IoT For All
- Last Updated: March 31, 2026
IoT For All
- Last Updated: January 1st, 2020
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.
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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 loT became buzzwords. Northern.tech is the company behind CFEngine, the pioneer in server configuration management, to automate large-scale IT operations and compliance. In 2015, Northern.tech released the first version of Mender, the market leader in over-the-air software update management. Mender offers robust, secure, and customizable OTA software updates for smart devices. Mender boasts a proven track record with Fortune 1000 clients, including Airbus, Lyft, Volkswagen, Siemens, Thales, and ZF Group.