Patrick Filkins
Patrick Filkins is a Senior Research Analyst with IDC’s Network Infrastructure group covering IoT and Mobile Networks. In his role covering Edge IoT Infrastructure, he is responsible for market and technology trends, forecasts and competitive analysis related to IoT network edge, gateways, and protocol strategies, including the emerging LPWAN domain.
Additionally, Patrick’s research is focused on Mobile Infrastructure and the emerging 5G ecosystem worldwide, which includes covering SDN/NFV and telco cloud architectures. While contributing to ongoing forecast and market share updates, he also contributes to custom projects for IDC’s Consulting practice.