David Beckman wears them. So, does Lionel Messi and Taylor Swift. But it has to be New York hip hop pioneers, Run DMC, who take the celebrity prize for loving their (unlaced) Adidas trainers the most. Why? They sang about…
This blog is part of an (end) point of view series on the digital workspace from IGEL’s Office of the CTO. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce lists digital literacy and data literacy as among the top 10 in-demand job…
This blog is part of an (end) point-of-view series on the digital workspace from IGEL’s Office of the CTO. The principle of ‘waste not, want not’ was first declared 300 years ago. It is a reasonable idea, to avoid wasteful…
As the world of digital work evolves to a new hybrid work model, end-user computing (EUC) professionals everywhere continue to seek the strategies that will help to improve the management, security and employee experiences for their mobile and remote workforce.…
We already know that IGEL OS, the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces, is highly efficient and requires minimal CPU and memory resources on endpoint devices. But what we had strongly suspected has now been proved true. On key user…
If you tried to acquire new corporate laptops recently or even looked at buying a new car, you’ve likely experienced the effect of the global chip shortage. With most experts including Intel anticipating chip shortages to continue through 2023, it…
For some time the end-user computing (EUC) market has been abuzz with questions around a new version of Windows and rumors of a new service, offering Windows from the cloud. Introducing Windows 365 Today at Microsoft Inspire, Microsoft finally announced…
Need for an Enhanced User Experience Drives Adoption for VDI and User Experience Management Solutions Earlier this year, during our annual DISRUPT event, we had the opportunity to dig deeper into the issues and challenges IT faced during the onset…
Are Thin Clients a Thing of the Past? The concept of thin client computing grew up alongside the growth of Terminal Services and Citrix Server-based computing in the 2000’s, but the concept dates back decades when people accessed centralized application…
Any IT professional involved in end-user computing or responsible for managing Windows environments and infrastructure will be more than aware of the importance of patching and very familiar with the term 'Patch Tuesday.' In fact, this week Microsoft announced a…
The Clock Keeps Ticking and Costs are Just about to Double! We all know that Windows 7 went end of life on Jan 14th, 2020. At the time Netmarketshare reported that around 30% of desktops were still running Windows 7. For…
A new report by ESG poses a question we’ve likely all had on our minds, particularly recently with the greater demands placed on enabling and simplifying remote work: are desktops doomed? Given new trends in digital workspaces, including VDI and…
Much focus and attention in recent weeks has rightly focused on work-from-home strategies and business continuity planning. But bubbling up, underneath this topical priority, is an ever-increasing resurgence of security concerns. Initially organisations had to divert all their attention in…
Making the Difference Between “Working at Home” and Working from Home” We all know that in recent weeks organizations, where possible, have enabled their employees to work at home. For many this has involved allowing employees to take their office…
Last week I attended the Convenzis Healthcare Digital Technology event in London. Attended by 100+ professionals from NHS England, NHS Improvement, NHS Digital and The Department of Health, the event focused on several digital advancements taking place across the UK…
Sure, the Oscars are a big deal, but hey, we are more excited about the extraordinary IGEL partners – on both sides of the pond – who made 2019 a stellar year in taking our message of a simple, safe…
Deploying a Windows desktop has always come with its challenges. In 1999, I was introduced to a technology called Citrix which, at the time, truly advanced end user computing (EUC) and offered an alternative to deploying fat client PC’s. This…
When will DaaS have its day? Right now, DaaS adoption remains at the bottom of the hockey stick curve but many dynamic changes are afoot that eventually should move things forward. First and center is Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD),…
IT needs to evolve and the growing complexity of the endpoint estate is certainly a driver. Where once IT people were endpoint ‘mechanics’ keeping hardware assets running like a smoothly functioning automobile, IT is now a very different game. The…
In 2019, Forrester estimates 85% of firms will implement or plan to implement IoT solutions. The proliferation of IoT devices and the overall growth of mobile and remote computing have created new endpoint management challenges for IT teams. Adding IoT…
