[...] * Methodologies for bringing out meaningful patterns include data mining, machine learning, and statistical methods. Tools for management and automated analysis of data streams include: CViz Cluster visualisation, IBM ILOG visualisation, Survey Visualizer, Infoscope, Sentinel Visualizer, Grapheur2.0, InstantAtlas, Miner3D, VisuMap, Drillet, Eaagle, GraphInsight, Gsharp, Tableau, Sisense, SAS Visual Analytics. Apart from acquiring and storing the data, great emphasis must be given to the analytics and DSS algorithms that will be used.