Organizations today rely on a wide range of endpoint devices to ensure that access to their business processes run uninterrupted. This includes modern gadgets that allow employees to work remotely and conveniently, such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones, among others.…
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…
Hospital clinicians and staff have some of the most demanding and time-sensitive jobs that exist in our modern, technology driven society. They are charged with delivering the most effective care, based on the most current, accurate patient data available, while…
Today’s students are the first generation born into the digital transformation age. They come to the classroom expecting the same speed and utility they have with their smartphones and smart watches. They also expect anytime, anywhere access to their school-related…
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…
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…
As solution providers in the channel work to employ state-of-the-industry end user computing (EUC) solutions for their customers, security is a top-most consideration. For the channel, IGEL’s suite of endpoint security and optimization software and endpoints have been optimized to…
Hospitals are always slightly unnerving places, so it is a nice surprise to see old acquaintances while journeying through the healthcare system. My trip involved just a small elective procedure, so was not exactly life threatening, but with the thought…
Well, perhaps only partly true. But there are certainly a lot of technology partners, resellers, distributors and end-users who will go away with a lot of knowledge and enthusiasm about the end-user computing space both here and across the world.…
(The following post includes new updates as of 2/2/2018) IGEL has acted quickly in response to the recently disclosed Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities with fixes released today. As background, Meltdown and Spectre affect computer processors, with Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754, critical) affecting…
The New Year dawns bright with expectation, the promise of a healthy and happy year ahead for all our partners in virtualization around the globe. What will the year 2018 bring to us in the VDI universe? No one can…
IGEL and contextual awareness provider deviceTRUST are the perfect match. We both believe in giving people the most flexible, secure device options possible so they can be the most productive in their work. And we both love to push the…
Endpoint Security: Keeping Virtual Desktops Safe for the Remote Workforce Because governments perform tasks critical to the health, safety and well-being of its citizenry, public sector organizations have a particular sensitivity to threats like the WannaCry ransomware attacks. Adding to…
Ransomware, data theft, industrial espionage - rarely a week goes by without another scary IT security story. Unsurprisingly, there are many security vendors that seem to say: 'Buy our range of products, and your worries will be over'. At IGEL…
Here’s what keeps IT people up at night. Lockton Companies, the world’s largest privately owned, independent insurance brokerage, was moving along with its Citrix VDI deployment, when about a quarter of the way through, one of its endpoint vendors altered…
The Internet of Security Things: Protecting Data with a Mobile Workforce One of the scary things about focusing on data security in a mobile workplace environment is the number of scary statistics. Ponemon Institute, in a 2017 study, found that…
It’s like my mother always told me, “It’s your own blooming fault!” If you pirate software or fail to keep your OS updated, you deserve what you get! I know, I know the world would be a lot better place…
Citrix Synergy is around the corner. This year’s theme, Path to Success, fits IGEL beautifully as we mark a record year in which IGEL’s endpoint security and optimization solutions were used in more than 1,200 Citrix customer briefings to drive…
