Author Archives: GilPress
The Rise of the ‘Tech’ Giants
Financial Times: [August 1, 2016] was something of a red-letter day for the tech industry. When the stock market closed, the five most valuable companies on the planet were, for the first time, technology concerns. And they all hailed from … Continue reading
A Career in Data Science: Bob Rogers, Chief Data Scientist, Intel
“Business leaders want ‘the answer,’” says Bob Rogers, Chief Data Scientist for Big Data Solutions at Intel. But data scientists must understand what “the answer” means in the specific business context and communicate the expected impact in the language … Continue reading
No End to Moore’s Law
IEEE Spectrum: This final ITRS report is titled ITRS 2.0. The name reflects the idea that improvements in computing are no longer driven from the bottom-up, by tinier switches and denser or faster memories. Instead, it takes a more top-down approach, focusing … Continue reading
Internet of Things in 2025: $3 Trillion Market, 27 Billion Connections
M2M Application Groups covered in Machina Research’s M2M Forecast Database Machina Research: The total number of IoT connections will grow from 6 billion in 2015 to 27 billion in 2025, a CAGR of 16%. Today 71% of all IoT connections are connected using … Continue reading
Internet of Things Market Landscape
Matt Turck: As in previous versions, the chart is organized into building blocks, horizontals and verticals. Pretty much every segment is seeing a lot of activity, but it is worth noting that those parts are not particularly well integrated just … Continue reading
The Digital Ecosystem
Deloitte University Press What is the digital ecosystem? It’s a subset of TMT companies that specialize in the development of hardware, content, and software applications and provide a platform for the creation, distribution, and consumption of content, applications, and services.
Top 10 Programming Languages 2016
IEEE Spectrum: After two years in second place, C has finally edged out Java for the top spot. Staying in the top five, Python has swapped places with C++ to take the No. 3 position, and C# has fallen out … Continue reading
Machine Learning, Artist’s Rendition
[vimeo 176389707 w=640 h=360] Motherboard: Jakob Werner, a 22-year-old animator and visual design student in Germany, decided to interpret the idea of machine learning a bit more literally “in order to create a sarcastic view at our society and into … Continue reading
Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise (Infographic)
HT: Inside Big Data
Pokemon Go Market to Reach $56.8 Billion by 2020
MarketsAndMarkets: According to a new market research report “Augmented Reality Market by Component (Sensor, Display, & Software), Display Type (Head Mounted, Head-Up, Handheld, & Spatial), Application (Aerospace & Defense, Consumer, Commercial), and Geography – Global Forecast to 2020”, the total … Continue reading