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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

Andrew Ng, Chief Scientist at Baidu, on Deep Learning (Video)

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Re-Engineering IT for Digital Transformation

For many companies today, business transformation means digital transformation. Using information technology to automate and speed up processes, design innovative practices, and create new revenue streams, requires a New IT organization. Crucial to the success of digital transformation is a … Continue reading

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Israeli Internet of Things (IoT) Landscape

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)

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

  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

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

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Music Streaming Patterns in India, US and Singapore

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)

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Using Deep Learning in Medicine (Video)

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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