing knowledge is fundamental to thestructures like ZEN Connect projects or other multidimension-scientist. ZEN Data Explorer makes your data available wher-

al experiments are well conserved within ZEN Data Explorer.

ever you go. Running as a App on smartphones and tablets

You can browse and smart-search for names, any other image(both iOS and Android) as well as in a web browser, ZEN Data

features or even your individual tags.

Explorer creates an access to your data storage and handles
even large files efficiently. ZEN Data Explorer will be yourMake knowledge accessible for virtual learningcompanion for sharing your findings at conferences and im-If you fulfil a teaching role in science and regularly work withpressing prospective collaboration partners with your data.

images or even completely digitized slides in your classes, let
ZEN Data Explorer take care of the distribution of your teach-Annotations, simple measurements, highlighting shapes –ing material; your students may browse, annotate or down-

ZEN Data Explorer is streamlined for fast and interactive

load the material at their leisure. Custom licenses are available

sketching of your data that might have just been recorded byfor any of your needs.

Central Data ManagementCentral storage of images,
analysis data, presets,workflows, and reports• ZEN Data Storage
Mobile Access
Data exploration on tablet
computers, smartphones,and other mobile devices• ZEN Data Explorer

Share data on ZEN Data Storage with students and partners via ZEN Data Explorer.

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ZEN Data Explorer• Server software (provided by ZEISS) installed on any• Requires a ZEN Data Storage installation

Windows-based server hardware• Browser-based access from anywhere(Windows Server, MS SQL)• Apps available for smart phone and tablet• Central, intelligent data management(iOS and Android)• Concurrent access• Fast image rendering even for large files• Role-based permissions• Easy annotation and download of images• Integration with ZEN blue

• Smart browsing and searching• Conserving complex data structures• Custom licensing for research or• Separation of image acquisition and analysis

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH07745 Jena, Germany
microscopy@zeiss.com
zeiss.com/microscopy

education & routine needs

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Contact your local ZEISS representative for more information.
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