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

The Rise of the Outsiders and the Future of the IT Industry

Posted on April 13, 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 →

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Data Science at Zillow (Slideshare)

Posted on April 9, 2015 by GilPress

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Bruce Schneier’s Must-Read Book on Security and Privacy

Posted on April 8, 2015 by GilPress

“The surveillance society snuck up on us,” says Bruce Schneier in Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Capture Your Data and Control Your World. It’s a thought-provoking, absorbing, and comprehensive guide to our new big data world. Most important, … Continue reading →

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An Overview of Crowdfunding (Infographic)

Posted on April 1, 2015 by GilPress

  Source: Crowdsourcing.org

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Internet’s Most-Read Stories (Infographic)

Posted on March 31, 2015 by GilPress

  Fast Company: It turns out that the most-shared articles aren’t fluffy clickbait. Generally, they’re pieces that focus on grander themes: kids (“Schools Fail to Train Kids”), extreme wealth and poverty (“The World’s Poorest President,” “The Rich Alarmed by Homeless … Continue reading →

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5 Tips for Leading a Digital Transformation

Posted on March 30, 2015 by GilPress

Digital transformation is what drives new investments in information technology today and what may finally get the U.S. economy growing at a faster pace. But while we hear a lot about digital transformation today, the term is rarely defined. Instead, … Continue reading →

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6 Bad Digital Habits and How to Overcome Them (Infographic)

Posted on March 28, 2015 by GilPress

Source: Digital Information World

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CEOs Embrace Digital Transformation, Compete in New Industries

Posted on March 23, 2015 by GilPress

CEOs no longer question the need to embrace technology at the core of their business in order to create value for customers, but 58% still see the rapid pace of technological change as a challenge. So we learn from the … Continue reading →

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Health Care and IT: The Long Road to Wellness

Posted on March 21, 2015 by GilPress

“The development of our information processing industry is basically governed by longer term super-cycles… Analyses of what computational environments will facilitate can be mind-boggling. To offer just one example, health care delivery will be revolutionized by 1990, with most large … Continue reading →

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The Apple Watch, Uber, and Robotic Car Service

Posted on March 11, 2015 by GilPress

Tech Crunch: “When you open the Uber app on your Apple Watch, it goes straight to a screen showing how long it’ll be until a car can come get you — no pulling out your phone to drop pins or … Continue reading →

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