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Mattes Joins Opera Solutions' Advisory Board

Posted by Todd Higginson on Wed, Mar 28, 2012

NEW YORK, N.Y., Mar. 28, 2012 — Opera Solutions, LLC (www.operasolutions.com) a leading global Big Data analytics company, today announced that Andy W. Mattes has been named to its Advisory Board. In that capacity, he will focus on advising the company on expanding its market presence and visibility, particularly with the Fortune 1000.

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Topics: Big Data, Machine Learning, Arnab Gupta, Press Releases

Opera Solutions Adds Leading Recommender Engine Capabilities With the Acquisition of Commendo Research & Consulting

Posted by Todd Higginson on Tue, Mar 27, 2012

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Mar. 27, 2012 — Opera Solutions, LLC (www.operasolutions.com), a global leader in machine learning science and advanced Big Data analytics, today announced the acquisition of Commendo Research & Consulting GmbH, adding leading recommender engine capabilities to Opera Solutions' advanced data analytics solutions.

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Topics: Big Data, Competitions, Arnab Gupta, Press Releases, Partners

Opera Solutions CEO to Take the Stage at Structure:Data 2012

Posted by Todd Higginson on Wed, Mar 21, 2012

What’s next in Big Data? Check out GigaOm’s Structure:Data in NYC, March 21-22, 2012. Since the event is sold out, you can watch the livestream starting at 8:30 am Wednesday, March 21. Topics for this conference, subtitled “Get the Big Picture for Big Data,” will include Big Data infrastructure, algorithms, startups, and product development.

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Topics: Big Data, Signal Hub Technologies, Machine Learning, Events, Arnab Gupta

SXSW Interactive — "For Big Data, We Need Machines and Humans"

Posted by Todd Higginson on Mon, Mar 12, 2012

On Sunday, March 11 Opera Solutions CEO Arnab Gupta led a solo talk at SXSW Interactive titled "For Big Data, We Need Machines and Humans." His highly anticipated talk covered how the perception of man vs. machine is not accurate as the collaboration between man and machine is more powerful, and allows for humans to reach their full potential.

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Topics: Events, Arnab Gupta, Videos

Former Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman James E. Cartwright Joins Opera Solutions' Advisory Board

Posted by Todd Higginson on Mon, Feb 06, 2012

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 6, 2012 — Gen. James E. Cartwright, a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is joining the Advisory Board of Opera Solutions, LLC (www.operasolutions.com), a global leader in machine-learning science and advanced Big Data analytics.

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Topics: Arnab Gupta, Press Releases, Security & Defense

Calling for a New Paradigm: Machines Plus Humans

Posted by Todd Higginson on Wed, Dec 21, 2011

At this year’s O’Reilly Radar Strata Conference “Making Data Work,” Opera Solutions CEO Arnab Gupta’s keynote address explored the powerful combination of man plus machine in chess, medicine, and business.

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Topics: Events, Arnab Gupta, Videos

Man Plus Machine Makes People Extraordinary

Posted by Todd Higginson on Wed, Dec 21, 2011

Opera Solutions CEO, Arnab Gupta, tells O’Reilly Radar’s Online Managing Editor, Mac Slocum, that the complementary relationship between human and machine creates a new class of opportunities because machine intelligence allows people to become extraordinary.

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Topics: Machine Learning, Events, Arnab Gupta, Videos

Opera Solutions Announces Winner of 4th Annual Opera Open

Posted by Todd Higginson on Wed, Dec 14, 2011

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Dec. 14, 2011 — Opera Solutions, LLC (www.operasolutions.com), a global leader in machine learning science and advanced Big Data analytics, today announced the winner of their fourth annual Opera Open innovation competition. Media Moguls, captained by Principal Scientist Frank Elliott (San Diego), and including Carmine Mangione (San Diego), Tajinder Singh (New Delhi) and Kylie Francis (Jersey City), was awarded 1st place and $50,000 for their idea - an adaptive network based upon social networking analytics that aims to deliver a vastly increased selection of movies and TV to viewers on demand.

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Topics: Big Data, Machine Learning, Competitions, Arnab Gupta, Press Releases

Opera Solutions' Distinguished Lecture Series: Steve Wozniak Sits Down For Q&A

Posted by Todd Higginson on Tue, Nov 15, 2011

From his early beginnings — when he would tinker with his engineering know-how to pull masterful pranks — to the creation of the Apple I and Apple II, Steve Wozniak has always blended creativity and problem solving to result in a mind-bending solution.

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Topics: Machine Learning, Events

Opera Solutions' UK & European Expansion Continues: Marketing Guru Joins Advisory Board

Posted by Todd Higginson on Fri, Oct 21, 2011

LONDON and JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 21, 2011 — Opera Solutions, LLC (www.operasolutions.com) a global leader in machine-learning science and advanced Big Data analytics, is pleased to announce that international marketing expert Denyse Drummond-Dunn has joined Opera's Advisory Board. Denyse is the President of C3Centricity, the Customer, Consumer and Client (C3) Centricity experts.

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Topics: Big Data, Machine Learning, Press Releases