Tom Bradicich is the vice president and Hewlett Packard fellow and head the global edge and IOT labs at Hewlett Packard Enterprises, and in his career he has been a first-mover in the world of laptops, notebooks, mobile phones, servers and other areas. Today, Tom is focused on positioning HPE as a first-mover in the world of edge computing, including introducing an edge-as-a-service platform. On this episode of Future of Tech, Tom explains what is coming in the future of IoT and why there needs to be a greater focus on moving to the edge where there can be a convergence of all the “things” in the IoT. Because, as Tom says, when you combine those things into one place, and understand the data pent up inside of them, not only can you be more efficient in your business, but you might actually be able to better predict the future.

3 Takeaways:

• We are in the middle of a fusion event, during which we are seeing a fusion of ideas, devices, and technologies and it’s all happening at the edge

• IoT is reaching peak popularity because there have always been things with data inside of them, but what’s different today is the ability to tap into those things and use that pent up data. The way forward if about the need to be digitized everything in order for the data to be processed and used appropriately

• There is a key distinction between being innovative and being differentiated. Just because it’s innovative doesn’t mean it’s unique or differentiated. But if it’s differentiated then it’s innovative by definition. It is a law in the business world to be differentiated in order to succeed

---

Future of Tech is brought to you by Amdocs Tech. Amdocs Tech is Amdocs’s R&D and technology center, paving the way to a better-connected future by creating open, innovative, best-in-class products and continuously evolving the way we work, learn and live. To learn more about Amdocs Tech, visit the Amdocs Technology page on LinkedIn.