Celebrities wearing cool trainers might not come as much of a surprise.  What’s more interesting is Adidas’ public position on sustainability and how its products are now made. Through a partnership with environmental organisation, Parley for the Oceans – which dates back to 2015 – the business uses plastic collected from the sea to make some footwear, clothing and accessories. In 2022, close to 27 million shoes were made from the stuff, with Adidas also announcing it will only use recycled polyester across the board from 2024.

This idea of being creative, recycling and reusing – rather than making brand new – should set an example and be copied by the IT industry.

Take end user computing (EUC). It has become a major contributor to environmental pollution and climate change, directly and indirectly causing around 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. 1% of this is due to the yearly manufacture of 460 million devices and the associated energy consumption by 4.2 billion users. This emits a whopping 556 million tons of CO2 and would require a forest the size of Argentina to remove from Earth’s atmosphere annually. A further 1% is attributed to the pollution associated with people commuting to access IT in the workplace.[1]

Other stats support this bleak picture. According to the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, the UK produced the second largest amount of e-waste as a country in 2022 at 23.9 kg per capita. The study also showed that IT and telecoms e-waste almost doubled between 2008 (19,053 tonnes) to 2022 (37,631 tonnes estimated).

Displacement saves resources, money and the environment

We’re drowning in a tsunami of e-waste. One of the reasons for this is the technology refresh hamster wheel of upgrades which has become commonplace in the public and private sector. Most PCs or laptops are updated every 3 to 4 years as they break or OS vendors introduce major new releases requiring updated hardware to run.

Repurposing device hardware – a so-called displacement strategy – is a tried and tested way of avoiding this and has been at the heart of IGEL’s EUC strategy since 2011.

This approach extends the existing device’s useful lifespan and consequently causes the emissions of replacement devices – both from a manufacturing and shipping perspective – not to be required.  This is key given 83% of a device’s carbon footprint is created during manufacture.

This gains added impetus given the UK’s Climate Change Act 2008 includes an amendment to the Companies Act 2006 requiring all London Stock Exchange listed companies, large unquoted firms and limited liability partnerships to report their greenhouse gas emissions. Public sector organisations are also required to adopt sustainable IT practices in relation to Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.

Sadly, inertia exists.  Many IT departments simply do not know enough about sustainable ICT  purchasing or think that it requires more money to achieve, such research reveals that over a third simply take no action[2].  This is not only a dreadful for the environment but presents a significant missed opportunity for organisations to play a more effective role to address the climate emergency.

Mini case study: greenhouse gas abatement at a major UK financial institution 

Some firms, however, have grappled with the whole issue of how to consume IT in an environmentally optimum way. IT carbon footprint consultancy, PX³, has independently analyzed in detail an IGEL project at a well-known UK financial institution, the details and benefits of which are summarized below.

To enable work from home during the Covid crisis in 2020, the company faced the problem of how to provide secure remote working for 3,150 staff or 86% of employees. It had the choice of whether to buy new HP T640 thin client hardware and recycle old Dell OptiPlex 7010 desktops or repurpose the PCs replacing Windows 7 Pro with IGEL OS, thereby turning them into thin client devices.

The customer chose to repurpose each PC, and combined with an existing 24” monitor, mouse and keyboard, created an ‘office in a box’ which was delivered to staff at home. They then connected to a Citrix VDI environment to access their applications.

The costs and impact of buying new

If HP T640 thin clients had been used, the PX³ analysis shows that new hardware over a 5-year period would have generated 425,983 kg of CO2e. This comprises Scope 2 emissions for the duration, Scope 3 emissions for year 1 – the delivery of new devices – and then the recycling of these units at the end.  In more simple terms, the emissions are equivalent to 1,543,640 car miles and would have required 511 of mature forest to sequester the pollution.

From a cost perspective, given each HP device is circa £300, the cost to replace the estate of 3,150, would have totalled £945,000. Electricity charges over the period for all devices – based on an average price of £0.172 per kWh – are £47,462.  In summary, a total cost of ownership (TCO) of £992,462.

Repurposing the old – a better way

As the Dell OptiPlex 7010 PCs already existed, the reported Scope 3 emissions of 218 kgCO2e per device were already accounted for, such that retaining them added zero emissions.

Running the existing PCs with new IGEL OS installed and measuring energy consumption showed a 22% decrease in power compared to Windows 7 Pro.  Therefore, over the 5-year lifecycle extension period, the total carbon consumed by the Dell PCs totalled 169,945 kg of CO2e (Scope 2) and 0 kg of CO2e related to Scope 3. Again, in more simple terms, the emissions equate to 615,832 car miles or 204 of mature forest to sequester the pollution.

Turning to money, no purchase value is applied to existing Dell OptiPlex 7010 computers as they were accounted for in year one of purchase. However, buying 3,150 IGEL OS perpetual licenses cost £315,000.

Additionally, the utility charges for the same period were £137,644 for the Dell PCs based upon the same per kWh pricing of £0.172. This means a TCO attributed to the displacement strategy of £452,644.

 The financial and environmental payoff

 There’s a lot of data in this blog post. But to boil it down, a displacement strategy is clearly better, delivering:

 60% reduction in carbon footprint across a 5-year period by repurposing devices;

• Potential combined Scope 2 and 3 emissions dropping from 425,983 kgCO2e to 169,945 kgCO2e – equivalent to avoiding 927,808 car miles or the sequestering capacity of 307 forest acres.
• 55% drop in project costs from £992,462 to £452,644 over the 5-year period meaning the company saved an impressive £539,818.

Even with IGEL OS demanding less power than Windows, the analysis shows that energy consumption of the existing old Dell devices was 65% higher than the replacement HP thin clients.

However, the impact of the manufacturing emissions far outweighs the energy emissions gain from buying new; it would take an additional 17 years for this cross over to happen, by which time the Dell PCs would be practically prehistoric and definitely need recycling.

The knee jerk position in many IT departments is to throw away and buy new – just like a pair of trainers. It’s not necessary. We can reuse, reimagine and recycle hardware – easily doubling lifespan – by running applications, storage and compute in the cloud and not on the endpoint. That means the requirement to have the latest and greatest desktop is removed with only a lightweight OS which we provide needed to connect to modern VDI or DaaS workspaces from the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Citrix and VMware.

And on top of this, the IGEL UMS management platform means one person can simply manage circa 20,000 devices from a single location resulting in fewer support engineers driving to site to do break/fix and therefore polluting less.  Which leads me back to the beginning theme of this blog and Run DMC loving Adidas.  IT staff should Run UMS. They’ll love IGEL, too.

To read the full report PX³ click here.

[1]Source: Dr. Justin Sutton-Parker, CEO of PX³ and a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick

[2]Source: Sutton-Parker

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Read the announcement press release here.

COSMOS marks a revolution in end user computing. With a new OS, an updated management platform and a number of new cloud services, it gives employees an exceptional workspace experience while empowering EUC administrators with greater security, management, and control.

Built for Hybrid Work

COSMOS uniquely supports today’s Hybrid worlds. It offers the hybrid worker access to their hybrid workspace, delivered from hybrid cloud and an increasingly growing set of hybrid applications. It also offers unmatched speed and flexibility for employees and administrators alike as they adopt any type of workspace experience – from VDI and DaaS to SaaS – all from a single highly secure and manageable endpoint OS.

Modular for both Flexibility and Control

COSMOS features a distinctly new OS architecture for more agility and customization in the hybrid world. For the first time, the new IGEL OS architecture completely separates the base OS from its full suite of validated and integrated applications – which are now available through the IGEL App Portal (just one of the new cloud services available with COSMOS). A new version of the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) included with COSMOS provides support for both IGEL OS 11 and the new IGEL OS 12. This provides ultimate flexibility and lends itself to helping IGEL’s existing customers easily migrate their current endpoint estate.

This modularity delivers the flexibility organizations need to evolve and adopt new EUC technologies at their own pace while still empowering users with the productive and secure computing experience they demand in today’s hybrid work world.

Secure Endpoint Computing

IGEL OS 12 takes the proven security of IGEL to new levels. By separating the IGEL OS endpoint from local and cloud-delivered apps and services, IGEL OS not only updates faster but has an even smaller footprint, for a reduced attack surface. Adding to its security features are new secure unified communication protocols between the UMS and IGEL OS-powered endpoints, which couple with the security of the Linux-based read-only operating system IGEL is already known for. Together, there isn’t a safer way to empower remote work productivity.

Faster Onboarding and Faster Updates

Thanks to the IGEL Onboarding Service, new with COSMOS, employees can self-enroll new devices in under five minutes, allowing faster deployment of workspaces to remote workers, and removing the burden on IT. And with more devices from Lenovo, HP and LG Business solutions now shipping with IGEL OS as standard, thin clients, laptops and desktop machines can be shipped direct to employees from the factory, enabling almost instant, secure access to their data and applications – straight out of the shipping carton!

In addition to the new Onboarding Service, IGEL OS, the new management architecture and the introduction of the IGEL App Portal “store” also means that updates post-deployment are now significantly faster and easier than ever before. New updates from IGEL Ready vendors, such as Microsoft, Citrix, VMware and ControlUp are available and can be automatically imported into the COSMOS platform from the IGEL App Portal. These updates, in turn, can be rapidly deployed thanks to the new OS architecture and independently updated without the need to update the underlying OS. For our customers, it means IT teams and employees alike get the latest features and innovations from IGEL and our technology partners faster than ever!

Support for What’s Next

IGEL COSMOS is designed for today’s and tomorrow’s digital workspaces. Supporting modern end user computing, where digital workspaces may be delivered from any on-prem or cloud-based source, COSMOS is the future-proofed solution delivering workspaces and apps no matter how they evolve over time. It streamlines the workload for IT endpoint administrators while providing a secure, modern, and productive desktop for end users.

Even more, it puts frustrating, tedious disruptions such as onboarding, updates, patches, and endpoint troubleshooting in the past, making life much easier for IT and end-users with the time-to-productivity faster than ever.

Simply put, COSMOS is end-user computing evolved. Its modular architecture, granular endpoint control, and secure, managed access to any cloud-delivered digital workspace powers great user experiences for today’s hybrid work.

Learn more about COSMOS here, then register here to access the COSMOS demo from DISRUPT23. Then take COSMOS for a test drive to learn more about how it can enhance your users’ computing experiences while securely simplifying endpoint management, taking your EUC environment to the cloud and beyond.

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For this DISRUPT23 guest Q&A, we hear from Clair Knox, Marketing Director at XenTegra. Read her input on what they expect to learn and take away from next week’s event.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

DISRUPT23 is the only conference for 2023 that is dedicated exclusively to the EUC ecosystem.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

DISRUPT23 is the premier EUC conference of the year, and it aligns with our expertise as the premier valued added reseller for digital workspace technologies.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event in Nashville?

XenTegra expects opportunities to speak with many of our customers, our partners, and other experts in the digital workspace market.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23 Nashville? What do you want your customers/partners to take-away from your session?

One of our sessions will be a customer success story with Baptist Health. We want customers and partners to take away how Baptist Health is leveraging IGEL’s digital workspace solutions to drive their digital transformation and improve patient outcomes. By using IGEL’s Endpoint Management solutions, Baptist Health has been able to increase its security posture and create a more secure and efficient digital workspace. In addition, Baptist Health has been able to streamline its operations, reduce costs, and improve the patient experience.

Our other session will be covering how to Integrate IGEL and ServiceNow. We’ll show how customers can drive the insights of IGEL (Cloud, Physical, Virtual and Thin Clients) into their Service Management processes to quickly assist end users with the issue they are facing.

Where do you find the most value from your relationship with IGEL?

We love IGEL because it is the leading operating system for the modern digital workspace. It offers customers an alternative to Windows that is easier to manage and secure. They have been a tremendous partner of ours over the years as we have grown our digital workspace practice.

Why do you think your customers and partners from across the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23 in Nashville?

We want our customers and partners to see why IGEL DISRUPT is the premier conference of the year! We want them to see and hear the latest happenings in EUC and digital workspace.

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Nashville DISRUPT EUC event will be held April 3-5 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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In this DISRUPT23 guest Q&A installment, we feature responses from Christian Korner, Vice President-West, Connection. Please enjoy his insights and expectations for this anticipated event.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

DISRUPT23 brings together IGEL’s partner network to share a breadth of solutions in support of EUC customers searching for ways to maximize end user productivity with industry-specific technologies and strategies. Customers will enjoy learning how to deliver a secure, manageable, and economical digital workspace through informative sessions from industry leaders and during an interactive Expo with partners to explore solutions in detail.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

IGEL is a market leader in the EUC space—and DISRUPT23 offers an outstanding opportunity to bring customers and partners together to drive innovation and develop strategies to modernize digital workspace environments. We see a tremendous opportunity in helping clients rethink their current end-user environment and how they enable their user communities with the right applications in a secure, manageable, high-performance, and cost-effective modern work environment.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event in Nashville?

We look forward to learning more about IGEL COSMOS, their future roadmap, and how our partner network will integrate their solutions to provide secure end points.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23 Nashville? What do you want your customers/partners to take-away from your session?

Connection calms the confusion of IT by offering end-to-end IT solutions and services to organizations of all sizes, spanning healthcare, manufacturing, retail, finance, public sector, and other markets. As a presenter at DISRUPT23, we’re excited to share how Connection can help customers navigate the technology landscape and identify the right hardware, software, and services to deliver a world-class EUC solution that offers greater security and end user productivity.

Where do you find the most value from your relationship with IGEL?

As a customer-centric IT provider, Connection is always looking for ways to offer our clients greater flexibility, scalability, and value. IGEL is an ideal partner, providing a flexible, secure solution that integrates with existing or new deployments. There is no vendor lock. IGEL enables new and existing end points to be utilized from all hardware vendors—saving our customers time and money.

Why do you think your customers and partners from across the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23 in Nashville?

IGEL brings the EUC community together, including partners and customers, to share innovation insights, discuss best practices, explore solutions designed specifically to address industry needs, and answer questions—all in one location. If you’re truly passionate about innovation, you need to seek it out, share it with others, and become an active participant in the community. DISRUPT23 offers the opportunity to do just that.

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Nashville DISRUPT EUC event will be held April 3-5 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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As you get ready to join in, here is one more great sponsor Q&A to showcase all the reasons why DISRUPT23 is the can’t miss event of the year for the EUC community. Read here from Terry Vaughn, Director, EUC Business Development and Microsoft GTM, VMware as he shares what he expecting this week at DISRUPT23 Munich and why VMware is a Platinum sponsor. Read his responses below and watch this video:

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

Terry Vaughn: DISRUPT23 brings together the brightest industry thought leaders and innovators across EUC into one place. It’s a marquee event for anyone in the EUC space to come learn about the latest and great VDI, DaaS, and cloud technologies and get hands on training. If you’re in EUC, you don’t want to miss this event.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

Terry Vaughn: VMware and IGEL have had a tremendous partner relationship over the years. We have been a sponsor of DISRUPT for many years and we’re excited to do it again this year. We’re eager to share the latest innovations we have been working on in one of the best industry events in DISRUPT.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event?  

Terry Vaughn: I expect this year’s event to be bigger and better. The EUC space is an exciting one to be in, with so many vendors unleashing technology at as rapid a pace as ever. I’m expecting a great event, with lots of networking opportunity, and time to spend with our wonderful customers and partners.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23?

Terry Vaughn: We’re excited to talk all about apps. Apps are everywhere yet managing them, regardless if they’re delivered through us, Citrix, Microsoft, or whoever, continues to be challenging. We have some exciting sessions, including hands on training, of our latest innovations in helping customers reduce their day-2 management and infrastructure costs associated with managing apps across VDI, DaaS, and published app environments with Apps on Demand.

What can attendees expect to learn?

Terry Vaughn: Attendees can expect to learn about the latest innovations in the EUC space and hear from visionaries on how EUC is going to shape up over the coming years.

Why is using your technology with IGEL better together?

Terry Vaughn: With our long-standing partnership, VMware and IGEL have delivered a great user experience in VDI environments using Horizon and IGEL technology. Users need access devices with smart operating systems to access their Horizon virtual desktops and apps, and IGEL helps deliver that.

Why do you think everyone in the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23?

Terry Vaughn: DISRUPT23 is the marquee EUC event of the year. If you’re eager to learn about technology that will help your end user organization, this is the place to come to. It’s all about the community and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Munich DISRUPT EUC event will be held February 14-16 at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort and in North America, IGEL will welcome attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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As we get ready to kick off next week’s event, we have another great sponsor Q&A for you. Read here from Marco Raffel, Parallels Regional Sales Manager and Steven Dewinter, Parallels Global Director of Sales Engineering, as they share more on the value they expect at DISRUPT23.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: DISRUPT23 is the ultimate EUC event because it brings together change-makers and thought leaders from around the world in one dynamic space and fosters the conversations between brands and communications that lead to real, impactful change and innovation.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: We have the chance, and perhaps more importantly, the responsibility to shape the future. Given that DISRUPT23 offers a significant platform to leaders who say yes to visionary thinking, it is essential for Parallels RAS and Awingu to be represented there.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: We look forward to inspiring discussions and knowledge sharing around the future of Digital Workspaces in the new hybrid world. We’re excited to hear fresh ideas, effective ways to reduce costs and increase efficiency, more nimble and comprehensive security, and so much more.

Being a part of events like DISRUPT23 galvanizes our team’s creativity and drive to further improve our solutions to develop a better future for everyone.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: Parallels RAS & Awingu–we will be doing a live interactive demo of these two environments where attendees can use their own devices to participate in a secure, live session.

What can attendees expect to learn?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: By connecting with us at DISRUPT23, attendees will learn how Parallels RAS and Awingu can simplify and streamline their current IT processes while also maximizing IT agility. Both Parallels RAS and Awingu give users a choice of when, where, and how they engage with the solutions.

Parallels RAS and Awingu enable improved digital workspaces for remote and hybrid workers along with a number of other unique benefits. Our solutions enable companies and partners to streamline their IT processes and reduce costs via a single licensing model. They also improve security and compliance for remote team members and can enable companies to reduce their overall hardware footprint.

Perhaps most importantly, they allow for IT teams to manage virtual desktops and applications from a single pane of glass, ensuring that monitoring and support and the over end user experience are simpler, smarter, and better.

Why is using your technology with IGEL better together?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: The theme and focus of DISRUPT23 is around saying ‘YES’ to delivering richer, secure, cost-effective and sustainable digital workspaces – that’s exactly what Parallels RAS & Awingu offer.

Parallels RAS/Awingu and IGEL OS combine perfectly, and organizations can use them to deliver corporate resources to remote employees in a cost-effective and secure manner. Below are some benefits of integrating Parallels RAS/Awingu with IGEL OS:

• IT teams can deploy corporate resources in heterogeneous environments.
• IT teams can streamline management processes.
• Both Parallels RAS Client/Awingu and IGEL OS deliver enterprise-grade security.

Why do you think everyone in the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23?

Marco Raffel and Steven Dewinter: Hybrid working is the new reality. You can talk about it, or you can really do it. As DISRUPT23 is dedicated to EUC, it is the ultimate event and platform for shaping  the future together with the leaders who are changing the game.

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Munich DISRUPT EUC event will be held February 14-16 at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort and in North America, IGEL will welcome attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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Today we hear from Matt Mahoney, Sales Manager EMEA at PrinterLogic, a Vasion solution. In his DISRUPT23 guest Q&A, we learn all about his insights on what he expects from this industry-leading event and why PrinterLogic is a proud sponsor.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

Matt Mahoney: IGEL is the de facto leader in the EUC space – making DISRUPT23 the center of the EUC universe. There’s no better place for decision makers to get the information they need to properly enable their distributed workforce.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

Matt Mahoney: PrinterLogic is integrated and natively available via the IGEL OS. Thus, an enterprise standardizing on IGEL is an enterprise standardizing on PrinterLogic. There’s no better place on the planet than DISRUPT23 to engage with decision makers who are committed to up leveling their EUC experience.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event?  

Matt Mahoney: At DISRUPT23, we expect to meet with customers who are accelerating out of Covid and strategically navigating today’s complicated economic situation. It’s these customers who view the joint IGEL-PrinterLogic value prop as a strategic input across their security, sustainability, and end user computing capabilities.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23?

Matt Mahoney: Robust print capabilities are core to the distributed enterprise however printing is often a costly afterthought. At DISRUPT23, we’ll be talking through how enterprises should elegantly up-level their print infrastructure to fully realize the benefits of adopting a cloud first approach.

What can attendees expect to learn?

Matt Mahoney: Attendees at DISRUPT23 will learn how PrinterLogic eliminates print servers. The IGEL UMS includes a dedicated PrinterLogic print configuration and management screen, from which a UMS administrator can easily configure printers and their associated attributes to one or many IGEL UMS managed endpoints. This significantly reduces configuration time and task burdens that can dominate an IT team’s time and resources.

Why is using your technology with IGEL better together?

Matt Mahoney: PrinterLogic enables IT professionals to eliminate print servers and centrally manage direct IP printing on any IGEL OS-powered endpoint device. With our centrally managed direct IP printing platform, you’ll empower end users with all the features of enterprise print management using a secure, highly available, serverless printing infrastructure.

Why do you think everyone in the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23?

Matt Mahoney: The mindshare at DISRUPT23 will be unrivaled. There is no place on the planet where you’ll be able to engage directly with ISVs, hardware manufacturers, etc. who have demonstrated expertise in – securely, scalably, sustainably – empowering the end user.

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Munich DISRUPT EUC event will be held February 14-16 at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort and in North America, IGEL will welcome attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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In this DISRUPT23 guest Q&A we feature an interview with Tom Flynn, Chief Technologist, Cloud Clients at HP, Inc. Here he shares his insights into the value of DISRUPT23 and why HP is a Diamond sponsor.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

Tom Flynn: DISRUPT23 in Munich brings together European thought leaders in the EUC community, combined with key customers and partners, for a truly outstanding learning experience.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

Tom Flynn: We value our partnership with IGEL and firmly believe that HP Thin Clients are the best platform for IGEL OS. Our broad portfolio of desktop and mobile thin clients enhance the security and cost-effectiveness of the IGEL OS and help optimize the productivity of hybrid workers. DISRUPT23 is the perfect place to deliver that message to the IGEL partners and customers.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event?  

Tom Flynn: We expect to form a deeper relationship with the IGEL sales team, the partner ecosystem and our valued customers.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23?

Tom Flynn: During DISRUPT 23 in Munich, I will be presenting the customer value that IGEL and HP deliver with our partnership. Attendees can expect to learn about the suite of IGEL Ready Advanced HP thin clients that customers can confidently use with IGEL OS because they have been tested by IGEL. I’ll provide an overview on how these are available directly from our factory with IGEL OS. I’ll also describe how HP and IGEL can help those customers who are interested in installing custom images on their IGEL Ready Advanced HP thin clients.

Why is using your technology with IGEL better together?

Tom Flynn: HP is a premier thin client designer and manufacturer. Combining our resilient hardware platform with IGEL OS delivers an exceptional next-gen workspace.

Why do you think everyone in the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23?

Tom Flynn: Simply put, DISRUPT23 is the place to hear the future of computing in a hybrid world!

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Munich DISRUPT EUC event will be held February 14-16 at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort and in North America, IGEL will welcome attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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We’re almost there! The highly anticipated DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC event in Munich is under just two weeks away, on February 14-16. And, the North American event in Nashville, April 3-5, will be here before we know it. Building up to these events, we continue our sneak preview guest Q&A blog series by interviewing many of DISRUPT23’s leading sponsors.

In this DISRUPT23 guest Q&A we feature responses from Felix Alvarez, Sale Director CEMEA at ControlUp.  He provides his insights and expectations for this epic event.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

Felix Alvarez: DISRUPT23 is a one of a kind event, with the right technology partners, cool industry experts and a great agenda.

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

Felix Alvarez: We have a close and very trustful relationship with IGEL and together, both of our technologies are a perfect match for today’s customers.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event?

Felix Alvarez: I expect DISRUPT23 to be packed with lots of interesting keynotes and sessions. It’s also always a great atmosphere to mingle with customers and partners.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23?

Felix Alvarez: At DISRUPT23 we’ll be presenting on the value of pairing of ControlUp with IGEL. We’ll show why customers need to “say YES” to adopting both technologies and tips for designing the solutions that optimize and secure the modern work experience.

What can attendees expect to learn?

Felix Alvarez:  During the ControlUp presentation at DISRUPT23, attendees can expect to takeaway three main things:

1. How to support a work from anywhere world with ControlUp and IGEL
2. How to remediate user experience issues in seconds
3. How to save costs by optimizing resource consumption

Why is using your technology with IGEL better together?

Felix Alvarez: Together, ControlUp and IGEL deliver the best-in-class, real-time monitoring combined with a secure, flexible endpoint. This brings greater end-to-end visibility into IT infrastructure than ever before.

Why do you think everyone in the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23?

Felix Alvarez: DISRUPT23 is truly the ultimate chance to get the best information about the future of EUC.

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Munich DISRUPT EUC event will be held February 14-16 at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort and in North America, IGEL will welcome attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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Today our DISRUPT23 guest Q&A features an interview with Brad Peterson, Vice President, Marketing for Workspot. He shares his insights into the value of DISRUPT23 and why Workspot is a proud sponsor.

What makes DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC Event?

Brad Peterson: Having all the major end user computing (EUC) players in one building makes this the one-stop-shop experience for any company looking to address the rising cost and complexity of securing physical PCs and modernizing virtual desktops around the world. IT leaders can get all their questions answered by talking with the foremost experts from leading EUC companies. The Workspot team is looking forward to talking with attendees about their cloud journeys, what is driving Cloud PC adoption, and which use cases make the most sense for getting started (you may be surprised at the answer!).

Why did you choose to be a DISRUPT23 sponsor?

Brad Peterson: The last few years have been trying, to say the least. Throughout this time, IGEL has done a great job bringing the EUC community together. At DISRUPT23, it will be exciting to finally be together in person again, to spend quality time learning and socializing with this incredible group of like-minded people. We learn so much from the attendees, just as we seek to guide them on their cloud journeys.

What do you expect at this year’s DISRUPT23 event?

Brad Peterson: We are seeing a lot of momentum around modernizing EUC. IT teams have been struggling for too long with complex and costly desktop management, whether physical PCs or VDI. Organizations of all sizes are actively pursuing alternative approaches to EUC, and we believe Cloud PCs are the best approach. Because of these modernization initiatives, we expect to encounter attendees who are far more sophisticated in their understanding of the EUC options than the last time we gathered in person. We invite all the tough questions – it’s why we are a sponsor, and we hope attendees will seek us out at our booth and speaking sessions to learn from our more than 5 years’ experience implementing highly successful enterprise Cloud PCs – longer than any other vendor.

What will you be presenting at DISRUPT23?

Brad Peterson: As a Platinum sponsor and having just achieved a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 80 (which is off the charts great!), we are excited to share some of our Cloud PC success “secret sauce” with attendees. Our Enterprise Cloud PC platform delivers Cloud PCs and GPU accelerated Cloud Workstations to users in any region of any public cloud. We’ll show you how to deploy and manage all your Cloud PCs – globally, across cloud regions and clouds – using a single admin console. Your Cloud PCs can be implemented on Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services – or any combination! This is how you optimize costs, access the best capabilities by use case, and ensure business continuity. You’ll find us in the Expo Hall, on the main stage on a panel during the General Session, hosting a Breakout Session and conducting two Technical Bootcamps. Attend the sessions to see product demos, hear customer success stories and take a deep dive into our SaaS platform. We can’t wait to see everyone in Munich!

What can attendees expect to learn?

Brad Peterson: Attendees are looking for answers to the EUC challenges they are facing, and they are headed to the right place – IGEL DISRUPT 2023! Attendees likely have 3 primary expectations:

• Education: What are my EUC options? What are the pros and cons of different approaches? Show me how it works!
• Communication: Talk directly to EUC vendors, network with peers, gain insights from keynotes and actionable information from sessions.
• Inspiration: Feel confident in making the right EUC decision for their company We are looking forward to contributing to the attendees’ knowledge and helping them be successful.

Why is using your technology with IGEL better together?

Brad Peterson: IGEL and Workspot have similar strategies. IGEL OS is software that runs on all the major thin client hardware vendors (HP, Lenovo, LG) and Workspot is a Cloud PC Platform that deploys on all the major public cloud providers (Amazon, Google, Azure). Imagine a world where you can pick any hardware platform for the end point, and any cloud provider anywhere in the world for your Cloud PCs. That’s the agility, flexibility, and resilience you need. That’s IGEL and Workspot.

Why do you think everyone in the EUC community should attend DISRUPT23?

Brad Peterson: People need to solve the age-old EUC problems of increasing cost and complexity, poor security, and poor user experience. Today, you should be delivering just-in-time, perfectly provisioned, precisely tuned, evergreen Cloud PCs in the closest cloud region to every end user. You should expect to be able to choose the right price-performance configuration for each of your use cases. Come to DISRUPT23 to gain an understanding of the vast differences among virtual desktop solutions and learn more about Workspot Cloud PCs and IGEL – the solution that CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CISOs, IT admins and end users all love!

Say “YES” to Attending DISRUPT23!

Are you ready to join in? Say “YES” to DISRUPT23 today. The Munich DISRUPT EUC event will be held February 14-16 at the INFINITY Hotel & Conference Resort and in North America, IGEL will welcome attendees to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, April 3-5. Registration is $399 per person. To register, visit: www.disruptEUC.com. See you there!

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