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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

Israeli Internet of Things (IoT) Landscape

Posted on December 16, 2015 by GilPress

Innovation Endeavors: 1) IoT is booming with activity in Israel.  According to the landscape research, there are around 330 Israeli IoT companies.  As Israel is home to approximately 6,100 active startups in total, IoT represents a surprisingly whopping 5% of … Continue reading →

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The IoT Startup Landscape (Infographic)

Posted on December 16, 2015 by GilPress

CB Insights: Wearables A category of wrist, body, and head-mounted devices that we have previously looked into. Most of the companies in this subset of IoT are makers of consumer fitness bands and smart watches. Other products in this area include … Continue reading →

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Wearable technology market expected to reach $31.27 billion by 2020

Posted on December 16, 2015 by GilPress

  Wearable technology is gaining popularity at a rapid pace, and it has gone beyond just connected eyewear and smartwatches with new products such as wrist bands, smart shoes, smart apparels, and more. Companies are creating apparel, accessories, and fitness … Continue reading →

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2 Billion Photos are Shared Daily on Snapchat, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr

Posted on December 14, 2015 by GilPress

Flickr 1,000,000 Facebook 400,000,000 Instagram 70,000,000 Snapchat 760,000,000 Whatsapp 700,000,000 Source: Photoworld

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The Definition of Machine Learning

Posted on December 13, 2015 by GilPress
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Music Streaming Patterns in India, US and Singapore

Posted on December 12, 2015 by GilPress

Devendra Desale reports for KDnuggets on Saavn presentation at Strata Singapore: Rishi Malhotra, Cofounder and CEO, Saavn shared how a music streaming company who has a large portion of mobile users (95%), has used this rich data to improve their … Continue reading →

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Teaching Kids to Code (Infographic)

Posted on December 10, 2015 by GilPress

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Using Deep Learning in Medicine (Video)

Posted on December 8, 2015 by GilPress

https://youtu.be/3WBpJKDv1U8 Jeremy Howard, founder and CEO of Enlitic, argues that the release of Google’s TensorFlow will have an impact similar to the release of the C programming language and that Deep Learning will have an impact similar to that of … Continue reading →

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7 Predictions for 2016 from IDC

Posted on December 6, 2015 by GilPress

Issuing IDC’s top 10 predictions for 2016, chief analyst Frank Gens advised enterprises to transform or die, noting that the overarching theme for 2016 is “digital transformation scales up.” Scale is the “critical ingredient in the unfolding battle for digital … Continue reading →

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28 Numbers from IDC about IT Futures

Posted on December 6, 2015 by GilPress

  By 2020, almost 50% of IT budgets will be tied into DX (digital transformation) initiatives. By 2018, Line of Business (LOB) executives will control 45%+ of all IT spending worldwide, over 60% in the U.S. By 2017, over 50% … Continue reading →

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