Datanami Wipro Investment in Opera Solutions Tops Datanami’s “Big Data Big Five” Indian outsourcing company Wipro’s $30MM minority stake in Opera Solutions is the top Big Data story in Datanami’s weekly “Big Data Big Five.”
The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal Reports Opera Solutions Sells Minority Stake to Wipro Indian outsourcing-services company Wipro Ltd. is acquiring a $30MM minority interest in New Jersey-headquartered Big Data science firm Opera Solutions, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
CNBC Big Data’s Growth “Can Support 50 IBMs,” Opera Solutions’ CEO Tells CNBC In a vote conducted by Big Data Republic, Opera Solutions was 51st overall in the Top 100 most influential Big Data Twitter accounts. The company was 4th among corporate accounts, behind only SAP BusinessObjects, IBM, and TIBCO software.
ComputerWeekly Advanced Analytics Fuels British Airways’ Smarter Use of Customer Data. Opera Solutions Is a Key Player Among the Outside Firms on Their Itinerary. British Airways knows surviving tough economic times takes better use of customer data. That’s why they’re augmenting their 1,000-strong IT department with third parties like Opera Solutions, a Big Data firm that is applying advanced science to extract predictive patterns from data and turn them into business outcomes, which they return to BA in an “as-a-service” fashion.
Network World All Data Scientists Are Not Created Equal, Says Opera Solutions R&D Head The cream of the crop focus on “machine learning” — the science of teaching computers themselves to extract predictive patterns from the tsunami of Big Data. These are the scientists organizations need to hire and nurture, says Opera Solutions’ R&D head Jacob Spoelstra.
Opera Solutions Mobiuss® Market View: Transferring RMBS Portfolio Servicing Improves Performance In its ongoing series of market commentary, Opera Solutions’ Mobiuss research team details the specific liquidation and performance improvements achieved by the new servicers.
Opera Solutions It’s Time to “Stop Missing the Point” in Your Big Data Strategy, Says Opera Solutions Executive Of course Big Data is big. But what makes it a big deal isn’t its size. Rather, it is how much predictive value – or “Signals” – it contains, argues Opera Solutions Chief Strategy Officer Laura Teller.
Forbes Opera Solutions #2 Pure-Play Big Data Vendor, Reports Forbes Among vendors that get 100% of their revenue from Big Data products and services, Forbes reports that research by Wikibon ranks Opera Solutions #2. When Wikibon distinguishes between “technology vendors” and “Data-Science-as-a-Service” providers, Opera Solutions is the highest ranked company.
Markets Media Machine Learning Powers Trading Workflow An intelligent, Signal-rich infrastructure helps machine learning–based systems support a thinly staffed front line. (Learn more about our Global Markets Solutions.)
ESG Global Opera Solutions Named Big Data Vendor of the Year Finalist. “Bright scientists and Big Data practitioners” helped Opera Solutions become a Big Data Vendor of the Year finalist. (ESG Global)
The International Business Times Healthcare Providers Want to Feel Good, Too. Opera Solutions is creating a new fraud detection system for health exchanges set up under Obamacare. (International Business Times)
Investor's Business Daily That’s Funny. You Don’t Look Like a Computer. Executives need to gear up for the era when data-crunching computers become an extension of their own instincts, says Opera Solutions’ CEO, Arnab Gupta. (Investor's Business Daily)
The Financial Times Silicon Valley? Where’s That? Opera Solutions, headquartered in New York, had revenues of $75MM in 2011, according to Wikibon, making it one of the highest-earning “pure-play” ventures in Big Data. (The Financial Times)
InformationWeek Big Data Apps — The Next Best Thing Pre-packaged apps bring Big Data science to the masses. (InformationWeek)
Opera Solutions Opera Solutions Named “Cool Vendor” in Analytics by Gartner Opera Solutions’ CEO Arnab Gupta attributed being designated a Gartner Cool Vendor in Analytics to his company’s success in “building solutions…that use machine learning to extract predictive information from Big Data and turn it into prescriptive best actions.”
Opera Solutions Opera Solutions Voted a Top 100 Big Data Account on Twitter In a vote conducted by Big Data Republic, Opera Solutions was 51st overall in the Top 100 most influential Big Data Twitter accounts. The company was 4th among corporate accounts, behind only SAP BusinessObjects, IBM, and TIBCO software.
Opera Solutions & Computerworld Opera Solutions Honored for “Visionary” Security Work IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program has named Opera Solutions Government Services (OSGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Opera Solutions, a 2013 Laureate for its “visionary” application of information technology in its SignalSensor™ Open Source Threat Intelligence Platform.
Opera Solutions & Reis Opera Solutions Now Offers Commercial Real Estate Valuations With Reis, Inc. Opera Solutions’ Mobiuss® Portfolio CRE, a new credit risk, stress testing, and portfolio surveillance system for the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, is now being offered by Reis, Inc., a leading provider of CRE market information.
eWeek Anti-Fraud Medicine for Health Insurance Exchanges Opera Solutions prescribes a healthy dose of Big Data. (eWeek)
IT-TNA There’s Life Outside the Data Warehouse Bringing down firewalls for better decisions. (IT-TNA)
Big Data Republic Big Data to Protect Obamacare from Fraud Obamacare's Health Exchanges need the protection of Big Data fraud solutions. (Big Data Republic)
VentureBeat Don’t Write People Off Just Yet! Machines will do more and more — but only with our help. (VentureBeat)
CIO What Exactly is a Data Scientist? Lots of people are asking. Read some of the answers here. (CIO)
Forbes Building Machine-Learning Apps the Right Way Don't replace human intelligence, supplement it. Read more. (Forbes)
ZDNet Big Data’s Big Month Read about October's big news from Opera Solutions and other Big Data players. (ZDNet)
CITO Research Batch- and Real-Time Processing Come Together At Last Opera Solutions' Signal Hub™ technologies make it happen. (CITO Research)
National Mortgage News Everything’s Bigger in Texas — Including RMBS Anomalies Opera Solutions' Mobiuss platform finds a big surprise in the Lone Star State. (National Mortgage News)
ServicesANGLE Opera Solutions and Oracle Join to Drive More Business Value "They [Opera Solutions] provide very specific information to complex business questions," writes ServicesANGLE's Bert Latamore about Opera Solutions' integration with Oracle's Big Data technology. (ServicesANGLE)
CMSWire Opera Solutions’ Signal Hub Suite + Oracle’s Big Data Technology = Added Value for Decision-Makers Opera Solutions' Shawn Blevins and Laura Teller explain to CMSWire's Virginia Backaitis what OS' Signal Hub Suite's integration with Oracle's Big Data appliance and Exalytics brings to business decision-makers. (CMSWire)
The Wall Street Journal Betting Big on Analytics "Mining useful information from large amounts of data housed in databases, documents, social media and web content has become a chief preoccupation" for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, writes CIO Journal's Chris Boulton. To accomplish that they're relying on Opera Solutions' analytics software. (The Wall Street Journal)
Spend Matters Opera Solutions Up to “Fascinating Things” in Spend Analysis Jason Busch of Spend Matters takes note of Opera Solutions' acquisition of BIQ, who, he said, is "pushing [spend analysis] capabilities far beyond." Opera Solutions, Busch continues, is "up to some fascinating things." (Spend Matters)
InformationWeek Wanted: Data Scientists (Lots of Them) One reason it's so hard to find the right people, says Jacob Spoelstra, Opera Solutions' global head of research and development, in InformationWeek, is that not every data scientist understands how the collaboration between "man and machine" really works. (InformationWeek)
ServicesANGLE For Trading Firms with Fewer Traders, There’s Opera Solutions’ Mobiuss Mobiuss is software designed to improve the method "trading firms relied upon to price and trade assets," writes ServicesANGLE's Jeff Kelly in an interview with Opera Solutions' Jon Di Giambattista. (ServicesANGLE)
Healthcare Finance News Hospitals Implement a Data-Driven Approach To Optimize Collections "The hospitals we work with are looking for improved efficiencies and better quality results," says Opera Solutions' General Manager of Healthcare Solutions, Pieter Schouten. In particular, they recognize the need to take a more data-focused approach in collections. (Healthcare Finance News)
ZDNet Hospitals Are Messy Enough Without “Leaking” Money Opera Solutions' Revenue Cycle Management solution for hospitals is a new healthcare solution that's currently making billing far more accurate and preventing "financial leakage," reports ZDNet contributor Andrew Brust. (ZDNet)
DataInformed Opera Solutions-SAP Alliance Makes Actionable Insight More Accessible Before Opera Solutions announced its alliance with SAP, "it was unclear how any but the largest companies could efficiently and affordably find their way to the hidden treasure" of actionable insight, writes Alec Foege of DataInformed. (DataInformed)
Ventana Research Opera Solutions Orchestrates Intelligent Applications Using Big Data, Advanced Analytics If companies want to successfully apply advanced analytics against their Big Data, they should "look at how Opera Solutions is changing the face of predictive analytics," writes Ventana Research's CEO and Chief Research Officer, Mark Smith. (Ventana Research)
SD Times Opera Solutions’ Predictions Perform Better as They “Learn” Opera Solutions' Global Head of R&D Jacob Spoelstra explains why machine-learning techniques are important to OS as data grows and changes at an explosive rate: "The machine responds to changes [in data] over time. It's about using feedback to help you make predictions," adding, "It's continuously improving your performance over time." (SD Times)
ZDNet Opera Solutions and SAP to Bring “Better Value” Out of Data ZDNet's Andrew Brust writes on the business value that Opera Solutions can create by integrating its Signal Hub™ technologies with SAP HANA®: "If you build super-accurate models and build them quickly, then your business will get better value out of your data." (ZDNet)
Enterprise Apps Today SAP’s In-Memory Hardware And Opera Solutions’ Big Data Expertise “Made for Each Other” "SAP is rolling out the welcome mat for third parties that have something to bring to the table," writes Pedro Hernandez of Enterprise Apps Today. He adds, "SAP's in-memory hardware and Opera's Big Data expertise are practically made for each other." (Enterprise Apps Today)
OnStrategies Perspectives Opera Solutions Predictive Analytics Capabilities “A Logical Fit” for SAP HANA® Opera Solutions' "predictive analytics solutions are a logical fit for HANA as they involve the kinds of complex problems... that [SAP's] new in-memory database was designed for," says Tony Baer, Principal Analyst at Ovum Research. (OnStrategies Perspectives)
ServicesANGLE SAP HANA® to be Incorporated into Opera Solutions’ Analytics as a Service Offerings Jeff Kelly of SiliconANGLE writes "the combination of HANA and Opera's advanced data mining capabilities... will allow enterprises that lack the internal talent to deploy and manage Big Data on-premise to deliver near real-time predictive analytic capabilities to front-line workers as a service." (ServicesANGLE)
InformationWeek InformationWeek Zeroes In On Opera Solutions Signal Hub™ Technologies InformationWeek's Doug Henschen writes that our Signal Hub™ technologies "tap into large and varied data sets to perform predictive analyses and support decisions on areas such as marketing, spend management, and credit risk." (InformationWeek)
SiliconANGLE Opera Solutions Integration with SAP HANA® Highlights Day Two at SAPPHIRE NOW Wrapping up coverage from day two of SAP's SAPPHIRE NOW conference, Maria Deutscher of SiliconANGLE predicts the joint effort will "encourage the use of Opera's Signal Hub tech in combination with SAP's in-memory analytics appliance." (SiliconANGLE)
Slashdot Opera Solutions and SAP HANA® To Deliver Speedier Analytics Slashdot's Nick Kolakowski says Opera Solutions' and SAP's new combination "could result in a platform more capable of analyzing large amounts of business data in real time," successfully meeting "the need for speedy and accurate analytics" as organizations adopt advanced analytic solutions. (Slashdot)
Business Insider Netflix Was Just the Beginning After being part of the consortium that tied for first place based on model performance in the Netflix Prize, Opera Solutions CEO Arnab Gupta put our "scientists to work creating Netflix-like algorithms for things that other businesses need," writes Business Insider's Julie Bort. It must be working, she posits, since, "today, Opera Solutions is generating $100 million in revenue." (Business Insider)
Datanami Opera Solutions Blazing a Big Data Trail Datanami recently described Opera Solutions as a "company that is reshaping how enterprises are considering their Big Data problems." Nicole Hemsoth writes that OS is "a jack-of-all trades when it comes to complex analytics on massive data sets." (Datanami)
The International Business Times Investors Putting Opera Solutions on Their Radar In an International Business Times story, David Zielenziger names Opera Solutions as one of the smaller companies "for investors to consider now or to watch for." He writes that OS is among the smaller organizations with good track records and "the promise of more." (International Business Times)
Enterprise Applications Consulting Opera Solutions’ Big Analytics “Tailor Made for HANA” In a recent story discussing SAP's HANA in-memory database technology, Joshua Greenbaum of Enterprise Applications Consulting writes, "A company like Opera, which 'packages' big analytics across a variety of industries, can provide a hybrid high-value market for HANA." (Enterprise Applications Consulting)
Information Management How Do Our Scientists Do It? Read On and See. Opera Solutions' Jacob Spoelstra answers Information Management's Justin Kern's questions about the unique way our scientists collaborate with business stakeholders early on in the project lifecycle. (Information Management)
Spend Matters Opera Solutions’ Acquisitions Expected To Make A Supply Chain Splash Spend Matters' Jason Busch writes about the customer, channel and competitive implications of Opera Solutions' acquisitions of BIQ and Lexington Analytics, expecting "market ramifications that typically result from only larger transactions." (Spend Matters)
Spend Matters Opera Solutions Adds To Spend Analytics and Procurement Capabilities BIQ and Lexington Analytics, two leading developers and providers of spend analytics and procurement services, are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of Opera Solutions. These acquisitions represent major steps in Opera Solutions' continuing expansion in purchasing and supply chain analytics. (Spend Matters)
The Wall Street Journal Opera Solutions’ Big Data Success Story Opera Solutions' rapid growth and future prospects were highlighted by Scott Denne of Dow Jones VentureWire as part of a series profiling successful Big Data companies in The Wall Street Journal. (The Wall Street Journal)
UT San Diego Detection Gets Easier, Fraud Gets Harder When it comes to first-party fraud, by using artificial intelligence "we can identify a large fraction" of accounts before they go bust, Opera Solutions Global Head of Analytics Joe Milana tells UT San Diego's Mike Freeman. (UT San Diego)
GigaOM Opera Solutions Acquisition Creates “Predictive Analytics Powerhouse” GigaOM's Derrick Harris writes about the "valuable" possibilities now that Opera Solutions has acquired Commendo, the Austria-headquartered leading provider of recommender engines — uniting each entity's deep scientific talent and advanced analytics capabilities. (GigaOM)
GigaOM Opera Solutions’ CEO Makes Data Easy to Swallow "The real battlefield" in Big Data isn't about pushing out tons of data but making that data useable. That's the message of Arnab Gupta at Structure: Data 2012, where he advocated the "man and machine" hybrid process. Read Erica Ogg's whole story that appeared in GigaOM here. (GigaOM)
The Wall Street Journal Opera Solutions’ Scientific Board Member Connects More Than Dots Opera Solutions' Scientific Advisory Board member Sebastian Seung is helping map out the world's most complicated computer — the human brain. (The Wall Street Journal)
GigaOM Serving Up Savings for Cable and Satellite Providers GigaOM's Derrick Harris cited the Opera Open's winning idea for its ability to leverage Big Data to provide better Video On Demand (VOD). The solution, he says, can help cable or satellite providers "significantly reduce the costs of serving content." (GigaOM)
The Wall Street Journal Opera Solutions’ Analytics Change Customer Behavior to Grow Revenue and Profit In The Wall Street Journal, Dennis K. Berman details Opera's success in growing Schwan Food Co.'s revenues and profits by using advanced analytics to create and deliver a curriculum of individualized recommendations aimed at changing customer behavior over time. (The Wall Street Journal)
Wired What Do Missile Guidance, Genetics, and Neural Networks Have in Common? Olivia Solon of Wired recently spoke with Opera Solutions' Global Head of R&D, Jacob Spoelstra, about the surprising scientific techniques OS uses to solve Big Data problems. (Wired)
Advanced Visual Systems Advanced Visual Systems Collaborates With OS On Data Visualization "We believe that the best front-line answers come when people partner with machines, can deeply understand and easily work with analytic output," says Opera Solutions CEO Arnab Gupta, speaking about OS' collaboration with leading data visualization software provider, Advanced Visual Systems. (Advanced Visual Systems)