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Emerging Technologies in IoT with Patrick Wilbur, Co-Founder at Hologram

Over the Air · 11 May 2023 · 24m

What this episode covers

Patrick Wilbur, Co-Founder and CTO at Hologram, discusses the evolution of cellular connectivity for IoT, highlighting the shift from low-data sensor telemetry to high-bandwidth applications like robotics and drones. He explains how Hologram’s platform leverages eSIM technology to enable traffic localization and self-optimization for lower latency while maintaining global roaming coverage. Wilbur also emphasizes the importance of using high-quality data to make strategic bets and introduces homomorphic encryption as a critical emerging technology for securing data in distributed edge computing environments.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

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Companies
Hologram, Clear Blade, Azure, AWS IoT
Products
eSIM, Hypersonic

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