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We created and launched the Millennium Challenge Corporation Open Data Catalog to help the Global Development community.
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And then there are people who aren't so well-known but whose data crises could cripple their businesses--like the IT manager of the New York City publisher that lost its catalog data three days before deadline.
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Those companies, including Palantir, a startup founded in 2004 which specializes in multi-platform data analysis, enabled the Pentagon to store and catalog every grain of data it had on the people it was tracking.
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Aspect tracks the form, function and price of more than 10 million components, then meshes this mega-catalog with a client's data on preferred suppliers, inventory and buying habits. 3Com Corp. used it to learn that six departments were paying different prices for the same component from different suppliers.
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Fortunately, the data was recovered--and quickly enough so that the publisher, which prefers to remain anonymous, got its catalog out on time.
CNN: Data crisis counselors help avoid computer catastrophes