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Yadhu Gopalan: An origin story Recently, we celebrated Esper's 6th anniversary — Yadhu, our CEO and Co-Founder, reflected on the path that brought us here: - Yadhu's decades of experience building devices, operating systems, and device infrastructure  - His bold decision to take the leap from being an employee to being a founder  - Six years of building a rockstar team and growing a startup from scratch Esper's origin story is closely intertwined with Yadhu's own journey. If you've worked with Yadhu, you've probably heard him express his desire to simplify device management and software deployment by creating one solution for all ("Why can't I just build it once and let everyone use it?"). In a recent conversation with Maxwell Meyer, Yadhu shared insights into his life and career, from his childhood in Maine to his doctoral studies in Alabama to his decision to move across the country to work for Microsoft in the 1990s. Now as the founder of a leading startup in the PNW tech scene, has Yadhu come full circle on some of his earlier dreams? From the article: "Esper represents, in a way, the realization of the work that began long ago with Windows CE – to put wonderful software on any device you can imagine." Yadhu's vision has become Esper's reality. Give the article a read or listen to the audio version here: https://lnkd.in/ggGXhUMJ #Startup #Startups #PNWTech

Android BSOD — The Black Screen of Death Introducing Esper Deep Cuts, a new series on our blog from Esper’s Chief Evangelist Keith Szot. In the series, Keith will dive deep into technical problems we’ve helped our customers solve. Deep Cut no. 1 addresses the Android Black Screen of Death. An Esper customer had an implementation where the BSOD showed up in a particular instance, and Keith breaks down the process of how we helped get to the root cause and find a solution. Give it a read here and leave a comment for Keith if you have any questions: https://lnkd.in/gXSjCR5p #Android #BSOD

CI/CD: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery each serve an important function in a larger DevOps process, both individually and together as CI/CD. In a mature DevOps environment, CI/CD not only streamlines the development process, but allows for much more agile code deployment, with updates occurring as often as you like — you can push new releases hourly if you want. If you manage a fleet of edge devices, and say, need to update a computer vision model or small language model on those devices, repeatable and predictable updates are clutch. Take a look at our article that gives an overview of CI/CD and how it relates to device management and software deployment, and come talk to us about the Esper platform if you want to be confident your updates are getting deployed as intended: https://hubs.la/Q02Jrz3-0 #DevOps #EdgeAI

📑 The data is in 👉: https://hubs.la/Q02JfXjw0 We’re happy to see folks who are interested in device management for #Android, #iOS, or both take a look at our annual report on the state of device management and use the insights. Have you gotten your copy yet? It’s available to download on our website and packed with insights on data points like OS version usage, hardware trends, management feature utilization, and so much more.

👉 Did you know? You can manage iOS and Android devices with Esper. Tablets, kiosks, point of sale devices, edge devices running AI models — manage the devices you use to run your business using the Esper platform. 👀 Take a look here: https://lnkd.in/ef3WtDXY

Seamless Provisioning: One more way Esper can make your life easier Seamless Provisioning is a way to bake the provisioning process directly into your Android build so it happens automatically at first boot. With Seamless Provisioning, Esper works with whoever builds the OS — whether that’s you or the device manufacturer — to integrate the Seamless Provisioning Repository into the OS (this is natively supported in Esper Foundation for Android). Additionally, we make sure that the Esper agent running on the device receives the appropriate permissions required to function automatically on boot. Read more about this often-requested feature here: https://hubs.la/Q02H-4g-0

Meet the Esper team at booth 109 at #RetailNOW2024! Learn how Esper powers exceptional device experiences on retail edge devices: Point of sale, kiosks, digital signage, and more.

From x86 to ARM to RISC-V This week, we’ve taken a look at x86, ARM, and now RISC-V. RISC-V is an instruction set architecture, or ISA — what you could call a “blueprint” for running code on a computer processor. What makes RISC-V notable? Two things: It’s open source, and it’s a (relatively) new entrant in a space with very little active competition. Get an overview of RISC-V and its history here: https://hubs.la/Q02HSp-h0

Following up our post yesterday on “what is x86” with a comparison: x86 vs ARM In the article, we discuss advantages and disadvantages, compatibility and integrations with other hardware, vendors, and more. There’s even a video from Keith Szot on what to consider when deciding between x86 and ARM for dedicated devices. Take a look here: https://lnkd.in/grWvMWJm

Kicking off the week with an explainer: What is x86? x86 processors have been designed for laptops, desktops, servers, smartphones, PDAs, embedded systems, supercomputers, smartwatches, IoT devices, edge devices, automotive applications, network infrastructure, and more. Check out our article for a history and overview of the x86 instruction set and family of processors here: https://hubs.la/Q02H7tmh0