These include cancer and immune-inflammatory biotech drug company Celgene ( CELG), pharmacy benefits manager and health information systems supplier SXC Health Solutions ( SXCI), economic, financial, and political researcher IHS Inc ( IHS), and shale oil and gas producer Continental Resources ( CLR).

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Forecasting and troubleshooting can be done in real time, says Victor Martinez, Kawasaki's information systems manager.

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The other was Mari Maeda, an obscure program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), who described her work on Advanced Soldier Sensor Information Systems and Technology (ASSIST).

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