IGEL Introduces Nine Different Models with Citrix XenDesktop Appliance Functionality
IGEL Thin Clients Can Now be Converted to Citrix XenDesktop Appliances with Just a Mouse Click Using the Latest IGEL Linux Firmware Upgrade
(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 17, 2008 ) Hong Kong, 16th June 2008 – IGEL Technology, the world’s third largest thin client vendor, today announced the broadest range of Linux-based thin client models supporting the important Citrix XenDesktop Appliance standard. The standard, published by Citrix in Q1 2008, ensures that any compliant access device connected to Citrix XenDesktop behaves exactly like a normal PC. IGEL’s latest firmware upgrade allows all Linux-based IGEL thin clients to be switched, with just one mouse click, from a traditional IGEL Universal Desktop to a tightly defined virtual PC using ICA to access Citrix XenDesktop.
With all nine IGEL Linux models now supporting Citrix XenDesktop, IGEL now has one of the largest collections of Citrix XenDesktop Appliances in the world. In addition, IGEL’s Universal Desktop approach means that organizations wanting to implement other digital services in addition to ICA, such as web, VoIP or SAP, can always do so in the future. The switch to Citrix XenDesktop mode can be implemented remotely using the bundled IGEL Remote Management Suite software. A systems administrator can simply create a XenDesktop Appliance profile with a few mouse clicks and then drag-and-drop this over the target terminals.
The IGEL Technology range available with this Linux firmware includes traditional desktop designs, PC upgrade cards, 19” LCD integrated units and quad screen units. This wide variety of choice allows organizations of all types to deploy the Citrix XenDesktop virtualization solution to almost any part of the business, including office workers, space constrained point-of-sale areas and multi-screen environments such as dealing rooms.
“IGEL’s Universal Desktop strategy is all about providing our customers with choice,” said Stephen Yeo, worldwide strategic marketing director for IGEL Technology. “The right thin client, delivering the right services for its users, whatever the requirement. This open design approach means that we have quickly been able to update our existing IGEL Linux product range to be capable of being deployed as a Citrix XenDesktop Appliance or a traditional IGEL Universal Desktop at the click of a mouse. We will be introducing similar functionality to our Windows-based thin clients over the coming months.”
IGEL’s Universal Desktop design delivers additional benefits to IT administrators and end-users because organizations are not forced to host all applications on the virtual desktop and deliver it using one protocol.
The flexibility of the IGEL approach allows organizations to pick and choose the best digital services to deliver a true PC experience, including web browser, Java, SAP GUI, PDF, terminal emulation and VoIP. This also provides desktop resilience if the virtual PC connection should be lost, for example, users can access email via the local web client or SAP via the native SAP GUI.
The final component of IGEL’s solution is its Remote Management Suite. This software is bundled free with every IGEL Universal Desktop and allows the terminal to automatically connect to its infrastructure and be remotely managed over a WAN with no scripting and minimal network impact. This allows a desktop to be “drop shipped” to a user and set up within five minutes by simply connecting the power, network, monitor, mouse and keyboard. Everything else is automatic.
IGEL Technology’s latest Linux firmware upgrade will be available with all new compatible thin client models and can be downloaded free for existing IGEL Linux thin clients at www.igel.com starting June 18, 2008.
About IGEL Technology
IGEL Technology is the world’s third largest thin client vendor and is market leader in its home country of Germany (Q4 2007 IDC). The company produces the industry’s widest range of thin clients, based on Linux and Microsoft Windows, giving customers access to almost any form of server-based infrastructure and applications including virtual PCs from VMware®, Citrix® Xen or Microsoft®, terminal services, mainframe terminal emulation, Web, Java, SAP and VoIP. Form factors include traditional desktops, mobile tablets, integrated LCD units, quad screens and PC-to-thin client conversion cards. All IGEL thin clients come bundled with easy-to-use IGEL Remote Management software, giving users a trouble-free, optimal level of remote control at minimum cost. All devices support smart cards for maximum security.
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Stephen Yeo
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