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

Skills for Big Data Jobs and Careers (Infographic)

Posted on May 27, 2015 by GilPress

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The Internet of Things is Social Media for Machines (Video)

Posted on May 26, 2015 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWR32v5uaI8?rel=0] A panel discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2015, moderated by Michael Schrage, Research Fellow, MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy. Panelists: Marc Goodman, Author, ?Future Crimes?; Chair for Policy, Law and Ethics, Singularity University; Alex Hawkinson, Founder … Continue reading →

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Why The Future Is Not What It Used To Be

Posted on May 21, 2015 by GilPress

The IEEE Computer Society published in March a report titled “What Will Our World Look Like in 2022?” It identified 23 technology areas that we can expect to disrupt the state-of-the-art. These range from medical robotics to big data and … Continue reading →

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ABI Research: 7.7 Million Autonomous Truck Fleets to Ship by 2025

Posted on May 20, 2015 by GilPress

ADAS=Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Truck platoons are the most imminently anticipated application of highly automated driving in commercial vehicles. A fusion of forward-looking radar and V2V communication enable fleets of trucks to safely maneuver with a short distance between vehicles. … Continue reading →

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2 New Surveys About the Market for Data Scientists

Posted on May 17, 2015 by GilPress

Two new surveys tell us a lot about both the supply and demand sides of the hot market for data scientists, “the sexiest job of the 21st Century.” On the demand side—the challenges of recruiting, training, and integrating data scientists—we have … Continue reading →

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Data Science on Cloud Foundry (Video)

Posted on May 16, 2015 by GilPress

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n95hCVvuPKQ?rel=0] Data Scientists frequently need to create applications that enable interactive data exploration, deliver predictive analytics APIs or simply publish results. Cloud Foundry provides an ideal platform for data scientists by making it easy to quickly deploy data driven … Continue reading →

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Big Data Market 2011-2026, From $7.6 to $84.69 Billion

Posted on May 14, 2015 by GilPress

Wikibon: For the calendar year 2014, the Big Data market – as measured by revenue associated with the sale of Big Data-related hardware, software and professional services – reached $27.36 billion, up from $19.6 billion in 2013. While growing significantly faster … Continue reading →

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3 Recent Books on Data Mining, Data Science and Big Data Analytics

Posted on May 14, 2015 by GilPress

Now that most of the hype around big data has died down, overtaken by the buzz over the Internet of Things, we are sometimes treated to serious discussions of the state-of-the-art (or science, for that matter) in data analysis. If … Continue reading →

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This Is Not Your Father’s IT Industry: The Rise of the Outsiders

Posted on April 28, 2015 by GilPress

You probably heard the news about the CFO of Morgan Stanley becoming the new Google CFO and the on-going migration of Wall Street bankers to Silicon Valley (here and here). But did you know that this is just a surface … Continue reading →