--- title: "Opera Solutions' Blog: The Hottest Spot for Practical AI and Big Data Science | Videos" description: Videos | Opera Solutions is the largest independent predictive analytics company in the world, providing Practical AI and Big Data Analytics as an ongoing service to blue-chip clients across the globe. --- [![](https://blog.operasolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Opera_Solutions_Logo_Standard_RGB-72.png?width=369&height=202&name=Opera_Solutions_Logo_Standard_RGB-72.png "Opera_Solutions_Logo_Standard_RGB-72.png")](https://www.operasolutions.com/) ![Blog_Header-4](https://blog.operasolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Header-4.png?width=3377&name=Blog_Header-4.png "Blog_Header-4") [![Blog_Banner_v3](https://blog.operasolutions.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog_Banner_v3.png?width=3713&name=Blog_Banner_v3.png "Blog_Banner_v3")](https://blog.operasolutions.com) ## [Navy Yard Shooting: Opera Solutions’ Scott Weber Explains Importance of Open Source Data](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/336389/navy-yard-shooting-opera-solutions-scott-weber-explains-importance-of-open-source-data) Posted by [Sarah Anderson](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/sarah-anderson) on Wed, Sep 18, 2013 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.operasolutions.com/hs-fs/file-310383903-jpg/images/navy_yard-fox_news.jpg)](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/336389/navy-yard-shooting-opera-solutions-scott-weber-explains-importance-of-open-source-data) *To predict the next shooting — in time to do something about it — we need to be looking at more open source data.* In the aftermath of yet another mass shooting in the United States, we find ourselves asking the same questions we’ve asked before: Why did this happen? Were there signs we missed? Could we have prevented this? And while there’s never a satisfying answer as to why, we can usually say that yes, there were signs — and they were missed — and yes, we most likely could have prevented this. Which leads us to the next question: *how? * [Read More](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/336389/navy-yard-shooting-opera-solutions-scott-weber-explains-importance-of-open-source-data) Topics: [Security & Defense](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/security-defense), [Videos](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/videos), [Signals](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/signals) ## [Dr. Vishal Sikka, CTO of SAP, On Opera Solutions](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223149/Dr-Vishal-Sikka-CTO-of-SAP-On-Opera-Solutions) Posted by [Todd Higginson](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/todd-higginson) on Thu, May 17, 2012 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Day three of SAP's SAPPHIRE NOW conference began with a keynote presentation from Dr. Hasso Plattner, Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board, and Dr. Vishal Sikka, Chief Technology Officer of SAP. [Read More](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223149/Dr-Vishal-Sikka-CTO-of-SAP-On-Opera-Solutions) Topics: [Big Data](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/big-data), [Signal Hub Technologies](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/signal-hub-technologies), [Events](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/events), [Videos](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/videos), [Partners](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/partners) ## [Opera Solutions + SAP HANA®: Real-Time Predictive Analytics, Right Away](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223150/opera-solutions-sap-hana-real-time-predictive-analytics-right-away) Posted by [Todd Higginson](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/todd-higginson) on Tue, May 15, 2012 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We are very excited to announce the integration of our Signal Hub™ technologies with SAP HANA®! If you have been left wondering exactly what this means, let us explain in this brief video below. [Read More](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223150/opera-solutions-sap-hana-real-time-predictive-analytics-right-away) Topics: [Big Data](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/big-data), [Signal Hub Technologies](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/signal-hub-technologies), [Videos](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/videos), [Partners](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/partners) ## [SXSW Interactive — "For Big Data, We Need Machines and Humans"](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223158/SXSW-Interactive-For-Big-Data-We-Need-Machines-and-Humans) Posted by [Todd Higginson](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/todd-higginson) on Mon, Mar 12, 2012 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 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. [Read More](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223158/SXSW-Interactive-For-Big-Data-We-Need-Machines-and-Humans) Topics: [Events](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/events), [Arnab Gupta](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/arnab-gupta), [Videos](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/videos) ## [Calling for a New Paradigm: Machines Plus Humans](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223162/Calling-for-a-New-Paradigm-Machines-Plus-Humans) Posted by [Todd Higginson](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/todd-higginson) on Wed, Dec 21, 2011 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 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. [Read More](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223162/Calling-for-a-New-Paradigm-Machines-Plus-Humans) Topics: [Events](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/events), [Arnab Gupta](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/arnab-gupta), [Videos](https://blog.operasolutions.com/topic/videos) ## [Man Plus Machine Makes People Extraordinary](https://blog.operasolutions.com/bid/223161/Man-Plus-Machine-Makes-People-Extraordinary) Posted by [Todd Higginson](https://blog.operasolutions.com/author/todd-higginson) on Wed, Dec 21, 2011 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) 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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