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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

What Happens in an Internet Minute

Posted on May 24, 2016 by GilPress

http://visual.ly/track.php?q=http://visual.ly/things-happen-internet-every-60-seconds&slug=things-happen-internet-every-60-seconds From Visually.

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ENIAC in Action: Making and Remaking the Modern Computer

Posted on May 22, 2016 by GilPress

The history of technology, whether of the last five or five hundred years, is often told as a series of pivotal events or the actions of larger-than-life individuals, of endless “revolutions” and “disruptive” innovations that “change everything.” It is history … Continue reading →

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Forrester and IDC on Consumer Interest in IoT

Posted on May 21, 2016 by GilPress

IDC-IoTAPril2016 Consumer IoT is lagging behind industrial IoT in terms of interest, investments, and successful applications. CB Insights has found that in 2011, the industrial IoT accounted for 17% of all IoT funding dollars. In 2015, the share of industrial … Continue reading →

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Why Enterprises Use AI and for What

Posted on May 20, 2016 by GilPress

HT: Raconteur

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How Much Time the World Spends Looking at Screens (Infographic)

Posted on May 17, 2016 by GilPress

Gizmodo Ever wondered how much time the average person spends looking at their TV, computer, phone or laptop? Well, this chart shows exactly that, broken down by country. Produced by Mary Meeker for her annual presentation on internet trends, the … Continue reading →

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Nearly 50% of CEOs believe all of their employees have access to the data they need, only 27% of employees agree

Posted on May 17, 2016 by GilPress

  Source: Teradata and EIU RTBlog: Nearly half of CEOs believe that all of their employees have access to the data they need, but only 27% of employees agree. That’s according to study results from Teradata, a data analytics and … Continue reading →

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Gartner Marketing Technology Map May 2016

Posted on May 15, 2016 by GilPress

Kirsten Newbold-Knipp, Gartner: Here are a few highlights from some of our 2016 marketing cool vendors reports as well as guidance on technology selection. Cool Vendors in Content Marketing: As content marketing grows up from its early tactical success to … Continue reading →

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Buzzword Watch: What’s In and Out in Technology 2016

Posted on May 14, 2016 by GilPress

ComTIA: CompTIA evaluates trends for its IT Industry Outlook based on their recent or imminent impact. For developments that are just emerging, or trends that are still on under the radar, Buzzwords Watch provides a glimpse of terms that could … Continue reading →

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Recent Developments in Mobile Communications (Infographic)

Posted on May 12, 2016 by GilPress

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History of the Internet of Things (IoT)

Posted on May 10, 2016 by GilPress

Source: Bill McCabe See also: A Very Short History Of The Internet Of Things

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