neXt Curve IoT Evolution Expo 2018 Event Review

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2. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Introducing neXt Curve Leonard Lee Managing Director & Founder of neXt Curve neXt Curve is a San Diego-based boutique consulting and venture capital focused on advising entrepreneurs, enterprises and governments in the building of a better digital future for all. “We believe that a better future requires the proactive incubation and funding of transformative ideas and the businesses that will make those ideas happen.” An executive consultant with 23-years of experience with leading tech and strategy ﬁrms.

3. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Featured neXt Curve Principal Akshay Sharma Leading Industry Analyst neXt Curve Principal Akshay Sharma is a Principal analyst and consultant with neXt Curve. He is a renowned industry and technology analyst who specializes in a range of ICT topics such as 5G, SD-WAN, NFV/SDN, mobile and network technologies and telco digital transformation. He serves on the board for several startups that provide innovative digital products and services including streaming video and gaming, CRM, and 5G technologies. Prior to joining neXt Curve as a principal Akshay was a Research Director (analyst) at Gartner, for over a decade, where he gave the Gartner Cool Vendor awards leading to M&A activities of over $2 Billion. He is quoted often in CNN, Bloomberg, and the Wall St. Journal, etc., on next-gen topics. Executive technology consultant and industry analyst with decades of experience with leading tech and strategy ﬁrms.

5. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. The Main Event Miles driven listening to Springsteen and the NFL Conference Finals Number of interactions with companies Speaking event discussing need for Blockchain & 5G Blockchain certiﬁcation 200 1 40 1

6. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Research Topics Smart Cities Connected Car Artiﬁcial Intelligence/IoT Convergence (Use Cases/Platforms) Mobile Devices Drones & Robotics Network Infrastructure Blockchain and IoT

9. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Key Takeaways from IoT Evolution Expo Blockchain ICO-in-a-Box is real and can introduce new ways of brokering and monetizing bandwidth LORA, NB-IoT, and LP-WAN solutions are compelling substitutes to SigFox SD-WAN with WiFi/LTE is real and ready to support IoT applications IoT Security is more critical now more than ever! Needs HW, SW, and AI/Machine Learning! Blockchain and IoT are converging on the topic of supply chain IoT platforms are for vendors. Time for IoT success stories and delivered value!

16. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Akshay’s Top 5 Picks 1 2 3 4 5 SpectraMesh Blockchain WiFi Router Grid+, Energy Brokering with Blockchain Telit, Intel, Renesas IBM Watson for IoT Cradlepoint – SD-WAN with IoT

18. © 2018 neXt Curve and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Predictions For 2018 Blockchain, IoT, ICOs create newer solutions and monetization methods IoT Platforms merge, a new Security IoT “Session Border Controller” AR/VR trials occur with 5G, NB-IoT, Network Slicing on Demand, m-CORD AI/Machine Learning with Behavioral Analytics becomes part of IoT 1 2 3 4 SigFox becomes the WiMAX of 20185

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