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Eystein Stenberg discusses strategies for succeeding in software-driven IoT with host Ryan Chacon.

In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Eystein Stenberg, CTO and co-founder of Northern.tech, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss how to succeed in an increasingly software-driven IoT landscape. The conversation covers the impact of AI on software-driven IoT products, the growing role of software in time-to-market and connected products, overcoming software challenges, build versus buy, and strategic considerations for OEMs. Eystein Stenberg is the CTO and co-founder of Northern.tech. With over 15 years of experience in security and systems management, Stenberg has served on the frontlines of some of the largest production environments and possesses in-depth knowledge on solving real-world system security challenges. An expert in embedded system security and IoT device management, Stenberg routinely shares his insights at industry conferences. Stenberg holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics with a focus on cryptography from the University of Tromsø in Norway. 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 lloT and…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Chacon

Guest: Eystein Stenberg

Topics covered

• IoT software
• AI impact
• software challenges
• OEM strategy
• device management

Keywords

• IoT
• software-driven
• AI
• OEM
• device lifecycle management
• security
• Mender

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northern.tech, IoT For All, CFEngine

Products: Mender

Places: Norway, University of Tromsø

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