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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

History of Data Science (Infographic)

Posted on February 17, 2015 by GilPress

  Source: Capgemini

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4 billion people buying phones every 2 years instead of 1.6 billion buying PCs every 5 years

Posted on February 12, 2015 by GilPress

Source: Benedict Evans

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A Visual Guide to the Startup Universe

Posted on February 12, 2015 by GilPress
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Biggest Data Breaches in 2014 (Infographic)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by GilPress
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The Past and Future of Wireless Networks (Infographic)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by GilPress
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Being a Data Scientist in 2015 (Infographic)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by GilPress
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Small drones market to reach $8.4 billion by 2018

Posted on February 3, 2015 by GilPress

The Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) market will surpass US$8.4 billion by 2018 according to new research published by ABI Research entitled Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) Solutions Ecosystem. By 2019 the Commercial sector will dominate the overall sUAS market … Continue reading →

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5.2 billion mobile users, 292 billion gigabytes mobile traffic by 2019

Posted on February 3, 2015 by GilPress

In February 2015, Cisco released the Cisco VNI Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2014 – 2019. Global highlights from the updated study include the following projections: By 2019: There will be 5.2 billion global mobile users, up from 4.3 billion … Continue reading →

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Bring Your Own Glass (BYOG): 90% of smart glasses will be sold to enterprises in 2015

Posted on January 28, 2015 by GilPress

ABI Research expects 2015 to be a big year for smart glasses with unit shipment growth of nearly 150% in 2015, almost of all of which will be in the enterprise and public sector. The market intelligence firm expects over … Continue reading →

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Networked Privacy in the Age of Surveillance, Sousveillance, Coveillance (slides)

Posted on January 27, 2015 by GilPress

[slideshare id=43830120&doc=rainiesurveillancesousveillancecoveillance-150123110104-conversion-gate01]   At Harvard University’s symposium “Privacy in a Networked World,” Lee Rainie presented the latest survey findings about privacy from the Pew Research Center.

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