While much lab equipment features both embedded and external PC software, there is an overriding need for independent software to help researchers and clinicians organize their efforts. Dedicated laboratory management software, often called a laboratory information management system (LIMS), provides streamlined control and organizational schemes for controlling equipment, sorting and counting samples, managing and maintaining animal colonies, or any project complex enough to require constant computer control. Digital lab management software systems work on Mac, Windows, and/or Linux. Because the laboratory is a shifting and fluid environment, the best lab management software or lab info management system will be one that is flexible enough to adapt to your changing needs.