EPIC IO
“ At some point I realized that most people wouldn ' t want me to be the person running the nuclear reactor , so I got into computer technology instead ”
KEN MILLS CEO , EPIC IO that is able to send alerts , saying ' Hey ! This set of freezers across these multiple sets of manufacturers need to be fixed because they are not going to maintain the necessary temperature to provide proper storage levels for the vaccine ."
The demand for such services is closely related to the growth of edge computing , says Mills , who believes that cloud and edge computing is becoming a much more integrated service , rather than one technology outperforming another .
" The use of edge computing is growing because a lot of compute processing is being driven to the edge of campuses and cities and towns and communities .
" Most of the time you need a high level of connectivity to deliver that data fast and accurately . Cellular connectivity is an exceptionally reliable and affordable way to do that ."
With smart communities on the rise , along with more automated or “ smart manufacturing ” in industry and transportation , Epic IO is seeing a massive demand for its services .
" We are now seeing edge technology at traffic intersections being used to improve pedestrian safety and traffic analysis . We can put edge sensors with computational power at an intersection and then wirelessly send that data back to analyze and get results from hundreds or thousands of intersections to understand what ' s going on ,” says Mills .
" We can find out how many nearaccidents there are , what kind of vehicles are passing through , if there are more bikes now than recorded before . When we are armed with that granular level of information , we can adjust to the changing traffic dynamics in the city . Because the ongoing pandemic has changed everyone ’ s behavior . So , traffic patterns have changed too ."
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