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Scaling Software-Defined Device Fleets: Managing software in the field - Luis Ramirez - Embedded World North America 2026

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As devices become increasingly software-defined, managing them in the field requires more than delivering updates. In this Embedded World North America 2026 session, Luis Ramirez, Senior Customer Engineer at Northern.tech, explores the challenges of managing complex, distributed device fleets and the strategies organizations can use to securely maintain and update them throughout their operational lives.

Connected devices rarely stay the same after they leave the factory. Software evolves, security vulnerabilities emerge, configurations change, and increasingly complex devices may contain multiple components that need to be managed and updated together.

At Embedded World North America 2026, Luis Ramirez, Senior Customer Engineer at Northern.tech, explored what this growing complexity means for teams responsible for devices in the field. From maintaining visibility into what software is running where to navigating limited connectivity, bandwidth constraints, coordinated updates, rollback, and long device lifecycles, the session looks at why effective device management extends well beyond the initial deployment.

Watch the session to learn how a Device Lifecycle Management approach can help organizations securely manage, maintain, and update software-defined products at scale.

 

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