IGEL’s Life on the Edge is a regular podcast series featuring key IGEL partners discussing the hottest topics in end user computing (EUC). In Episode 4 I talk to Neil McLoughlin who is the UK Field CTO for Nerdio. Automated…
For years, IGEL + Citrix have made perfect partners with each year seeing more features to improve end user experience, performance and even save money. For me, the biggest feature news from Citrix recently is the general availability release of…
Multimedia Sharing and Remote Conferencing Driving Demand for Unified Communications Solutions that Support Seamless Collaboration IGEL’s survey of end user computing concerns this year revealed the top concern of IT professionals (61%) is delivering a productive, satisfying user experience. Businesses…
We are living in very challenging times and demand for Unified Communications have intensified. Teams usage is at an all-time high, according to Satya Nadella on an earnings call in Oct 2020 “Microsoft Teams usage jumps 50 percent from 75…
So, this week you may have noticed I have been busy releasing lots of videos on Linkedin. A series of posts that I have called "Another Day, Another Way." This week's focus has been on a common question I am…
When I think about my stints as a freelancer or temporary worker, I remember the frequent delays I experienced while accessing essential data. With fees booked on an hourly basis, time was of the essence for the client, but all…
I was fortunate enough to be among a group of CEOs to be recently interviewed by Bitbean, an innovative company focused on helping businesses grow. The interview centered on the impact of COVID-19 and how companies will rebound. In addition,…
Tens of thousands of users shifting to work from home, overnight? That means enabling users to work from any device they have on hand – and we mean Any Device! This is the challenge IT teams everywhere have had to…
Sandboxing is a great technique for testing new applications before putting them into full production, or for isolating and vetting files that may pose a security threat. To help our customers kick the IGEL tires, so to speak, we have…
Lower CapEx and OpEx: Move Windows Where it Belongs – to the Data Center or Cloud IT budgets are feeling the COVID-19 pressure. Couple this with the wave of people now working remotely, and IT is facing a whole new…
Working from home and having secure remote access is more important than ever before. Citrix’s remote application and desktop delivery paired with IGEL’s simple and secure endpoint software means it could not be simpler. Citrix Workspace and IGEL OS are…
Free Up Necessary IT Resources When They’re Needed Most Workers in the healthcare industry have a lot on their mind. The sourcing of critical equipment and supplies. The urgent care for a rising number of patients. Not to mention their…
The recent need to enable employees to work from home requires organisations to consider a number of technologies and solutions that allow their employees to safely access corporate applications and data from their home. Unified endpoint management (UEM), remote patching,…
Amazon AppStream 2.0 is a fully managed application streaming service that enables IT to manage desktop applications used by their organization and securely stream them to any computer. With AppStream 2.0, organizations can scale to meet any number of users across…
Processor vulnerabilities such as Spectre and Meltdown scared computer users in 2018. Now this type of weakness is back with Fallout, ZombieLoad and RIDL. Read what IGEL does to keep our customers safe. Speculative execution is a nifty trick that…
Anyone familiar with end user computing (EUC) knows that building a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) or Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution in the cloud can be complex. From budgeting and planning to selecting your cloud, platform and solution stack – be it…
It all started with a simple email in late 2018. We exchanged a couple of ideas, followed a by a phone call a few days later. Instantly we were both enthusiastic about the idea: ask various IT communities from all…
IGEL recently released an update to the IGEL OS in version 10.04.100. This made me think, maybe it is time to share with you a bit about IGEL OS updates, how they are delivered, where you can download them and…
Waste Not, Want Not: Raising VDI Performance at the Endpoint Delivering the best possible virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) performance means taking a fresh look at what ‘desktop’ means today. The endpoint, or desktop, now can be a physical endpoint, a…
For charity and not-for-profit organisations raising funds is a well-documented challenge but many of these organisations also struggle to keep their IT costs and administration time under control. Often these organisations have multiple, widely dispersed local offices and centres. Every…
