Method and system for analytics-based updating of networked devices

A system (100) includes an update server (110) in communication with one or more client devices (106,107,108) across a network (102). A smart scheduler engine (118) schedules deployment of an update (117) to at least a first group of client devices. A monitoring auto configuration server interface (111) deploys the update to the first group of client devices. An analytics engine (114) identifies one or more anomalies occurring in the first group of client devices resulting from the upgrade. When this occurs, the scheduling engine cancels future updates to at least a second group of client devices where the later group includes devices having one or more device characteristics that correlate with other devices of the first group of client devices experiencing the one or more anomalies.