8 December 2009 - Symyx has appointed John Senaldi as senior vice-president and as president of its high-productivity research (HPR) business unit.
Symyx HPR delivers premium microscale and parallel experimentation tools, along with supporting services and software, to the life sciences, chemicals and energy, and consumer and industrial products industries.
16 September 2009 - Symyx Technologies has announced the opening of a software research and development centre in Bangalore, India. Developers at the facility will collaborate with other Symyx sites on the company's core scientific information management software solutions, including the Symyx enterprise electronic lab notebook, data acquisition software, decision-support software and scientific information databases.
9 September 2009 - Symyx Technologies has announced - as part of an expansion to support growing need of its software solutions and services in Europe - personnel additions in consulting services, pre-sales and sales.
In addition, Julie Page, vice president of global customer support, will take over European operations, reporting directly to Trevor Heritage, president of Symyx's software division.
Julie Page, now vice president of global customer support and European operations, will oversee sales, facilities, HR, and customer support and services for the entire region.
20 August 2009 - Symyx Technologies has announced that Symyx Available Chemicals Directory (ACD) has moved from quarterly to monthly updates of supplier catalogues.
30 June 2009 - Symyx Technologies has been named one of the Top 10 Life Science Software Vendors in a May 2009 report published by Health Industry Insights, an IDC company.
23 March 2009 - Symyx Technologies has partnered Thermo Fisher Scientific to deliver scientists improved workflows for experiment documentation, decision support and Lims.