Technology Magazine April 2021 | Page 259

EPIC IO
every citizen , improving the digitization of the city or the town or the community ."
“ In some way , we spent 2020 just trying to figure out the best application of this platform for 2021 . Now , cities , towns , campuses are going to the next phase to provide high-quality services and resources to their citizens . And our technology , we hope , will play a big part in that ."
Epic IO strategy Mills is the first to admit that Epic IO has undergone some radical developments over the past twelve months and that 2021 is looking similarly busy . He laughs and shrugs as he talks about the company ' s progress .
" Yeah . We acquired three companies , launched a new ERP , launched a new CRM and we built three new products that didn ' t exist before now . So , 2020 was crazy .
" In 2021 , we ' re launching our new enterprise AI platform . I believe it ’ s the first enterprise approach to delivering computer vision for customers across many different use cases and across cities , towns , and communities ," Mills says proudly .
" You know , our ethos is rooted in helping to make the world a smarter , safer , more connected place . Ultimately , that is what we are focused on ."
Mills says big tech providers like Cisco and Dell are committed to creating a better world through technology . " Even though we are much smaller than them , I believe we also have a responsibility and an opportunity to accomplish that with our technology , too . We are very interested in building solutions with integrated software and hardware technologies that are used for good and applied in the right way to drive a better , safer , smarter , more connected world ." technologymagazine . com 259