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00:00NORMALLY IS USED WITH SO MANY FOLKS WALKING -- WORKING FROM HOME. DOUG: ABSOLUTELY. WE ' RE A BIG DATA PLATFORM. OUR MOTTO IS WE AIM TO BRING DATA TO EVERY QUESTION, DECISION AND ACTION. PARTICULARLY IN THIS TIMEFRAME, WE BELIEVE DATA CAN SAVE LIVES. WE GATHER DATA FROM A HUGE ARRAY OF SOURCES AND FIND WAYS TO MAKE SENSE OF IT. RIGHT NOW IS A SIMPLE EXAMPLE FOR ANYONE OUT THERE, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARDS THAT HELP -- THERE ' S OVER ONE HOW TO 20,000 USERS INTERACTING WITH THIS. WE ARE WORKING WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS WHO TOUCH EVERY ANGLE OF THIS CRISIS TO HELP WITH VERY TECHNICAL THINGS LIKE ENSURING THE VIRTUAL WORKERS CAN GO VIRTUAL AND THEY HAVE SECURE CONNECTIONS WHEN THEY GO VIRTUAL, TO MORE FOUNDATIONAL WORK WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIERS, HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES, MANUFACTURERS. ALL THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT SURROUND THESE SO THAT THEY CAN GET VISIBILITY ON THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF NOT JUST WHAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING SAFELY IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT OR SAFELY IN A CENTRAL WORK ENVIRONMENT, BUT THAT THEY CAN GET THAT INSIGHT THAT DATA BRINGS THAT WILL HELP DRIVE THE RIGHT ACTIONS TO SAVE LIVES IN THIS CRAZY TIME WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. EMILY: ARE YOU SAYING THAT ALL THIS DATA WAS THERE AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DID NOT ACT ON IT OR DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIND IT OR ANALYZE IT? DOUG: I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HUGE ARRAY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC EVEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THERE ' S 10, 15 DIFFERENT DISTINCT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD TOUCH A PANDEMIC. ONE ASPECT IS, ARE THEY EFFECTIVE IN DRIVING A FULL SET OF DATA FOR THEIR OWN UNIQUE NEEDS? HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, CDC, FDA, FEMA. THE SECOND PIECE -- THEY HAVE SOME DEGREE OF DIGITIZATION HAPPENING BUT NOT ALWAYS AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD WANT TO OR NEED TO. THE SECOND EVEN MORE THORNY ISSUE IS THOSE ARE ISOLATED WHICH IS THE CASE WITH SO MANY OF THE SPLUNK USE CASES. HOW DO YOU DO AN EFFECTIVE JOB OF SYNTHESIZING THE DATA, CORRELATING AND FINDING PATTERNS ACROSS THAT DATA? BECAUSE A MACHINE IS ONLY AS STRONG AS OF ITS WEAKEST LINKS. FOR A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, IF WE CAN JUST IMAGINE A HOSPITAL THAT THROUGH HEROIC EFFORT HAS ACTUALLY GOT ADEQUATE DOCTORS, NURSES, TECHNICIANS, BEDS, SPECULATORS -- EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED BUT THEY ARE MISSING COTTON SWABS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION. IT REALLY COMES BACK TO HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA AVAILABLE. A LOT OF IT MISUNDERSTOOD. BUT IF YOU CAN SURFACE IT EFFECTIVELY, IT SAVES LIVES AND HELPS ORGANIZATIONS WITH LEADERSHIP. EMILY: MEANTIME COME EVEN THOUGH YOUR TECHNOLOGY MIGHT BE PARTICULARLY USEFUL RIGHT NOW,

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Splunk Helps Employers Monitor Remote Workforce

With many employees now working from home, Splunk Inc., a company with a data-to-everything platform, aims to make it easier for companies to manage this transition. Splunk Chief Executive Officer Doug Merritt speaks on "Bloomberg Technology." (Source: Bloomberg)