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Frédéric Desbiens

Senior Manager, Embedded and IoT at Eclipse Foundation

Frédéric Desbiens manages Embedded, IoT, and Edge Computing programs at the Eclipse Foundation, Europe's largest open-source organization. His job is to help the community innovate by bringing devices and software together. He is a strong supporter of open source. In the past, he worked as a product manager, solutions architect, and developer for companies as diverse as Pivotal, Cisco, and Oracle. Frédéric holds an MBA in electronic commerce, a BASc in Computer Science, and a BEd, all from Université Laval (Québec City, Canada).

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    Eclipse ThreadX: More Predictable; More Open

    Frédéric Desbiens

    Last week, the Eclipse ThreadX project announced the release of ThreadX v6.4.3.202503. The version number may appear unusual at first...

    From Local to Global: African Developers Take the IoT Leap

    Frédéric Desbiens

    Over the past two years, I’ve had the privilege of expanding my open source developer advocacy to include countries in...

    2025 Embedded and IoT Developer Survey: 10th Time is the Charm

    Frédéric Desbiens

    The 2025 edition of the Eclipse Embedded and IoT developer survey is now underway! Take the survey now – it...

    Eclipse ThreadX at Embedded World 2025 – Setting the Standard for Open Source Safety-Certified RTOSes

    Frédéric Desbiens

    The embedded industry is at a pivotal moment: safety-critical systems are growing in complexity, and proprietary solutions are struggling to...

    Eclipse ThreadX: Charting our course for 2025

    Frédéric Desbiens

    On November 21, 2023, Microsoft announced that it was contributing Azure RTOS to the Eclipse Foundation, which gave birth to...

    A Few Embedded and IoT Sessions Worth Your Time at OCX 2024

    Frédéric Desbiens

    2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Eclipse Foundation. It also represents a brand-new start for our annual flagship conference...

    Three Embedded and Iot Topics I Expect to See at Open Community Experience 2024

    Frédéric Desbiens

    As the Eclipse Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary, its annual developer conference is reborn under a new name: Open Community...

    Sparkplug: From Specification to Standard

    Frédéric Desbiens

    This week, the Eclipse Foundation announced that the Sparkpug® 3.0 specification has been published as an International Standard. That sounds...

    Sparkplug Recognized a Leader of Edge Computing

    Frédéric Desbiens

    I am delighted today to announce that Sparkplug won an IoT Edge Computing Excellence Award from IoT Evolution! This achievement...

    Two Easy Things You Can Do to Support the Open Source IoT and Edge Community

    Frédéric Desbiens

    Most of what we do at the Eclipse Foundation happens in public. Our mailing lists and code repositories are open...

    Eclipse Amlen v1.0: A Milestone in the Growth of MQTT

    Frédéric Desbiens

    Over ten years ago, the Eclipse Foundation launched the Eclipse IoT working group. MQTT was one of the pillars of...

    The Edge of Things: A Name That Means a Lot of Things

    Frédéric Desbiens

    I have a fantastic job. When people ask what I do, I say I manage IoT and Edge Computing programs...

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