We had a fantastic week at this year’s Open Source Summit Europe in Amsterdam! 🌐 A major highlight was seeing Alan Martinovic, Senior Customer Engineer at Northern.tech, take the stage to present on embedded Linux OS choices, a decision with lasting impact on device security, maintainability, and lifecycle management. Events like this showcase what makes the open source community so special: collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and creativity driving embedded Linux forward. And while our Developer Enablement Expert and The Yocto Project, A Linux Foundation Project Project Community Manager, Josef Holzmayr, couldn’t attend, The Yocto Project team kept the fun alive with a cardboard cutout that became a mini-celebrity. 🐧 Thanks to the The Linux Foundation and the community for an inspiring week. We're already looking forward to the next one! #OpenSource #OSSummit #EmbeddedLinux #YoctoProject #MenderCommunity
Northern.tech
Software Development
The leader in device lifecycle management for connected devices
About us
Northern.tech is the leader in device lifecycle management with a mission to secure the world's connected devices. Established in 2008, Northern.tech showcases a long history of enterprise technology management before IIoT and IoT became buzzwords. Northern.tech is the company behind CFEngine, the pioneer in server configuration management, to automate large-scale IT operations and compliance. In 2015, Northern.tech released the first version of Mender.io, the market leader in over-the-air (OTA) software update management. Mender offers robust, secure, and customizable OTA software updates for smart devices. Powering OTA software updates for more than a million devices worldwide over nearly a decade, Mender boasts a proven track record with Fortune 1000 clients, including Panasonic, Lyft, Volkswagen, Siemens, Thales, and ZF Group. Learn more about device lifecycle management for devices.
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https://northern.tech
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- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Oslo
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Device Lifecycle Management, IoT, IIoT, Embedded Devices, Smart Devices, Connected Devices, Gateways, Sensors, Edge Devices, OTA, Server Automation, Patch Management, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, and Regulatory Compliance
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Gaustadalléen 21
Oslo, NO
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470 Ramona St
Palo Alto, California, US
Employees at Northern.tech
Updates
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Join the CFEngine team this morning for our next live episode of 'The Agent Is In' where we will discuss & demo support of immutable bit. #CFEngine #DevOps #Automation #Security #Compliance https://lnkd.in/gv6y-MJN
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Planning to attend Munich Embedded 2025 this October? 🚀 Northern.tech’s Josef Holzmayr is on the program with his session on Reproducibility in Open Source Firmware. This event brings the embedded community together to share knowledge, best practices, and innovations shaping the future of devices. Check out event details & limited tickets: https://lnkd.in/dcjZ5N83 #ME25 #EmbeddedSystems #OpenSource #DeviceManagement
An alle Freundinnen und Freunde der eingebetteten Systeme 🤖 Die Vorträge für die Munich Embedded 2025 stehen fest und es gibt sogar noch Tickets! ... aber weniger als 10 Stück – der Platz im Veranstaltungsraum ist leider begrenzt. 🗒️ Das Vortragsprogramm kurz und knapp: Josef Holzmayr: Reproducibility in Open Source Firmware Philip Molloy: How You Boot Matters Tiago Manczak: A Guiding Light through Rust's (Open-Source) Tooling Landscape for Safety-Critical Projects Nicola Kolb: Testing Construction Robots: Building Confidence Before Breaking Ground Und noch ein weiterer Lightning Talk, auf den ihr euch freuen dürft. Das vollständige Programm findet ihr hier: https://lnkd.in/dcjZ5N83 Oder direkt zum Ticketshop: https://lnkd.in/dJKfVpct ♥️ Vielen Dank an dieser Stelle auch an unsere Sponsoren und Partner, mit deren Unterstützung wir eine neue Konferenz auf die Beine stellen können: AISLER, Rohde & Schwarz, Infineon Technologies, Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, VDE Bayern. #ME25 #EmbeddedSystems #Conference #SmartVillageMünchen
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Vehicle recalls are rising fast, and the move to software-defined vehicles (SDVs) is adding even more complexity, across ECUs, ADAS, and infotainment systems. With OTA updates, manufacturers can resolve issues remotely, reduce costs, and stay compliant, without pulling vehicles off the road. Discover how OTA shifts recall management from reactive to proactive resilience in our latest feature in IoT For All here: https://lnkd.in/daAPhq-T #SoftwareDefinedVehicles #SmartMobility #OTAUpdates #DeviceLifecycleManagement #IoTSecurity
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Northern.tech takes #OSS! On August 27, at Open Source Summit Europe in Amsterdam, Alan Martinovic will be presenting on embedded Linux OS choices, a decision that has lasting impact on device security, maintainability, and lifecycle management. If you’re attending, don’t miss his session and take the opportunity to grab a coffee with him to chat about OTA updates, Mender, and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM). Learn more about the session here: https://lnkd.in/deK5GQzg
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Over 3.5 million vehicles were recalled in the U.S. in 2025, showing how software complexity is reshaping automotive risk. As vehicles become software-defined, recalls extend beyond mechanical defects to include software quality, security, and lifecycle management. Gain insights into how OTA updates help manufacturers reduce costs and address issues proactively: https://lnkd.in/d7P6KyUB #OTA #Automotive #SoftwareDefinedVehicles #SDV #ConnectedCars
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We’re launching something new: #DeviceDojo ⚡️💡 A new series built for developers who want real, actionable guidance on creating secure connected devices. Episode 1 with Josef Holzmayr dives into encrypting persistent data with TPM on a Raspberry Pi 4, from custom partition layouts and first-boot encryption to automatic decryption with TPM keys. Tutorials, live coding, office hours. Practical content you can use right away. Register for the first live episode here: https://lnkd.in/dEVQaja7 #IoTsecurity #EmbeddedLinux #EdgeComputing #ConnectedDevices
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How does an automotive leader like ZF Group accelerate innovation and meet strict regulations? By securing the entire device lifecycle. Discover how ZF Group advances AV development with Mender here: https://lnkd.in/diz6d3gi #SoftwareDefinedVehicles #OTA #UNECE #DLM
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Heading to Open Source Summit Europe from August 25–27? Catch Northern.tech’s Alan Martinovic presenting on embedded Linux OS choices, a topic that often comes up when working with #Mender. If you’re attending, don’t miss his session and connect with him for a coffee chat on OTA updates and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM). #OSS The Linux Foundation
I’ll be speaking at the Open Source Summit Europe 2025 in Amsterdam next week. (https://lnkd.in/eERNZY_6) My talk will cover different approaches to solving the OS part of your embedded Linux device, a question I hear often when people start working with #Mender. If you’ll be at the conference and want to grab a casual coffee to talk OTA updates, Mender, and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM), send me a message, and I’d be glad to meet.
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Mender Client 5.0.2 is now available, delivering targeted fixes to make large-scale IoT deployments even more reliable. This maintenance release addresses key operational challenges: - Resolves trailing byte issues in HTTP responses that could lead to “bad version” errors and failed requests. - Improves mender-inventory-geo compatibility with both BusyBox wget and the full wget version. Check out the full update: https://lnkd.in/dVK2ETqc #IoT #OTA #EmbeddedLinux #Mender