Red Bend Software to Present 'FOTA Best Practices for the Automotive Industry' at Automotive Linux Summit Spring

WALTHAM, MA--May 22, 2013: Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM) with more than 1.75 billion Red Bend-Enabled devices, announced that it will present "FOTA Best Practices for the Automotive Industry" at The Automotive Linux Summit Spring. Red Bend will present at 4 p.m. (JST) on Tuesday, May 28 at the Chinzan-so Conference Center in Tokyo. The presentation also will feature a live end-to-end remote software upgrade demonstration.

“FOTA Best Practices for the Automotive Industry”

In this presentation, Yoram Berholtz, Red Bend's Director of Market Adoption, will discuss five steps for successful Firmware Over-the-Air (FOTA) implementation, based on Red Bend's experience providing FOTA solutions to nearly 1,500 different device models, including cars, trucks and heavy machinery. FOTA is proven to be the most cost-effective, reliable and secure method for updating in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems and automotive electronic control units (ECUs).

The Automotive Linux Summit will bring together the most innovative minds from automotive expertise and open-source excellence, including automotive systems engineers, Linux experts, R&D managers, business executives, open-source licensing and compliance specialists and community developers. The Automotive Linux Summit will be co-located with LinuxCon Japan (May 27-29 in Tokyo).

Target audiences for the presentation include engineers and product marketers who can expect to learn from Red Bend's vast experience in software updating and how it can be used in the automotive industry to strengthen customer satisfaction and brand image.