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

Amazon Facts and Figures

Posted on April 5, 2016 by GilPress
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How Digital is Your Industry?

Posted on April 4, 2016 by GilPress

Prashant Gandhi, Somesh Khanna and Sree Ramaswamy in the Harvard Business Review: …what are the key attributes of a digital leader? And how can companies benchmark themselves against competitors? We looked at 27 indicators that fall into three broad categories: digital assets, digital … Continue reading →

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Big Data Self-Delusion

Posted on April 2, 2016 by GilPress

The most compelling story told in the new documentary “The Human Face of Big Data” (PBS, February 24), is about the collection and analysis of data to predict the onset of potentially deadly infection in premature babies. By the time … Continue reading →

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64 Healthcare IoT Startups and Market Landscape

Posted on April 1, 2016 by GilPress

CB Insights: Investor interest in IoT startups working in healthcare has grown hand-in-hand with the broader boom in digital health. Increasingly, Internet of Things startups are finding new applications within healthcare and leveraging connected sensors to better diagnose, monitor, and … Continue reading →

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Google: Self-Driving Cars are Both 3 and 30 Years Away

Posted on March 31, 2016 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-rK8V-rik?rel=0] IEEE Spectrum: In 2011, soon after Google first told the world about the robocars it had secretly been developing, it promised that the vehicles would be able to “drive anywhere a car can legally drive.” Its timeframe for … Continue reading →

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World Backup Day (Infographic)

Posted on March 31, 2016 by GilPress
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The Robots Are Coming: Funding and Spending Doubling

Posted on March 30, 2016 by GilPress

CB Insights: Funding to private robotics companies nearly doubled in 2015, reaching a record high in deals and dollars… Our robotics category excludes drones, but includes robotics companies focused on process and manufacturing automation, agricultural automation, surgical applications, and personal/social robots. Together, … Continue reading →

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125 HR Tech Startups and Market Landscape

Posted on March 30, 2016 by GilPress

CB Insights: HR tech startups have seen considerable momentum, raising $2.4B in 2015. The breakdown is as follows: Recruiting Tools: This was the largest category in the market map. It includes company-information service GlassDoor as well as Hireology. This section … Continue reading →

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Blockchain Applications for the Internet of Things (IoT)

Posted on March 29, 2016 by GilPress

Source: How Blockchain will spur on the IoT revolution

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Internet of Things (IoT) Budgets and Importance by Industry

Posted on March 29, 2016 by GilPress

An April 2015 survey of global executives across a variety of different industries conducted by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) found that respondents in banking and financial services predicted that average IoT per-company spending for their sector would grow to $153.5 million … Continue reading →

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