Barry Browne is an IT visionary currently serving as Director of Solution Architecture for IGEL Elite partner XenTegra Canada. How I use IGEL: To tackle remote work challenges In late 2019, several months before the global COVID-19 pandemic took hold,…
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…
1,000 days ago, we launched the IGEL Community with a vision to connect passionate IGEL customers, partners, and end-user computing (EUC) experts from around the globe to unite, learn, collaborate and growth technically. My how quickly things have evolved! In…
The new IGEL UD3, our latest endpoint device designed to deliver modern cloud workspaces across a broad range of demanding multimedia use cases, is now generally available. You can witness the UD3’s latest features and even go inside to see…
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…
Subscription-Based Training Services Developed to Provide Customers and Partners with Engineer-Level Training Since launching IGEL Academy, our Learning Management System (LMS), in October 2019, we’ve had more than 1,200 individuals from within our partner and customer bases sign on to…
The Gratification of a “Servant Heart” Environment As Sr. Director of Product Marketing at IGEL, I recently passed my 1-year work anniversary. For the company, it has been a great year of tremendous growth as we continue to take market share…
IGEL is known for IGEL OS, the platform-independent next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. And, rightfully so given the IGEL OS’s huge success in making the life of endpoint administrators so much easier, while at the same time delivering a…
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…
How IGEL Advanced Services are Helping Customers Focus on Other Strategic Priorities When you make the decision to adopt IGEL to enhance your end user computing (EUC) environment, you want to realize IGEL’s value as quickly as possible. And, there’s…
In the healthcare industry, early attempts at desktop virtualization were oftentimes hampered by Windows PC limitations or lacking the robust security framework HIPAA and other regulations demand. Healthcare IT today is transitioning from this unproductive and vulnerable approach to a…
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 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…
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…
IDC estimates that 60% of infrastructure spending will be on public or private cloud by 2022 as organizations continue to seek ways to lower hardware costs and increase productivity by leveraging cloud-native applications. Gartner sees DaaS reaching “essential” feature parity…
To coincide with the start of the new Partner Program 2018, the Education and Training division at IGEL was restructured and a new, global certification program named ICE (IGEL Certified Engineer) has been launched. The first ICE training course was…
I'm thrilled to announce the IGEL Community have achieved the 1000-member mark in just 317 days (ten months). This is a fantastic number, and I thank you all for being a part of it! 1000 reasons to smile today! If…
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…
Back in 2011, Marc Andreessen wrote “Why Software is Eating the World.” In his prediction he outlined key software principles that are changing the game for business. Software advantages include its openness, collaboration, communities and ecosystems making it able to…
