Case Study: Kinestral achieves confident, secure OTA updates with Mender

Kinestral - Customer Case Study

Kinestral, a company that creates smart glass for architectural use, needed a robust and failsafe over-the-air (OTA) update solution for the Linux-based gateways that control its intelligent windows. A primary challenge was the fear of bricking devices during update deployments, which was a significant risk despite the critical need to deliver bug fixes, security patches, and new features. They required a solution that was reliable, open source, and capable of updating the entire software stack.

The company selected Mender as its OTA update solution. Mender provided the necessary atomic and failsafe update mechanism with rollback capabilities, which eliminated the fear of failed deployments. This allowed Kinestral to deploy updates with full confidence, ensuring security and reliability were central to the process rather than an afterthought. As a result, their team can now focus on core product innovation.

Kinestral

Jason Litzinger

Senior Software Engineer