Keep Connected Cars Up to Date with FOTA (Firmware Over-the-Air) Technology

Overview:
The connected car is revolutionizing the automotive industry. It brings together wireless connectivity, IP communications infrastructure, middleware and applications to transform the driving experience. Yet as the amount and the complexity of software inside cars increases, so too does the need to update the software in order to provide new functionality and perform software maintenance. To help streamline these activities, OEMs can use proven firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating technology to deliver software improvements efficiently and reliably. Please join QNX Software Systems and Red Bend Software as they present how the QNX CAR 2 application platform supports the latest advancements in performing over-the-air software management and application updates in connected cars.

Estimated length: 1 hour, including Q & A.

Who should attend: This seminar will be of interest to automotive software engineers and managers as well as consumer device makers who are involved in the automotive industry.

Prerequisites:There are no prerequisites for this session.

Presenters:
Andy Gryc, Product Marketing Manager, QNX Software Systems
Andy Gryc has been a software developer and designer for over 20 years, and is currently the automotive product marketing manager at QNX Software Systems. Prior to joining QNX, he worked as the lead embedded software architect for GM OnStar; designed and implemented a speech recognition engine; and worked on software for palmtops and notebooks.

Yoram Berholtz, Director of Market Adoption, Red Bend Software
Yoram Berholtz is the Director of Market Adoption at Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management. Mr. Berholtz is responsible for working with mobile operators and device manufacturers to help them increase and improve their usage of over-the-air software updating. In addition, he has responsibility for developing partnerships and go-to-market strategies in the Automotive and Connected Device markets, and oversees the Red Bend Certified™ Interoperability program. Mr. Berholtz has experience in engineering, product management and partner management with an emphasis on mobile communications technologies, having worked at Motorola, Pelephone, ECI Telecom, Schema, Intel and Marvell.