Mender Customer Engineer Jana Perić shares lessons from real-world deployments on building secure and robust OTA software update infrastructure that holds up in the field.
In this session, Mender Customer Engineer Jana Perić draws on lessons from real-world deployments to explore what it takes to build secure and robust over-the-air (OTA) software update infrastructure. She looks at the challenges teams encounter when moving from development to production and the practical considerations that help software updates perform reliably across connected device fleets. Drawing from experiences in the field, Jana shares insights into designing update infrastructure that can handle real-world conditions, reduce risk, and support devices throughout their lifecycle.
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