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title: "2021 in review: Mender, OTA software updates and IoT device management  | Northern.tech"
description: "We look back on what was an exciting year for Mender over on the Mender Blog.
We returned to international events post-lockdown, and hit several milestones..."
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# [2021 in review: Mender, OTA software updates and IoT device management | Northern.tech](https://northern.tech/careers/blog/2021-in-review-mender-ota-software-updates-and-iot-device-management)

 Written by [An Yao](https://northern.tech/careers/blog/author/an-yao) | Dec 21, 2021 5:00:00 AM

We look back on what was an exciting year for Mender over on the [Mender Blog](https://mender.io/blog/2021-in-review-mender-ota-software-updates-and-iot-device-management).

We returned to international events post-lockdown, and hit several milestones for the product.

Read the full post [here](https://mender.io/blog/2021-in-review-mender-ota-software-updates-and-iot-device-management).

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