Processing that data so quickly is academic , unless it can get to the right managers quickly.

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The supplied image processing software, "SIGMA Photo Pro", converts RAW data quickly and easily.

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Nikon's exclusive EXPEED 3 image processing engine interprets the massive amount of image data flowing from the sensor to quickly process images and HD video.

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There are a variety of players like Splunk, 1010data, Pervasive who have technology that can quickly allow analysts to understand if a big data set has potential and to start processing it.

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