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Apr 2020
15m 18s

Curing Disease With Data

MISSION
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It can take 15 years to get one life-saving drug to market. Cutting-edge scientists are finding new ways to shift through unimaginable quantities of data faster than ever before.

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This program is produced by Mission.org and brought to you by Splunk, the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk helps organizations worldwide turn data into doing. 

With solutions for IT, security, IoT and business operations, Splunk empowers people to make faster, better decisions and take action to get things done. Learn more at splunk.com.

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