Through complex algorithms, the technique can extract patterns or anomalies in data collections that a human analyst could not possibly discern.

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Data collections were located offsite.

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When Splunk is used in the data center, many different collections of server logs, network logs, or other machine generated data are indexed so that the data can be searched and distilled.

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Experience analytics uses statistical techniques to find the patterns in large and complex collections of data from numerous sources.

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The data warehouse environment comprises marketing databases, call systems, customer service, GSM network statistical data, invoicing systems, collections and retrievals and all logistics information.

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It provides an infrastructure that allows sharing of dynamic collections of computational systems, large data storage and other remote facilities that an individual may use.

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The system maintains almost 10, 000 "active" records containing data on each of the Federal government's approved information collections.

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Unfortunately, very few people know that since very few others track the same real time data sources that we do, such as adjusted daily income tax collections and online job postings.

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Businesses that need fast access to data--think fast-trading financial institutions or Web applications that access big collections of information--are likely customers for solid-state storage, says Greg Quick, an analyst with the 451 Group.

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