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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

Artifical Intelligence Machines to Replace Physicians and Transform Healthcare

Posted on November 23, 2015 by GilPress
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10 New Big Data Observations from Tom Davenport

Posted on November 20, 2015 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHhD4n3iFE?rel=0] The term “big data” has become nearly ubiquitous. Indeed, it seems that every day we hear new reports of how some company is using big data and sophisticated analytics to become increasingly competitive. The topic first began to … Continue reading →

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Google’s RankBrain Outranks the Best Brains in the Industry

Posted on November 15, 2015 by GilPress

Bloomberg recently broke the news that Google is “turning its lucrative Web search over to AI machines.” Google revealed to the reporter that for the past few months, a very large fraction of the millions of search queries Google responds … Continue reading →

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Cloud traffic will grow at an annual rate of 33% over the next 5 years, Cisco predicts

Posted on November 14, 2015 by GilPress

The new version of the Cisco Cloud Index computes the rapid expansion of today’s stampede to the cloud. “We have never seen anything like this in terms of speed of customer adoption,” Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd said recently, describing how his corporate … Continue reading →

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Google Knows Everything (#IoT)

Posted on November 13, 2015 by GilPress
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Who Does What in Data Science (Infographic)

Posted on November 12, 2015 by GilPress
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The Evolution of Biotechnology 8000 BC to Near Future (Infographic)

Posted on November 10, 2015 by GilPress
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The Startup Unicorn Explosion (Infographic)

Posted on November 9, 2015 by GilPress

CB Insights: We looked at all still-private unicorns since 2011 and charted them based on when they first joined the unicorn club. While initially the chart shows unicorns being created at a relatively calm pace, the rhythm accelerates noticeably in … Continue reading →

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Top Skills and Backgrounds of Data Scientists on LinkedIn

Posted on November 8, 2015 by GilPress

A new study of LinkedIn profiles by RJMetrics has found that the number of data scientists has doubled over the last 4 years . This reflects the increasing demand for sophisticated data analysis skills, combining computer programming with statistics, and the … Continue reading →

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Hunting Unicorns and Rapidly Becoming the Master of the Startup Universe

Posted on November 7, 2015 by GilPress

CB Insights is riding the Unicorn Boom, doubling its headcount since the beginning of the year, propelled by its unique database of companies and investors and everything there is to know about them. The frequency of “according to CB Insights” … Continue reading →

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