Paul Gillin

Paul Gillin is the Senior Editor for Wikibon’s micro-analysis team. He is the author of five books and more than 300 articles on the topic of social media and digital marketing. Gillin has 23 years experience in tech journalism, including his time as founding editor-in-chief of B2B technology publisher TechTarget as well as editor-in-chief and executive editor of the technology weekly Computerworld. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Society for New Communications Research and a member of the Procter & Gamble Digital Advisory Board.

Latest from Paul Gillin

Led by cloud and mainframe sales, IBM logs first growth in nearly six years

CLOUD By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

The streak is over. Delivering on expectations it set last October, IBM Corp. reported 4 percent revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2017, ending a five-and-a-half-year skid that had seen annual sales fall by about 15 percent over that time. The …

As earnings season kicks off, can big tech keep the good times rolling?

INFRA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

The first round of earnings reports by major technology providers in 2018 kicks off Thursday, with IBM Corp. expected to set the stage for what optimists hope will be another season of good tidings. There’s reason to believe they’ll be rewarded. Gartner …

There’s a much bigger issue for tech firms than Trump’s rollback of H-1B visas

INFRA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

The tech executives who have been decrying the Trump administration’s slowing of foreign worker visas are missing the real point: They need to rethink their entire approach to hiring and training before they worry about H-1B visa program. That’s according to one …

This company has saved insurers millions with its IoT weather analytics network

BIG DATA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

In many parts of the U.S., hailstorms are a constant threat. Hailstones can damage roofs and siding of afflicted buildings beyond repair in just a few minutes, requiring insurance companies to pay large claims. But sometimes hailstones aren’t the culprit. In Dallas recently, …

MapR CEO resigns abruptly, replaced by big-data company’s founder

BIG DATA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

MapR Technologies Inc. has removed Chief Executive Matt Mills (pictured, right) and replaced him with founder and Executive Chairman John Schroeder (left). The move comes less than two years after Mills, a veteran of Oracle Corp. was appointed CEO with considerable fanfare …

Survey finds IT disaster recovery practices still rely on old technologies

INFRA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

Digital transformation is high on the agenda for many organizations today, but it turns out a lot of them are doing things the same old way when it comes to keeping the lights on and the engines running. A joint survey of …

‘Digital workplace’ firm Igloo Software beats winter’s chill with $47M infusion

CLOUD By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

The average temperature was 9 degrees last week in Kitchener, Ontario, but the offices of Igloo Inc. were warmed by a infusion of $47 million in new funding, the closing of which was announced today. The funding was led by Frontier Capital, …

Veritas taps new CEO, saying two-year turnaround is complete

INFRA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

Veritas Technologies LLC, which has gone through a 12-year roller coaster ride as a public company, subsidiary of Symantec Corp., a spinoff and now a private company again, is changing its top leadership. The company today said Greg Hughes (pictured) will become …

How those chip flaws could accelerate the shift to cloud computing

CLOUD By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

The nearly ubiquitous “Meltdown” and “Spectre” security vulnerabilities that have dominated tech news headlines this week could be a ray of sunshine to one group of vendors: cloud computing providers. Many information technology organizations are in chaos right now trying to determine …

That convenient browser autofill feature could be stealing your personal information

INFRA By PAUL GILLIN9 YEARS AGO

The autofill feature that comes with your browser could be compromising your security and opening the door to identity theft, according to researchers at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. The culprit is what researchers Gunes Acar, Steven Englehardt and Arvind …

Paul Gillin

Latest from Paul Gillin

As earnings season kicks off, can big tech keep the good times rolling?

There’s a much bigger issue for tech firms than Trump’s rollback of H-1B visas

This company has saved insurers millions with its IoT weather analytics network

MapR CEO resigns abruptly, replaced by big-data company’s founder

Survey finds IT disaster recovery practices still rely on old technologies

‘Digital workplace’ firm Igloo Software beats winter’s chill with $47M infusion

Veritas taps new CEO, saying two-year turnaround is complete

How those chip flaws could accelerate the shift to cloud computing

That convenient browser autofill feature could be stealing your personal information

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