But a related mission was to find out how best to explain the idea of operational intelligence, the idea of using machine data for business purposes.

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The problem, however, is that operational intelligence is not an easy idea to get across in an organization.

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So just the very idea of getting down to operational and tactical levels with these folks is quite a change from what they're used to.

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Also, if business spending picks up, regional bank stocks should improve, on the idea that expanding businesses will need bank loans for operational expenses.

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