1. A computerized method for analyzing data within a data processing system that is designed to aid a pathologist in a digital pathology workflow involving image analysis tools, the method comprising: providing a source of digital image data representing images of tissue specimens to be analyzed; and in the data processing system, performing a first segment of automated image analysis programs, said first segment including: detecting objects in the images, quantifying object data based on said detected objects, and storing the object data in a database, wherein said programs in the first segment are configured to operate without interactions from the pathologist; and performing a second segment of interactive image analysis programs, the second segment including: loading the stored object data from the database, accepting pathologist interactions, further processing the object data, and storing results in the database, said first segment further comprising: partitioning at least one of the images into two or more respective tiles, and processing each of the two or more respective tiles wherein for each respective tile, the respective tile is processed along with a region of overlap with a neighboring tile and combining the object data of the respective tiles in order to identify the objects and quantify the object data associated therewith.