SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2006--Sage-N Research, Inc. has begun shipping the Sorcerer(TM) 2 IDA (integrated data appliance), the first data analysis system designed to support multiple researchers using different protein identification search engines processing thousands of proteomics mass spectra per hour. The Sorcerer 2 IDA solves the critical IT maintenance problem for mass spectrometry laboratories that struggle with the complexity, operating cost, and frequent system crashes associated with managing multiple computers running different proteomics search engines. It frees scientists from debugging IT issues, and hence prevents expensive instruments from sitting idle and research publications from being delayed.