The growing IGEL Ready ecosystem, comprised of the industry’s best hardware and software partners, is a point of pride and offers a strong foundation for future growth and innovation. As we continue to down this path with our 130+ IGEL Ready partners, IGEL is optimizing the program to align with our collective goals and objectives more closely.

What’s Changing?

• New IGEL Ready program levels. The Activated and Advanced nomenclature has been replaced by IGEL Ready and IGEL Ready Certified.

• A faster path to IGEL Ready Certified. With the advent of COSMOS, there is a clearer, faster path for software partners to create a more dynamic connection to IGEL through the creation of an IGEL Certified app for the IGEL App Portal. Contact the IGEL Ready team for next steps and kickstart your COSMOS journey today.
• Refreshed branding. An all new IGEL Ready logo and IGEL Ready Certified badge along with an updated IGEL Ready Ecosystem graphic are now available. If you’re an IGEL Ready partner, log into the IGEL Ready Hub for access to these new resources.

What’s new with the IGEL Ready Showcase?

The pages on the IGEL Ready Showcase are now updated with the new badges and tier names. The hardware product pages have been refreshed with more descriptive tags to identify the CERTIFIED devices compared to the non-CERTIFIED ones. Only the CERTIFIED devices and products will carry this badge on the page (example below).

To learn more about the IGEL Ready program, click here for our Program Guide.

We wish to extend our gratitude to all our IGEL Ready partners for their unwavering support since we launched this program in 2020. Your exceptional collaboration and teamwork are key to our mutual success. Thank you for helping us forge a future driven by innovation.

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The technology alliances we have established with our IGEL Ready partners have continued to be a source of pride and continued success for IGEL and users in the fast-growing edge computing space.  Last year, we celebrated some of our valued partners with the IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards. This year, we’re pleased to announce that we have expanded the awards to recognize even more of our outstanding partners.

The IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards recognize the IGEL Ready partners that have demonstrated strong customer focus, active engagement, and success on a global scale. The winning partners will also demonstrate a clearly differentiated combined value proposition pertaining to IGEL solutions and the ability to drive optimal customer experiences through their alliance with IGEL.

2022 IGEL Ready Partner Award Categories –

• IGEL Ready Global Partner of the Year
• IGEL Ready Partner of the Year – North America
• IGEL Ready Partner of the Year – EMEA
• IGEL Ready Innovation Partner of the Year – North America/EMEA (2 Awards)
• IGEL Ready Collaboration Partner of the Year – North America/EMEA (2 Awards)
• IGEL Ready Customer Experience Partner of the Year – North America/EMEA (2 Awards)
• IGEL Ready Marketing Partner of the Year – North America/EMEA (2 Awards)
• IGEL Ready Best New Partner (2022)

Applications for the IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards are being accepted through January 15, 2023. IGEL Ready partners can submit their organization for award consideration here. Please click here for award rules and eligibility requirements.

Winners of the IGEL Ready Partner Awards will benefit from award focused partner marketing throughout 2023 and will:

• Be honored during Disrupt Conferences in Munich/Nashville 2023
• Be featured in an IGEL press release recognizing all award honorees
• Participate in video coverage at IGEL Disrupt Munich/Nashville
• Be featured in promotions on IGEL Ready Showcase
• Receive a custom promotional template and award badge

Winners will also be featured across the IGEL social media channels. IGEL wants to thank all of our partners for their continued support of the IGEL Ready program, and we can’t wait to see your entries!

For more information on the IGEL Ready program, please visit the IGEL Ready Showcase or contact the IGEL Ready team at ready@igel.com. If you’re a hardware or software technology maker looking to join our fastest-growing ecosystem of IGEL Ready partners, please apply here.

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According to a report released earlier this year by MarketandMarkets, the global biometric system market size is expected to grow from USD 42.9 billion in 2022 to USD 82.9 billion by 2027. As noted by analysts, among the key factors driving this growth is the rising demand for strong user authentication and identification solutions, beyond simple passwords

Biometric security improves security and the employee experience

There are many benefits for businesses using biometrics for security and authentication. To begin with, these organizations can effectively eliminate the use of passwords – which are often easily lost or stolen – by using fingerprint data to verify the user’s identity and provide secure access to business-critical data and applications.

Next, by making identity verification and authentication faster and easier for the end user, businesses benefit from increased productivity and an improved employee experience. IT teams no longer need to spend time resetting passwords, which can frustrate end users and delay access to critical resources.

Fingerprint readers designed for individual and shared digital workspace environments

HID Global, the worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions and an IGEL Ready Advanced partner, recently expanded its portfolio of IGEL Ready solutions to include the EikonTouch TC710, TC510 and DigitalPersonal 4500 Fingerprint readers. These USB desktop fingerprint readers are ideal for individual and shared digital workspace environments. Their compact design conserves desk space and their professional, modern form factors work well in enterprise, banking, healthcare, and point-of-sale (POS) environments.

The DigitalPersona 4500 Fingerprint reader utilizes optical fingerprint scanning technology to achieve excellent image quality, a large capture area and superior reliability. A silicone coating allows it to read a wide range of fingerprints accurately and rapidly regardless of placement angle. The high-quality metal casing resists unintentional movement.

The EikonTouch TC710 fingerprint reader uses capacitive scanning technology and is FBI/PIV/FAP 10 certified, supporting applications such as the electronic prescription of controlled substances (EPCS) in healthcare, and Government ID applications where certified fingerprint technology is required.

The EikonTouch TC510 adds an additional coating for increased durability, making it ideal for employee-facing authentication applications in retail and restaurant POS terminals, time-attendance, and reducing theft from shared passwords or shared ID cards

HID Global Single Fingerprint Readers are proven solutions. They work with IGEL OS endpoints connecting to VDI environments such as Citrix shared desktops, that require fast user switching and strong user authentication.

For more information on the HID Fingerprint Readers visit our pages in the IGEL Ready Showcase:

• DigitalPersona 4500 Optical Fingerprint Reader
• EikonTouch TC710 Capacitive Fingerprint Reader
• EikonTouch TC510 Capacitive Fingerprint Reader

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Johnny is an EUC expert and works daily with our joint customers on architecting desktop virtualization and application delivery solutions. As a multiple CTA (Citrix Technology Advocate) he also leads Colorado’s Citrix User Group Community.

In this webinar, Johnny will share the power and flexibility of Liquidware’s application layering and delivery solution, FlexApp.

FlexApp is the most innovative app attachment layering market-leading solution for application delivery and portability.  There are a number of industry-first innovations that makes FlexApp the ‘go to’ solution for many of our customers. These innovations include:

• FlexApp One – a self-contained app option that supports laptop use and deployment by any means, including Microsoft InTune, Nerdio Manager, VMware Workspace One and any cloud share. You can even use FlexApp One packages offline!
• Packaging automation – perfect for organizations that have many hundreds of applications!
• Compatibility – over 90% of apps can be delivered with FlexApp
• Micro Isolation – no need to stack multiple applications into single layers. Instead, a single layer is created for each application, allowing for ultimate granularity in assigning apps to users, groups and machines.
• Cloud-native FlexApps – applications can be stored natively on any major cloud (such as Microsoft Blob storage) without the expense or complications of file shares.
• Session isolation – Multi-session Windows, RDS and Citrix Virtual Apps are no problem for FlexApp, users only see and use the apps they have access to, even on the same host!

So, that gives you a taste of what FlexApp can do, by attending the webinar Johnny will drill down into how FlexApp truly takes apps to the edge of end-user computing by supporting any Windows workspace; including Citrix, VMware, Windows AVD and physical devices.

Sign up here to join us!

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First up is 7SIGNAL’s webinar on “Optimizing end-user digital experiences with IGEL OS from the outside-in with 7SIGNAL” which will take place on Tuesday, October 18 at 11am (ET). During this session, Eric Camulli, 7SIGNAL’s Vice President and Customer Success Officer will join IGEL Ready Operations Manager, Matt Lods, to explain the “connection” between Wi-Fi and the digital experiences of your end users, while demonstrating the value of having total network visibility from the outside-in. Together, IGEL and 7SIGNAL can help to mitigate any potential risks within your network and endpoint investments. Register for this webinar here.

Next, join us on Wednesday, October 26 at 11am (ET) for “Taking your Apps to the Edge! Apps Attached Layering – Untethered!” with Liquidware. Johnny Ma, Senior Solutions Architect at Liquidware will join Divya Saggar, Director, IGEL Ready to share insights on how the Liquidware’s FlexApp solution truly takes apps to the edge of end user computing by supporting any Windows workspace, including Citrix, VMware, Windows AVD, and laptops. He will also explain how the solution keeps base images clean, greatly reduces the need for multiple Windows servers, and supports app delivery via Microsoft Intune and VMware Workspace One. Register for this webinar here.

Finally, ControlUp will be with us on Tuesday, November 1 at 11am (ET) to talk about “Empowering IT to Deliver a Best-in-Class Digital Employee Experience with ControlUp and IGEL.” Hear from Joel Stocker, Director of Product Marketing at ControlUp, Trentent Tye, Senior Technical Expert at ControlUp, and IGEL VP of Product Marketing, Dan O’Farrell about how real-time monitoring across VDI, SaaS and web applications, unified communications tools, and physical endpoints, along with insights into user sentiment and metrics can help IT quickly identify problems. Attendees will also learn that when ControlUp’s comprehensive digital employee experience (DEX) management platform that makes remote work work better is paired with an endpoint OS–like IGEL OS, one that’s designed for secure, flexible access to cloud-delivered digital workspaces – the work-from-anywhere world is your oyster. Register for this webinar here.

To learn more about the IGEL Ready Program and how to take advantage of any of our program benefits, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at saggar@igel.com. For more information on the IGEL Ready program, visit https://www.igel.com/ready/.

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One of the key take-aways from this meeting is that the growing IGEL Ready ecosystem, which now includes 120+ alliance partners, is making significant strides in helping our mutual partners and their customers successfully adapt to the evolving needs of the hybrid workplace.

Some of the highlights from the IGEL Ready Advisory Board meeting include:

David Rosado, Senior Marketing Manager for AMD’s Adaptive Computing Group shared insights and updates on how AMD is collaborating with Microsoft, VMware and IGEL to enable and enhance modern virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments. In the case of IGEL, AMD is optimizing the IGEL UD3 endpoints for cloud workspaces through the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G system-on-chip. By engaging with AMD through IGEL Ready, partners benefit from more performance to drive productivity and collaboration; increased security to protect virtualized applications; and connectivity options designed to offer flexibility, seamless integration, and ease of use.

Sridhar Mullapudi, General Manager for Citrix, provided an update on Citrix and shared how future success depends on the ability to deliver a unified, secure, and simplified work experience across every work channel and location. Desktop delivery is evolving, and Citrix provides a Desktop-as-a-Service solution designed to meet the needs of the hybrid work world. Citrix is also embracing the hybrid cloud, multi-cloud world through its alliances with AWS, Microsoft, VMware, and more. With a partnership that spans 20+ years, Citrix and IGEL are teaming up to deliver a modern workspace that is resilient, drives productivity and performance and aligns with the hybrid, multi-cloud requirements of today’s organizations.

Andy Nieto, Senior Solutions Manager for Lenovo, explained how Lenovo envisions a world where every person and business has access to the technology that allows them to achieve their own intelligent transformation. He shared that Lenovo, working together with other IGEL and IGEL Ready ecosystem partners Citrix, VMware, NVIDIA and Nutanix, is delivering end-to-end VDI solutions encompassing endpoints, software, infrastructure, and services. He also highlighted the enablement programs that Lenovo offers with IGEL to help partners create new opportunities and build pipeline, for example, the “Why Compromise” campaign which demonstrates how the choice of endpoint doesn’t have to compromise the choice of endpoint, security, or management experience.

Kam VedBrat, Director of Azure Virtual Desktop for Microsoft discussed the flexibility of Windows for hybrid work, and how virtualization can unlock key hybrid work scenarios by supporting data security, high-capacity computing, Bring-Your-Own-PC programs, disaster recovery, temporary workforces, and mergers & acquisitions. He also explained the value of Windows 365 in terms of providing a personalized, powerful, simple, and secure Windows 11 or Windows 10 experience, and offered best practices for selecting the right Windows 365 solution, depending on the needs of the organization. Additionally, the importance customer-led innovation and collaboration, as well as alliances with key ecosystem partners including IGEL, Citrix and VMware, were also highlighted during the session.

Bharath Rangarajan, General Manager and Vice President of Products – EUC for VMware shared an update on VMware’s commitment to its alliance and partnerships within the VDI and DaaS space, new developments with VMware’s Anywhere Workspace that are designed to improve scalability and security, reduce operational complexity, and optimize the digital employee experience (DEX). He also shared insights on what the industry has learned about hybrid work since 2020 and how organizations are finding success today with hybrid work. During the presentation, he also emphasized the importance of being able to deliver, measure, analyze and remediate, and how VMware’s alliances with IGEL and the IGEL Ready ecosystem are helping the company empower partners and their customers to enable employees to do their best work.

During the meeting, attendees also heard from our team about the key benefits available through IGEL Ready and how they can maximize their IGEL Ready partnership.

We also shared a few success stories and examples of how IGEL is driving co-marketing activities with its IGEL Ready partners to enable a better customer reach.

Some of the highlighted go-to-market opportunities included co-branded content; webinars and events; joint marketing, PR, and social media activities; and demand generation programs that partners can use to reach more customers, generate new pipeline, nurture leads and close more deals. For more information on the benefits of IGEL Ready, access our program guide here.

Further, we presented a preview of the plans for 2023, including a sneak peek of the DISRUPT 2023 prospectus. Next year, we will be doing two large-scale events in North America and EMEA during February. These events will provide IGEL Ready partners around the globe with yet another fantastic opportunity to showcase their technology offering and share insights and industry thought leadership with IGEL partners and customers. More to come on this, so stay tuned!

Also joining us for the IGEL Ready Partner Advisory Board meeting was IGEL CEO Jed Ayres, who thanked our partners for believing in IGEL and the power of the IGEL ecosystem and shared the many ways in which IGEL and its partners can win together in the delivery of VDI, DaaS and cloud-native digital workspace applications.

If you have any questions about the IGEL Ready Program or would like to take advantage of any of our program benefits, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at saggar@igel.com. For more information on the IGEL Ready program, visit https://www.igel.com/ready/.

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We place great value on the technology alliances we have established with our IGEL Ready partners, and with that, we are pleased to announce the first ever IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards.

The IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards will recognize the IGEL Ready partner(s) that have demonstrated strong customer focus, active engagement, and success on a global scale. The winning partner(s) will also demonstrate a clearly differentiated combined value proposition pertaining to IGEL solutions and the ability to drive optimal customer experiences through their alliance with IGEL.

Award categories include:

• IGEL Ready Partner of the Year 2021
• IGEL Ready Partner of the Year – Innovation
• IGEL Ready Partner of the Year – Customer Experience
• IGEL Ready Partner of the Year – Marketing

Applications for the IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards are being accepted through February 24, 2022. IGEL Ready partners can submit their organization for award consideration here. Please click here for award rules and eligibility requirements.

Winners of the inaugural IGEL Ready Partner of the Year Awards will be:

• Announced and celebrated during the IGEL Ready Advisory Board conference on March 14, 2022 at HIMSS Orlando
• Featured in an IGEL press release recognizing all Partner of the Year honorees;
• Receive a custom template and award logo to use in promoting the win; and,
• Featured across the IGEL social media channels with a customized social card recognizing their achievement.

We want to thank all of our partners for their continued support of the IGEL Ready program, and we can’t wait to see your entries!

For more information on the IGEL Ready program, please visit the IGEL Ready Showcase or contact the IGEL Ready team at ready@igel.com. If you’re a hardware or software technology maker looking to join our fastest-growing ecosystem of IGEL Ready partners, please apply here.

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IGEL Ready Program

One year after the launch of IGEL Ready, over 100 hardware and software vendors have now joined the partner program designed to develop verified and integrated solutions with IGEL technologies.

As many already know, HP is a market leader in cloud computing and offers a range of powerful cloud solutions, including Thin client devices. Across the range, HP thin clients offer at least dual 4K monitor support with a range of powerful processors and connectivity options.

HP T430, T540 and T640

Today’s announcement sees HP join as an Advanced level partner, adding the HP t430, t540 and t640 thin client devices to the program allowing customers to deploy IGEL OS on both new and existing HP thin clients with confidence.

HP and IGEL have jointly tested and validated each device with IGEL OS resulting in both parties now offering customer support.

Coupled with the secure IGEL operating system, organisations can deploy endpoints that are both secure, easy to manage and provide the very best in employee experience. Together, HP and IGEL are helping organizations to deploy ‘work from anywhere’ solutions that can securely connect to the latest versions of Citrix, VMware, Microsoft AVD, Amazon WorkSpaces, offering support for Unified Communications offloading (such as MS Teams and Zoom) and helping accelerate the move to cloud-delivered digital workspaces.

IGEL OS has already been deployed on hundreds of thousands of HP thin clients globally, helping reduce the cost of endpoint management, improving security, and providing the latest VDI/DaaS capabilities.

IGEL OS licences for HP thin clients will continue to be obtained through our channel partners and can be deployed on both existing and new HP thin clients. Together, HP and IGEL OS can help save cost, improve security, provide a great user experience and reduce the carbon footprint for any organisation looking at deploying digital workspaces.

More information on the T430, T540 and T640 can be found on the IGEL Ready showcase site, https://www.igel.com/ready/showcase-categories/endpoints/

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