IT Visionaries Chatting With the Edge Woman of the Year, Farah Papaioannou
When Farah Papaioannou was first getting into the tech world, she was a bit apprehensive simply due to the fact that there were so many more men in the field than women. But she stuck to her path and in 2019 Farah was named the Edge Woman of the year for the work she has been doing as the Co-Founder and President at Edgeworx, Inc. On this episode, recorded live at Edge Computing World, where Farah accepted her honor, we dove into her journey and the innovative projects she’s been helping to build at Edgeworx.
Key Takeaways:
- Despite how far the industry has come, women still face unfair questions and discrimination
- The market is ripe for edge computing because more and more companies realize the need to be analyzing and acting on data in real-time
- Creating the edge infrastructure will be similar to how the cloud infrastructure was created — by putting many pieces together
IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform
--
Brightspot is the leading content management platform built for modern teams. Your content lifecycle - from ideation to archival - moves faster, handling any volume, variety, or velocity with ease.
Unlike legacy platforms that demand heavy dev work and struggle with scale, Brightspot is user-friendly, endlessly customizable, and enterprise-ready. Think dynamic, modern experiences, shipped in minutes—not months.
Trusted by some of the world’s leading tech organizations, Brightspot reduces total cost of ownership, boosts productivity, and gives you the governance, security, and performance your teams need.
Visit brightspot.com/ITVisionaries to learn more.
---
This episode was produced by the team at Mission.org and brought to you by Brightspot.