The problem has been the sheer complexity of the data and the ensuing processing and analysis of the information.

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GigaSpaces, an Israeli company founded in 2000, creates software for data analysis and processing on grids of computers, where each server tackles one part of large problem.

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Natural language-processing experts, visualization and integration engineers, and product managers also play a role in the data analysis chain.

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