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 Hadoop Bubble Quivers As Hortonworks Misses

Posted on March 10, 2015 by GilPress

Last month, Hortonworks announced quarterly results for the first time as a public company and they came below expectations. It had revenues of $12.7 million (up 55% year-over-year), but average Wall Street estimates were $13.42 million. Similarly, Wall Street expected … Continue reading →

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Big Data and Healthcare (Infographic)

Posted on March 9, 2015 by GilPress

From Steve Lohr’s @SteveLohr profile of Jeff Hammerbacher @hackingdata in the New York Times On the Case at Mount Sinai, It’s Dr. Data Jeffrey Hammerbacher is a number cruncher — a Harvard math major who went from a job as a Wall Street … Continue reading →

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The Age of Context Quantified

Posted on March 5, 2015 by GilPress

Ambient intelligence is a relatively new term in the technology lexicon, yet ABI Research forecasts that it will become the major evolution in technology-based consumer services and quality of life applications over the next 10 years. Essentially, ambient intelligence … Continue reading →

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Growing the digital business (infographic)

Posted on March 4, 2015 by GilPress

Source: Accenture Mobility Research 2015

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Net Neutrality Means Different Things to Different People (Infographic)

Posted on March 1, 2015 by GilPress

Source: Defining Net Neutrality Without the Politics and Net Neutrality’s Technical Troubles

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3 Database Admins Walked into a NoSQL Bar…

Posted on February 28, 2015 by GilPress

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15 Most-Funded Crowdfunding Projects On Kickstarter And Indiegogo

Posted on February 24, 2015 by GilPress

2014 was a great year for crowdfunding. Kickstarter had 22,252 projects raising a total of $529 million, up from $480 million raised in 2013. Indiegogo had 1,000% increase in funds raised over the past two years and both Indiegogo and … Continue reading →