<s>
Dedoose	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
mixed	O
methods	O
research	O
developed	O
by	O
academics	O
from	O
UCLA	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
William	O
T	O
.	O
Grant	O
Foundation	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
EthnoNotes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dedoose	B-Application
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
other	O
qualitative	O
data	O
analysis	O
software	O
,	O
explicitly	O
aimed	O
at	O
facilitating	O
rigorous	O
mixed	O
methods	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dedoose	B-Application
and	O
EthnoNotes	O
have	O
gained	O
recognition	O
for	O
their	O
integration	O
of	O
qualitative	O
and	O
quantitative	O
data	O
analysis	O
methods	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
interactive	O
data	B-Application
visualizations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dedoose	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
,	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
operated	O
by	O
SocioCultural	O
Research	O
Consultants	O
(	O
SCRC	O
)	O
,	O
whose	O
majority	O
of	O
ownership	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Dedoose	B-Application
suffered	O
a	O
major	O
system	O
failure	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
corruption	O
and	O
loss	O
of	O
significant	O
amounts	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
service	O
availability	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
March	O
by	O
existing	O
users	O
was	O
restored	O
to	O
Dedoose	B-Application
on	O
May	O
16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
SCRC	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
crash	O
involved	O
a	O
failure	O
of	O
its	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
cloud	O
services	O
during	O
a	O
database	O
backup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carl	O
Straumsheim	O
noted	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
Dedoose	B-Application
crash	O
should	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
warning	O
to	O
colleges	O
and	O
universities	O
as	O
they	O
consider	O
moving	O
sensitive	O
information	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
