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

2015 Trends in Data Science (Infographic)

Posted on December 12, 2014 by GilPress

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The Deep Learning Saga or how Geoff Hinton discovered how the brain really works. Once a year for the last 25 years.

Posted on December 12, 2014 by GilPress

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Predictions for CMOs and Digital Marketing in 2015

Posted on December 5, 2014 by GilPress

In 2015, digital marketing budgets will increase by 8%, according to a recent Gartner’s CMO Spend Report, a survey of 315 marketing decision makers representing organizations with more than $500 million in annual revenue. Customer experience is the top innovation … Continue reading →

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Top 2015 IT Predictions from Forrester Research

Posted on December 2, 2014 by GilPress

The analysts at Forrester Research have been blogging about their top IT predictions for 2015. Here’s my take on the predictions which cover all IT trends, technologies, opportunities and challenges, from mobile to security and big data analytics and from the Internet of … Continue reading →

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NewVantage Partners Survey: Big Data Now Mainstream, Term Still Widely Disliked

Posted on December 1, 2014 by GilPress

For the third year in a row, NewVantage Partners has conducted a survey of Fortune 1000 senior business and technology executives regarding their companies’ investments in big data. This annual survey (see my summary of the 2013 report here) provides … Continue reading →

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The Web @20: On Magazine Special Issue 2009

Posted on November 30, 2014 by GilPress

[slideshare id=2946002&doc=on-q409-interactive-100119010526-phpapp02] The special issue of my magazine, published in 2009, celebrating 20 years of the World Wide Web. See also Steve Jobs Did Not Liberate Us. Tim Berners-Lee Did, By Freeing Ones And Zeros To Eat the World

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