Author Archives: GilPress

About GilPress

I'm Managing Partner at gPress, a marketing, publishing, research and education consultancy. Also a Senior Contributor forbes.com/sites/gilpress/. Previously, I held senior marketing and research management positions at NORC, DEC and EMC. Most recently, I was Senior Director, Thought Leadership Marketing at EMC, where I launched the Big Data conversation with the “How Much Information?” study (2000 with UC Berkeley) and the Digital Universe study (2007 with IDC). Twitter: @GilPress

Internet of Things Market Landscape

Posted on August 3, 2016 by GilPress

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 →

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The Digital Ecosystem

Posted on August 2, 2016 by GilPress

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.

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Top 10 Programming Languages 2016

Posted on July 30, 2016 by GilPress

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 →

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Machine Learning, Artist’s Rendition

Posted on July 30, 2016 by GilPress

[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 →

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Artificial Intelligence in the Enterprise (Infographic)

Posted on July 28, 2016 by GilPress

HT: Inside Big Data

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Pokemon Go Market to Reach $56.8 Billion by 2020

Posted on July 26, 2016 by GilPress

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 →

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Print Vs Digital (Infographic)

Posted on July 25, 2016 by GilPress

Brian Wallace: When you reach for your book at the end of the day, is it paperback or electronic? Though eBooks were slated to overtake print books in 2015 it just didn’t happen. There was a 10% drop in eBook … Continue reading →

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Machine Learning Applications by Industry

Posted on July 22, 2016 by GilPress

Louis Columbus, Machine Learning Is Redefining the Enterprise in 2016 Machine learning’s ability to scale across the broad spectrum of contract management, customer service, finance, legal, sales, quote-to-cash, quality, pricing and production challenges enterprises face is attributable to its ability to … Continue reading →

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The Face of Artificial Intelligence

Posted on July 19, 2016 by GilPress

Source: Technology Review [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v09-n4buwYE?rel=0] Source: IEEE Spectrum   Source: MadAboutMovies Source: http://www.lkessler.com/brutefor.shtml Lee Se-dol, one of the world’s top Go players, won just one of the matches against the AlphaGo program, missing out on the $1 million prize up … Continue reading →

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AI Safety and Robotics Laws (Infographic)

Posted on July 15, 2016 by GilPress

In July 1984, a factory robot in Jackson, Michigan, crushed a 34 year-old worker in the first ever robot-related death in the United States.  The robot thus violated Issac Asimov’s First Law of Robotics, “A robot may not injure a human being or, … Continue reading →

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