The Sequoia laboratory information system (LIS) from Orchard Software, Carmel, Ind, offers maximum scalability to accommodate the needs of high-volume laboratories. The system’s three-tier architecture allows for independent update of a segment of the application without affecting other segments or restarting the entire application. Through the big data component, users can extract and manipulate large quantities of unstructured data stored in the SQL database to generate statistics for analytics and ad-hoc reports.  SQL Server AlwaysOn technology and Windows Failover Clustering also support read-only local replicas and remote-hosted disaster recovery sites in the event of an emergency. For more information, visit Orchard Software.