Northern.tech’s Mender has been shortlisted for the Electronics Excellence Awards under the Software category.
Mender is a secure, production-grade over-the-air (OTA) software update and device lifecycle management platform, built for connected devices operating across heterogeneous deployment environments. One in 10 software updates to connected devices in the field fails, not because the software is faulty, but because connectivity, power, and deployment variability introduce risks that aren’t visible until devices operate at scale.
When that happens, many OTA approaches leave OEMs managing the consequences: a bricked device, a field service visit, or a replacement unit. Mender’s failsafe update architecture is built to ensure devices automatically recover to their last known working state if an update is interrupted, dramatically reducing the operational risk associated with large-scale deployments. At a fleet size of 10,000 devices, a 10% failure rate can mean 1,000 potential incidents per update cycle. Today, Mender customers across 64 countries are already preventing that outcome, with more than 2,000 devices per month recovering from failed updates.
That reliability becomes the foundation for broader operational impact. OEMs that don’t need to build and maintain their own update infrastructure can focus resources on product innovation and customer value instead, accelerating time to market and enabling continuous improvement long after launch. At the same time, evolving regulatory requirements, including the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), are raising the bar for software security, transparency, and lifecycle accountability. Mender’s security-by-design architecture provides built-in access control, auditability, and cryptographic verification, helping organisations meet compliance expectations without slowing development.
For fleets running over constrained networks, update size drives real operational cost, security exposure, and environmental impact.
For more information, visit: https://mender.io/
The Electronics Excellence Awards ceremony will take place at embedded world on 11th March at 4.30pm at the Hall 5 Forum.
You’re all welcome to come and see which product will win!
