“cumulus:CyberLab has exceeded our expectations and proven invaluable,” said Dr. Matthias Zeller, lead scientist of the X-Ray facility at Youngstown State University Structure & Chemical Instrumentation Facility. “We’ve been using the product since July 2009, cyber enabling our lab with secure, collaborative use of instruments and organized secure data storage from anywhere in the world.  We’ve already collaborated with faculty from across the country, with very positive results.” Another advantage, according to Zeller, is the product’s simple setup. Just plug them in and they are ready to go – without software installation.

“The bottom line is that Zethus Software offers a superior, unified and scalable solution,” said Dr. Allen Hunter, YSU Professor, Materials Chemistry, and also founder and director of the STaRBURSTT CyberDiffraction Consortium and related CyberTechnology Consortia. “With cumulus:CyberLab, we now have a tool that gives us a unified system to allow remote use and secure, managed storage. We have wanted this capability for some time.”

The X-Ray facility at the YSU Structure & Chemical Instrumentation Facility has cyber-enabled several state of the art instruments for both single crystal and powder diffraction, including a Bruker-Nonius SMART APEX CCD and a Bruker-Nonius D8 Advance Powder Diffractometer. Having these instruments connected to cumulus:CyberLab enables users to run their instruments remotely and securely, and to store their data with 4TB capabilities.