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12/03/2020

We are pleased to announce the release of CFEngine 3.17.0, with the theme Flexibility! This is a non-LTS release and allows the CFEngine community to test the features which will be in CFEngine 3.18.0 LTS (Summer 2021). What’s new Trigger report collection … Read more

07/24/2019

"At Northern.tech we believe in and support Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). When software users have access to the source code, they can make improvements, fix bugs or add features. This benefits all users of the software."

We recently did an internal survey of Northern.tech employees, asking them questions about their vie...

04/23/2019

"People at work are autonomous and self-driven, but at the same time friendly and collaborative. We got the opportunity and encouragement to contribute to the technical discussions, the code base, and the process since the very beginning."

Lluis and Manuel write about their experiences, beginning to work for Northern.tech.

This post is by two of our newest team members, Manuel and Lluís, sharing their experience of starti...

03/09/2019

At FOSDEM 2019, Drew Moseley, gave an introduction to Mender, our over the air update solution for embedded linux devices. Watch the video recording here:

Robust software updates on Embedded Linux devices is complex, and doing robust software updates over-the-air adds to the complexity. The hardships come of course from the embedded environment which differ in many ways compared to desktop or server Linux installations, where you must handle poor mobi...

03/05/2019

"In similar ways that seatbelts are mandatory in cars, minimum security measures will be required for internet connected devices. We have seen it for personal data with GDPR. Once enough trouble surfaces to the politicians, actions will be taken."

In a recent report, McKinsey shared the findings from a survey of IoT practitioners at 300 businesses with mature IoT programs (those that h…

02/25/2019

"A known challenge with CFEngine, and most DSL based automation tools, relates to understanding what is actually going on during live operations. Many users view it as “black-box magic”. Unfortunately, the amount of magic and the size of the black box increases with the level of automation. This is undesirable. Enter the policy analyzer."

See a video demo of the CFEngine Policy Analyzer on the Northern.tech blog:

The CFEngine policy analyzer is an awesome new service introduced in CFEngine 3.13. The policy analy...

10/17/2018

"In developing today’s Internet of Things (IoT) products, we find it important to build two essential features to benefit end users: support for both analytics and software updates. This combination enables product and support teams to quickly detect and remediate issues, and to address unforeseen customer needs."

Read about our project, Mender, on the Google Cloud Platform blog:

Ralph Nguyen from Mender explains how you can conveniently deploy and track updates to your Cloud IoT devices.

06/15/2018

We are proud to announce that Mender has entered the league of the most prestigious and ambitious projects in Europe through the award of a phase 2 SME project under the Horizon 2020 project.

We are proud to announce that Mender has entered the league of the most prestigious and ambitious pr...

06/11/2018

Northern.tech is featured in Finansavisen and Shifter.no today: (Norwegian)

Northern.tech høster av milliardpott. Programvareselskapet er blitt tildelt litt over 2 millioner euro fra EUs Horisont 2020 – verdens største forsknings- og innovasjonsprogram, melder Finansavisen. Det sto ikke dårlig til med selskapet fra før heller, for ifølge Finansavisen hentet selskapet...

05/17/2018

Coverage on for Hosted Mender: Enhanced OTA Updater Works with IoT Devices: https://t.co/mzOV358B9W

05/16/2018

RT : Iot development from prototype to production https://t.co/rMLp4pIBWr via