IGEL Technology Press Releases
IGEL shows latest thin client innovations at Citrix Synergy 2012
San Francisco, US – May 9th, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading manufacturer of thin clients, today unveiled its latest thin client innovations at Citrix Synergy™ 2012. IGEL is debuting its ARM-based Citrix Ready® thin client in the US, its enhanced IGEL Appliance Mode and new Universal MultiDisplay solution.
Notable for its small size, low power consumption and exceptionally high multimedia performance, evaluation units of the new ARM-based thin client are available immediately. This new...
IGEL strengthens partner sales in Southern Germany and Austria
Bremen / Augsburg, Germany – April 18, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading vendor of thin client solutions, is strengthening its presence for partners with two new sales employees. Michael Scherer will provide support for dealers, system houses and distributors in Southern Germany from IGEL’s Augsburg location. Julian Meier will address the needs of partners in Austria.
IGEL has appointed Michael Scherer at its Augsburg site to act as exclusive contact person for resellers, VARs and distributors in the postal code...
Freshfield Services cuts IT costs by over 35% by switching to the Cloud
Reading, UK – April 17, 2012 – Fast growing Executive Search company Freshfield Services has cut its annual IT budget by more than 35% per year after switching to Alchemy Systems hosted virtual desktop solution and IGEL thin clients.
Freshfield Services, which specialises in finding talent for the Outsourcing, Information Technology Services and Business Consulting sectors, switched from a traditional PC and server IT system to the virtual hosted desktop solution just over a year ago.
Alchemy recommended its...
Thin client market leader IGEL sponsors “Kieler Woche” for the first time
Bremen / Kiel, Germany – April 17, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading manufacturer of thin clients, is playing a part in the “Kieler Woche” for the first time this year. The IT company from Bremen is supporting the world’s largest sailing regatta by providing 40 display units with an integrated thin client. The IGEL devices will enable the organizer to set up the equipment faster, ensure quicker handling of administration and to reduce the workload on volunteers. As a result, the 5,000 or so sailors will be able to check in more...
Study: Effects of server-based IT concepts
Reading, UK – April 4, 2012 – Modern IT workstations without PCs: Regardless of the economic and environmental advantages, switching to server-based computing brings about various changes for staff and management alike. This often includes switching from classic workstation PCs to thin clients. A study that was subsidized by the Hans Böckler Foundation and carried out by the Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability has looked at three migration projects and assessed the effects of server-based IT solutions with...
Efficient VDI access under Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7
Reading, UK – March 29, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading provider of thin client solutions, has now also made its appliance mode, allowing rapid, convenient and efficient access to virtual desktops, available under Windows Embedded Standard 7. As a result, the IGEL appliance mode for Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View is now available on all thin client operating systems for the IGEL Universal Desktop Portfolio with the Standard and Advanced firmware package.
In order to achieve greater flexibility, the...
IGEL Appoints Nicholson to support UK channel business growth
Reading, UK – March 28, 2012 – Thin client manufacturer IGEL Technology has appointed Michele Nicholson as Channel Sales Manager to support its rapid UK business growth. IGEL reported a record year in the UK in 2011, with the business seeing strong organic growth in sales of its Universal Desktop thin clients and 565% growth in license sales for its Universal Desktop Conversion software, designed to convert old PCs and thin clients into easy to manage IGEL desktops.
Michele will be offering IGEL’s approved partner network...
IGEL UK Channel Partners Recognized for Thin Client Business Growth
Reading, UK – March 14, 2012 – Two IGEL channel partners have been recognized with awards from the thin client manufacturer for their outstanding business performance in 2011. OverBright was awarded “IGEL’s Fastest Growing Partner of the Year” after becoming its 5th highest performing authorized partner from a standing start in January 2011. The award for “Outstanding Business Performance” was awarded to Alchemy Group for its significant 352% growth increase in year-on-year revenues.
The awards were made at IGEL’s UK Partner...
IGEL Reaches the Million-Unit Sales Milestone with Help from Dell
Reading, UK – March 8, 2012 – In December 2011, IGEL’s one millionth thin client reached its customer, the German Federal Office of Justice in Bonn. Back in December 2010, the agency acquired its first 200 IGEL UD3 devices running IGEL Linux. With the recent purchase of an additional 150 UD3 devices and 300 licenses for IGEL’s Universal Desktop Converter (UDC) migration software, the Federal Office of Justice is now further expanding its thin client infrastructure. In an interim, transitional phase, the agency will convert...
IGEL joins Arrow ECS at the Virtualization & Storage Forum 2012
Bremen / Hanover, Germany – March 6, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading thin client manufacturer, is supporting its distribution partner Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions as a joint exhibitor at a special exhibition entitled “Virtualization & Storage Forum goes Cloud” (hall 2, stand A40). Along with many other IT market leaders, Arrow ECS is presenting innovative product solutions as well as trends in the areas of virtualization, storage and cloud computing. For many years, IGEL and Arrow ECS have worked together...
IGEL Increases Multimedia Performance with Latest Versions of Citrix ICA, VMware View Client and Microsoft RemoteFX
Reading, UK – February 23, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany's leading manufacturer of thin clients, has added the latest protocols, software clients and protocol extensions for accessing centralized IT and cloud infrastructures to its full range of Universal Desktop thin clients. Effective immediately, all three operating systems available from IGEL (IGEL Linux, Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 2009) now have the latest version of Citrix ICA Receiver and the newest VMware View...
CeBIT 2012: IGEL to Show Multimedia Thin Client with ARM Technology
Reading, UK – February 13, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading manufacturer of thin clients, will debut an, ARM-based multiprotocol thin client at the upcoming CeBIT 2012 show on March 6-10. Notable for its small size, low power consumption and exceptionally high multimedia performance, the device is expected to come to market in Autumn 2012. Price has yet to be finalized for the UK. Among its features will be the ability to play full-screen HD videos. This new multiprotocol thin client is based on a system-on-chip...
IGEL Thin Clients Receive Microsoft RemoteFX Certification
Reading, UK – February 9, 2012 – Effective immediately, IGEL Technology, Germany's leading manufacturer of thin clients, is allowed to affix the Microsoft RemoteFX logo to major portions of its model range. This recognition certifies that IGEL thin clients meet Microsoft’s standards for connectivity and a rich user experience. It also means that all IGEL devices in model series UD3, UD5 and UD9 running Linux (“LX”) as well as all IGEL devices in model series UD5 and UD9 running Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard 7 (“W7”)...
New tools for thin clients: user-dependent configuration and high-availability device management
Reading, UK – January 25, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading manufacturer of thin clients, has enhanced its product line with two optional functions. The thin client Shared Workplace feature, which can be separately licensed, allows user-dependent device configuration and is designed for shift worker or roaming user environments. In addition, the High Availability feature, which is a program extension of the new IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) 4.0 remote management software, brings high availability to thin client...
IGEL Supports Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0
Reading, UK – January 19, 2012 – IGEL Technology, the world’s leading provider of Linux-based thin clients, today announced its support of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0. The powerful remote-display protocol SPICE in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization has already been available in IGEL thin client hardware and software for some time. Now IGEL will be among the first manufacturer to support Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in line with its general availability this week. This means that IGEL Universal Desktop thin clients...
IGEL Partner Days: Staying Ahead in the Thin Client Business
Reading, UK – January 18, 2012 – IGEL Technology today announced two key events for its thin client resellers in the UK as part of its re-certification and accreditation program. IGEL’s 2012 UK Partner Days in Reading and Manchester are designed to technically and commercially update current IGEL partners and to introduce new partners to the technology benefits of IGEL thin clients.
These latest partner events will help IGEL build on its UK record year in 2011 where the business saw strong organic growth in...
Channel Events: IGEL and H+H to be First Guests on Vanquish Breakfast Tour
Bremen, Germany– January 17, 2012 – Starting on February 7, IGEL Technology, Germany's leading manufacturer of thin clients, and H+H Software will be the first guests invited to join the Vanquish Breakfast Tour 2012. During this tour, scheduled to stop in nine locations throughout Germany, both companies will have the opportunity to inform IT dealers about the new options available with server-based computing featuring thin clients as the universal, economical access devices. These free events will feature presentations by IGEL and H+H...
IGEL and DLoG: The Next Generation of Industrial Clients
Reading, UK – January 12, 2012 – IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading manufacturer of thin client solutions, is now collaborating with Advantech-DLoG, a major global provider of rugged PC solutions for use in logistics applications, heavy-duty equipment and industrial production. The first product to result from this development partnership will be a thin client version of Advantech-DLoG’s energy-efficient and WLAN/VoIP-capable “MTC 6” industrial-grade PC. This device, which features a 10” high-contrast LED display, will soon...
IGEL aids Crisis at Christmas with thin clients to help homeless
Reading, UK – December 7, 2011 – IGEL is donating 232 thin clients for use in the Crisis at Christmas initiative to help London’s homeless over the festive period. The IGEL thin clients will be used as information stations and internet telephones at 10 Christmas Centres across the capital from December 23rd-30th, enabling 8,000 CRISIS charity volunteers to make the greatest possible difference for more than 3,000 homeless guests in the 40th anniversary year of the event.
The thin clients are part of a total IT solution being...
Managing Thin Clients Efficiently: IGEL Starts Weekly Webinars
Reading, UK – November 21, 2011 – IGEL Technology, the German-based, leading manufacturer of thin clients, will be supporting the free evaluation of its IGEL Universal Desktop thin clients with a weekly live webinar covering its remote management software. These webinars, at no charge to participants, will take place every Thursday from 2pm to 2.30pm. The focus of the online presentations will be the fundamentals of managing thin clients with the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS), which is included free with IGEL...
IGEL UD5 W7: a robust thin client with Windows Embedded Standard 7
Reading, UK – October 20, 2011 – The launch of the IGEL UD5 W7 adds a Windows Embedded Standard 7 (W7) solution to the product portfolio of leading German thin client manufacturer IGEL Technology. In addition to Windows Aero, Windows Media Player 12 and native support for Microsoft VDI through Windows RemoteFX, this powerful and extremely energy-efficient thin client is further characterized by its unrivalled versatility and flexibility. The 4GB flash memory provides ample scope for local software to implement offline-capable POS...
Free five-year hardware guarantee makes an IGEL investment even better
Reading, UK– October 11, 2011 – Germany’s leading thin client manufacturer, IGEL Technology, will be offering a five-year standard hardware guarantee for the IGEL UD2, UD3 and UD5 series at no extra cost from 15 October 2011. All IGEL customers need to do to take advantage of the new 5-year guarantee is complete a one-off registration on the company’s website after making their purchase. The extended guarantee demonstrates IGEL’s commitment to and confidence in their products and at the same time gives IGEL customers more...
The outstanding new UD5 series from IGEL comes with high performance and flexibility as standard
Reading, UK – October 4, 2011 – The leading German manufacturer IGEL Technology today announced the latest generation of its flagship series IGEL UD5. Now also available with Windows Embedded Standard 7, the new model boasts a 1.3 GHz VIA Nano processor, VX900 chipset and DDR3 RAM. Compared to its predecessor, performance is up around 40% and power consumption down around 25% , making the device a candidate for the Energy Star Certification. The IGEL UD5 is ideal for the efficient provision of numerous applications simultaneously,...
IGEL thin clients and software on show at IP EXPO
Reading, UK – September 19th, 2011 – IGEL Technology today announced that it will be exhibiting its latest range of thin client and software solutions at IP EXPO at Earls Court 2, in London, on October 19-20, 2011. Ideal for businesses looking to centralize and cost effectively manage their desktop infrastructure, IGEL offers one of the broadest thin client portfolios in the world with the richest set of protocols and applications, all with bullet-proof security and easy, powerful remote management. IGEL’s Universal Desktop strategy...
TCO Report: Thin Clients Reduce Desktop Costs by 300 Euros per Year
Reading, UK – September 13, 2011 – Two IGEL customers, the Wohnungsbau-Genossenschaft Greifswald eG (WGG), an apartment construction cooperative in Greifswald, Germany and the Swiss hotel chain Sunstar have shown just how much money can be saved by deploying thin clients. The WGG has now replaced almost all 65 of its workstation PCs with IGEL UD2 LX thin clients. Over an investment cycle of six years, the WGG will enjoy savings of 54% (114,000 euros), compared to its previous PC-based environment. On a yearly basis, the total cost...
Thin Clients Make Training Center More Efficient and Realistic
Reading, UK– September 7, 2011 – The value-added IT distributor ADN in Bochum, Germany trains its business partners with modern thin clients from IGEL Technology. Instruction in efficiently accessing virtual applications and desktops as well as cloud services is now included in ADN’s well-integrated program of training courses. The result: a more realistic learning environment for course participants and a more economical and flexible IT environment for ADN’s training center. IT service providers and dealers have to always stay on...
Our ‘Advanced’ Summer Sale: IGEL’s Top Models Now at Discount Prices!
Reading, UK – August 30, 2011 – After the recent special offer for its entry-level model, the UD2 LX, IGEL Technology is now also offering its flagship model, the UD5, at similar sensational savings. Specifically, the IGEL UD5-720 LX with IGEL Linux is available at end-customer retail savings of 46%. Similarly, the price for the IGEL UD5-720 ES with Microsoft Windows Embedded Standard has been cut by 38%. This deeply discounted combination of IGEL’s most flexible and fastest hardware platform along with its largest, most powerful...
Industrial PCs: Rugged Computers with Lean Software – FORSIS Relies on IGEL Linux
Reading, UK – August 24, 2011 – The German manufacturer of industrial PCs, FORSIS GmbH, has made its extremely rugged end-user devices even more efficient and fully manageable remotely with the IGEL Linux operating system. This step means that production and logistics companies can now standardize their client environments and further optimize maintenance and management costs. The cost advantages of thin client computing are particularly helpful in meeting the strict hygienic standards in the food-production, pharmaceutical and medical...
IGEL sees UK half-year growth of 300% in thin client conversion software
Reading, UK – August 23, 2011 – IGEL Technology today announced UK growth of 300% in its Universal Desktop Converter software for the first half of the calendar year, underlining the importance of the rapidly emerging thin client conversion software market. Customers are using the IGEL conversion software to give old PCs and competitor thin clients a new lease of life with a standardised and fast IGEL thin operating system. This approach allows businesses to cost effectively extend the life of their current desktops to deliver...
IGEL: SMEs Need to Catch up on their IT
Reading, UK – August 17, 2011 – According to IGEL Technology, Germany’s leading manufacturer of thin client solutions, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) only rarely upgrade their internal levels of IT capability and expertise. In fact, 59% of SMEs have no IT managers and administrators of their own, and 77% of them rely on external specialists, service providers and IT system suppliers. In companies with up to 100 employees, it is actually the business owners and managers themselves who usually decide what to buy. These...
