VMware Archives | IGEL The Secure Endpoint OS for Now & Next Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:45:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 IGEL and VMware: A “Perfect Pair” for Cost-Effectively Securing the Enterprise https://www.igel.com/blog/igel-and-vmware-a-perfect-pair-for-cost-effectively-securing-the-enterprise/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:25:12 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=86944 Last week at VMware Explore 2023 in Barcelona, IGEL showcased how our Secure Enterprise Endpoint OS (IGEL OS) secures modern enterprise environments in partnership with VMware. Our experts, including CTO Matthias Haas, Vice President of Sales Brian Cornell, Vice President…

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Last week at VMware Explore 2023 in Barcelona, IGEL showcased how our Secure Enterprise Endpoint OS (IGEL OS) secures modern enterprise environments in partnership with VMware.

Our experts, including CTO Matthias Haas, Vice President of Sales Brian Cornell, Vice President of Vertical Solutions James Millington, and Claudio Nessi, Regional Vice President, were on hand to share insights with organizations attending the event on how to manage endpoint security and cloud applications while saving money.

Some of the key takeaways our team took from the event include:

  1. The elephant in the room. We all know changes are coming at VMware and that, unfortunately, people will be affected. But what was encouraging from an EUC perspective was a signaling of the continued innovation and investment in the Workspace ONE and Horizon platforms.
  2. Optimizing the journey to the cloud. The multi-cloud story applies to end-user compute as well as the data center. Whether through a journey directly from on-premises deployments to DaaS, or split strategies of bursting to the cloud for additional scale or disaster recovery (DR), organizations are looking for flexibility to move between environments easily. Having an endpoint designed for simplicity that can be easily reconfigured to connect to a new desktop environment is critical to the success of these projects.

    Download our solution brief, “11 Reasons to Choose IGEL Enterprise Endpoint OS 12 for VMware Workspace ONE and Horizon 8.”

  3. Endpoint security. Security has long been a benefit of virtual desktops. The ability to reboot to a clean image is instrumental in getting organizations up and running in the event of a successful attack. But the benefits of this can be lost if the endpoint doesn’t share the same reboot to clean approach. IGEL’s Preventive Security Model eliminates endpoint vulnerabilities and enables centralized management of IGEL endpoints from the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS), regardless of physical location. IGEL and VMware Horizon are among the most resilient IT infrastructures to combat ransomware and other malware.
  4. Partnerships. Seeing such a great turnout of partners – and friends was great. The integrations between Workspace ONE and Horizon platform and the rich partner ecosystem help our end customers deliver meaningful solutions for specific use cases, such as healthcare. IGEL’s newly announced integration with Workspace ONE Identity Services is one example of a customer-driven partnership where we delivered the right user experience to solve specific workflow issues.
  5. User Experience and Cost Optimization. Digital employee experience is a hot topic for many organizations – and we agree. In fact, we’d be very appreciative if you’d take two minutes to fill out the survey we are running with our partner, LG. Ensuring simple, consistent access without delays, distractions, or security issues is core to our Secure Enterprise Endpoint OS. As budgets tighten and organizations look for ways to support innovations like DaaS, Cloud, and SaaS (and working out how to incorporate AI!), optimizing your endpoint for the cloud is a critical part of this strategy.

Download our solution brief here to learn how IGEL and VMware make the “perfect pair” for easy, safe, and cost-effective end-user computing for today’s modern enterprises.

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DISRUPT23 Sponsor Q&A Interview: VMware https://www.igel.com/blog/disrupt23-sponsor-qa-interview-vmware/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:00:48 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=75517 The week we’ve all been awaiting is here! DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC in Munich is about to start. If you haven’t made it out, you can also catch all of the great content in Nashville, April 3-5. Register…

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The week we’ve all been awaiting is here! DISRUPT23 – The Ultimate Global EUC in Munich is about to start. If you haven’t made it out, you can also catch all of the great content in Nashville, April 3-5. Register here: www.disruptEUC.com.

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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“The Attic” Video Podcast Episode 10: Skip Gumble on VMware’s Future and where EUC is headed https://www.igel.com/blog/the-attic-video-podcast-episode-10-skip-gumble-on-vmwares-future-and-where-euc-is-headed/ Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:00:59 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=71704 We recently had the pleasure of talking with Skip Gumble on The Attic during our DISRUPT tour. Skip is Horizon Cloud Services Senior Director at VMware and has global responsibility for driving the end user computing business including virtual applications…

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We recently had the pleasure of talking with Skip Gumble on The Attic during our DISRUPT tour. Skip is Horizon Cloud Services Senior Director at VMware and has global responsibility for driving the end user computing business including virtual applications and desktops. Skip reveals how he started out in sales and systems engineering hardware positions and then saw software and EUC as the future, eventually joining VMware, where he is celebrating his tenth anniversary.

Long before ‘arm’ became a tech word, Skip had an arm, a good one, that made him a stellar third baseman and pitcher at Lovett High School in his hometown of Atlanta. Lovett was serendipitous. They offered an independent study type program during his sophomore year, and Skip chose computer technology. He was able to tinker with the HP 2000 and soon he and a friend realized the computer had no programs. They started writing software and wrote the accounts receivable and payable systems for the school. Skip earned money doing software through high school and used the money to help pay for tuition at Southern Methodist University. He graduated with degrees in computer science and business, earning money in a work-study program with Data General.

Skip began his post-college career at HP where he got the first hint of what end user computing would be today. HP was selling transactional based systems and dealing with end users needing access to information. He then moved to 3Com, and after a total 20 years in hardware he was ready to move back to software.

IGEL and Skip began their friendship and EUC alliance, circa 2008, when he was doing a brief stint at Citrix before spending one year at Dell, then moving to VMware. Good fortune struck when Susan Nash, a former HP colleague, invited Skip to join their VDI and Horizon team at VMware.

Skip says one of the best things about VMware and IGEL’s partnership is both are very focused on driving innovation to help their customers. He sees perfect synergy with VMware in IGEL software’s ability to help the customer gain access anywhere on any device.

Tune in and hear Skip talk about VMware’s merger with Broadcom and how he views the merging working, as well as his take on end user computing’s continued evolution. And discover what Skip’s mom learned about him during the pandemic!

On Why In-Person Still Matters. “…it’s really important to reconnect with everybody in person. …the amount of information and dialog that we can now have with our customers is so much more rich than we could ever have on Zoom.”

On Nurturing Collaboration. “One of the goals we have as a team is to get together in fun places every six months or so. …It is important to go in the office and have a collaboration session. When I go into corporate they schedule meetings with each other as well with me. So, I’m a catalyst to get people to come back and collaborate.”

On End User Compute. “…end user computing, the digital transformation, our customers need our help to get to the next level. Their employees need our help for (their) experience or their customer experience. …If you, as employers of people using technology that entices people to come work for you, that benefits you in a great way.”   Skip Gumble

See Episode 10 here:

You can watch all episodes of “The Attic” on the IGEL YouTube Channel or connect to The Attic on PodBean for direct links to all of the ways to listen in on your preferred podcast platform.

Thanks for stopping by The Attic. Stay tuned for more! Some of our upcoming guests include Mike Strohl, CEO of Entisys360.

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LG to Feature Pre-loaded IGEL OS Thin Clients in VMware Explore 2022 Healthcare Zone https://www.igel.com/blog/lg-to-feature-pre-loaded-igel-os-thin-clients-in-vmware-explore-2022-healthcare-zone/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 02:14:58 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=71220 Next week at VMware Explore 2022, LG Business Solutions USA will be featuring new ways healthcare organizations can experience the latest in computing productivity. Specifically, in the LG Healthcare Zone, in booth #1915, LG will be showcasing various innovative products…

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Next week at VMware Explore 2022, LG Business Solutions USA will be featuring new ways healthcare organizations can experience the latest in computing productivity.

Specifically, in the LG Healthcare Zone, in booth #1915, LG will be showcasing various innovative products ideal for healthcare workers and patients. Among the products to be featured will be LG thin clients which will all be pre-loaded with the IGEL OS to support secure access and reliable multi-protocol connectivity to VDI environments and cloud workspaces including support for Citrix, VMware, Microsoft and unified communications applications such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom.

LG’s presence at the show coincides with the company’s participation in the IGEL “Why Compromise” campaign. As part of this global promotion, IGEL is providing 14-inch LG gram laptops, pre-loaded with IGEL OS and integrated with ControlUp’s Digital Employee Experience Management platform, to qualified participants. To trial an IGEL powered LG laptop, click here or visit IGEL’s VMware Explore booth #1915.

For more information on LG and the “Why Compromise” campaign, watch this video:

“For anywhere from a home office to a nurses’ station to a call center, LG computing and display solutions are crafted with the end-user in mind, providing them with the power and simplicity required to meet the demanding needs of their profession,” said Phillip Johnson, IT Senior National Sales Manager at LG Business Solutions USA. “Offering VMware Explore attendees a chance to test our latest computers and displays shows how they can enrich productivity and streamline operations.”

More information on LG’s Healthcare Zone at VMware Explore 2022 LG thin clients pre-loaded with IGEL OS can be found in this press release.  For more information on the other opportunities to see IGEL in action during VMware Explore, read this blog.

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VMware Explore 2022: Be Sure Your Multi-Cloud Journey Includes IGEL! https://www.igel.com/blog/vmware-explore-2022-be-sure-your-multi-cloud-journey-includes-igel/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:49:16 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=71110 VMware Explore is nearly here. The iconic event, supporting a fresh new name for the future, will be the ideal time to explore all the ways IGEL empowers the digital workspace journey. With the theme “Map Your Multi-Cloud Journey,” it…

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VMware Explore is nearly here. The iconic event, supporting a fresh new name for the future, will be the ideal time to explore all the ways IGEL empowers the digital workspace journey. With the theme “Map Your Multi-Cloud Journey,” it couldn’t be a more fitting opportunity to discover all the ways IGEL secures access to any digital workspace, on any cloud.

During the event, August 29 through September 1 in San Francisco, IGEL will be offering attendees the opportunity to test drive IGEL OS to see how easy it is for any device to connect into a VMware Horizon desktop or application set.

Find us in booth #1915 to see just how vibrant unified communication tools, from Microsoft Teams to Zoom, work on an IGEL-powered virtual desktop. In the booth, attendees can also register for the IGEL “Why Compromise” campaign which offers the opportunity to take delivery of an LG or Lenovo laptop that’s pre-installed with IGEL OS so you can bring the demo home to fully explore all that IGEL offers.

The advantages of using IGEL OS with VMware? For environments running Windows desktops in VMware Horizon, IGEL offers easy management, robust security and higher productivity. IGEL also allows VMware Horizon enterprises to save on budget and resource time so they can do more with less.

Achieving Environmental, Social and Governance Goals

During the event, you won’t want to miss IGEL Senior Presales Engineer Chris Feeney in the breakout session, “How EUC Aligns with and Helps Achieve ESG Goals.” Here, joined by Jack Madden, Senior PMM for VMware and Benjamin Jones, Founder and CEO of Mobile reCell, Feeny will explore how organizations and investors around the world are making commitments to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.

During the session, they’ll cover how enabling remote work reduces commute emissions and makes opportunities more equitable. They’ll show how supporting BYOD, better asset management and virtual desktops reduces the resources that go into sourcing and replacing endpoints. And they’ll explore how drop shipping devices can reduce shipping costs, and more. It’s a can’t miss session for any organization looking to further their company’s sustainability and social responsibility programs while still aligning with governance requirements.

Dig Deeper into How IGEL Powers Tomorrow’s End User Computing

When you’re ready to learn more about how IGEL supports a remote-first, cloud-centric end user computing strategy, we invite you to meet with IGEL and our partners during the event. Engage with our leadership team to see how your organization and end users can securely work from anywhere with IGEL. We are hosting customer meetings in the nearby IGEL office in San Francisco. If you’re interested in swinging by, you can request your meeting here.

Work Hard, Play Hard

Of course, after VMware Explore attendees have discovered all the ways IGEL can enhance their digital workspaces on VMware Horizon, it’s time for a little fun! Join IGEL, ControlUp and LG for a night of drinks, snacks and arcade games at the Thriller Social Club. The event, on Tuesday, August 30 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. promises to deliver a great chance to unwind with some great music and swag – not to mention some full tilt arcade gaming!

Be sure to register soon for your spot at this can’t miss party! We’ll see you in San Fran!

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Easily Navigate EUC Industry Turbulence with IGEL OS https://www.igel.com/blog/easily-navigate-euc-industry-turbulence-with-igel-os/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:00:15 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=68776 Recent news regarding the two most historically influential companies within the VDI industry has shone a spotlight on an ever-changing, dynamic environment for organizations looking to deliver secure, controlled, and productive end-user virtual experiences to their people.  Last year, Citrix…

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Recent news regarding the two most historically influential companies within the VDI industry has shone a spotlight on an ever-changing, dynamic environment for organizations looking to deliver secure, controlled, and productive end-user virtual experiences to their people.  Last year, Citrix announced major organizational leadership changes coupled with some significant employee layoffs. And just last week, Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware for $61 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in tech history.

For organizations using technologies and products from these two companies to deliver virtual apps and desktops to their end-users, some may be feeling a bit concerned about the future, especially in terms of how they will continue to manage and control their end-users’ digital workspaces.

The Future Requires Agility

At IGEL, we view this very recent history as further evidence that the delivery of digital workspaces to end users is continuing to evolve. That is why IGEL OS is designed for secure access to any digital workspace regardless of the products and technologies used for delivery and access. Whether it’s virtual apps, virtual desktops, web-based apps, DaaS, SaaS, multi-cloud, Citrix, VMware, Microsoft AVD/Windows 365/cloud PC, IGEL OS is the lightweight, modular, and secure Linux-based OS that is ideal for any and all of these scenarios. And any others that may emerge in the future as more and more apps and workloads move to the cloud.

Think of it this way. To access any form of cloud-delivered apps or services from your endpoint device of choice, the best option is to use an endpoint operating system that:

  • Is secure from malware and other endpoint threats
  • Is easy to manage and control at scale
  • Enables a great end-user experience for a highly distributed workforce
  • Reduces hardware capital and management and energy operating costs

As the way we all work and communicate continues to evolve over the next 5, 10, or even 20 years, organizations powering their endpoints today with IGEL OS know they already have the ideal managed endpoint OS for secure access to any digital workspace. It has been purpose-built to deliver freedom of choice and agility for a future-proofed digital workspace.

Further, for those companies currently worried about ransomware or bogged down with managing their hundreds or even many thousands of endpoints, the correct endpoint OS choice is IGEL OS. It will help IT  teams sleep better at night and make both IT and end-users more productive now and into the future. There’s no better time to discover the value of IGEL OS. It’s as easy as a simple download from IGEL.com.

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How VMware, IGEL, Microsoft are a Great Combination for DaaS https://www.igel.com/blog/how-vmware-igel-and-microsoft-are-a-great-combination-for-daas/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 21:18:05 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=64688 I’ll let you into a secret – there seems to be a solution stack that is really taking off right now. Through conversations with customers, EUC ecosystem vendors, and partners, a triad of vendors is making it easier than ever…

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I’ll let you into a secret – there seems to be a solution stack that is really taking off right now. Through conversations with customers, EUC ecosystem vendors, and partners, a triad of vendors is making it easier than ever to embrace DaaS or upgrade existing VDI solutions. That triad is made up Microsoft, VMware, and IGEL.

VMware

VMware Horizon needs no introduction. With support for workloads that sit on vSphere (both on-premises and in the cloud) and natively in Microsoft Azure, it has been tried and trusted by the global market as one of the premier virtual app and desktop platforms. With literally millions of individual users world-wide, from critical hospital deployments and CAD engineers working on the next generation of aircraft, all the way to remote workers, VMware Horizon has been pivotal in keeping the global economy going.

Azure

The Microsoft Azure platform has grown at a phenomenal rate. By tying together all of an organization’s productivity tools with a best-of-breed IaaS platform, it is a top choice for organizations to migrate to and grow. With multiple options for deploying VMware Horizon virtual desktops and apps — including Azure VMware Solution and Azure Virtual Desktop, which includes features like multi-session Windows 10 and Windows 11 — enterprise IT teams often look to Azure as the foundation when they are tasked with innovating in the end-user computing space.

IGEL

Finally, when it comes to the endpoint, there is a choice that has been rapidly gaining market share over the past couple of years – IGEL. IGEL is one of the only purpose-built enterprise-ready OS platforms for connecting to the Digital Workspace. For organizations looking for a more secure, consistent base to connect to their workspace — whether that is DaaS, SaaS, or any mixture of applications — IGEL makes it happen.

When you bring these three solutions together, something incredible happens.

Examples from the field

Don’t take our word for it. We have plenty of examples where a joint VMware, Microsoft, and IGEL solution have delivered outstanding outcomes for our customers.

Cost Efficiency

A leading equipment manufacturer was looking to enable hybrid working for their staff. Faced with an aging PC estate and the need to move to a modern Windows OS for their applications, they selected VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure as their solution of choice.

This would give them the agility to migrate to a solution that could be deployed to not only home workers, but also those workers who needed to get to multiple remote global sites. Horizon would give them a great VDI broker with a leading protocol and industry-leading application deployment capabilities, while Azure meant that they could put this solution wherever they needed it to be without having the huge upfront cost of purchasing server hardware.

Next, they started looking at modernizing their endpoint estate. Part of their requirement was to be able to use CAD software and Microsoft Teams, and it quickly became clear that replacing thousands of desktops was going to cost a lot more than initially expected, potentially threatening the feasibility of the whole project.

At this point, the VMware account team suggested that the customer consider IGEL for repurposing their endpoint estate. Using IGEL, and leveraging VMware Horizon’s capabilities with Teams optimization and rich graphics acceleration, the vast majority of that PC estate could be retained, instead running IGEL OS rather than older versions of Windows. The combined cost savings of not having to purchase new PCs, along with the reduced power costs of running a more efficient OS and avoiding device recycling costs meant that the overall project cost was now much lower, with the entire project cost being much closer to the budget originally set aside for just replacing their PC estate.

Ease of Management

When a large airline wanted to embrace a rock-solid application delivery platform, they knew which solution they preferred to deliver it.

The solution had to be reliable and trusted, while offering an excellent end-user experience. They chose VMware Horizon on Azure VMware Solution (AVS). Selecting AVS gave them the ability to move their VMware vSphere workloads seamlessly between their on-premises datacenters and Azure and an easy mechanism to extend their private datacenter to the public cloud.

For their endpoints, again, only one solution fit the bill – IGEL. With IGEL OS and its industry-leading endpoint management solution, it was simple to build an endpoint estate that could bring disparate devices together under a single, unified management plane.

Along with this manageability, IGEL OS is built from the ground up to be a more secure and reliable platform. Real-time policy updates for endpoints both on and off the corporate LAN mean that no matter where a device is globally, or which network it’s on, full visibility and configuration management is always at hand.

Security

A ransomware attack isn’t just a one-off attack. It can take days, weeks, or in some cases months to recover data and get access back into systems. In a healthcare environment, losing access to systems for a sustained period just isn’t an option.

There have been multiple very public cases of healthcare organizations falling victim to ransomware attacks and having to cancel critical operations and procedures while they struggle to recover access to their IT systems.

One large healthcare organization decided that they simply couldn’t take the risk of losing access to their systems. They decided to be proactive and secure the biggest attack vector for ransomware attacks – their endpoints.

They chose to move their end-user workloads off their physical endpoints and into a public cloud. They selected VMware Horizon 8 on Microsoft Azure VMware Solution. If the worst did happen, they could shut down large swathes of their end-user estate and restore them from backups or rebuild them much quicker than in a standard Windows-based desktop estate.

How about the endpoints themselves though? To reduce their attack surface as much as possible, the healthcare provider selected IGEL as their endpoint platform.

The IGEL platform has been designed with security at its core. With a read-only OS, real-time configuration management, and encryption as standard, the chances of compromise are drastically reduced. Coupled with VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure, those malicious actors set on exploiting insecure environments need to look elsewhere.

Summary

With so many different end-user products in the market, it can be difficult to select technology solutions that fit together and resolve challenges across different use cases. The partnership between VMware, Microsoft, and IGEL is a solution that makes sense time and time again.

The evidence is clear. Whether you want to make your new DaaS solution financially viable, easily manage endpoints across locations and networks, or protect against threats, this combined solution has been tried and tested and is trusted by some of the world’s largest enterprises.

To learn more, visit our VMware page.

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“The Attic” Video Podcast Episode 6: Why EUC is Headed for Next Major Growth Wave from Sanjay Poonen, former COO, VMware https://www.igel.com/blog/the-attic-video-podcast-episode-6-why-euc-is-headed-for-next-major-growth-wave-from-sanjay-poonen-former-coo-vmware/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:32:38 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=64241 Be sure to check out the latest Attic one-to-one chat with Sanjay Poonen, an EUC superstar who led the development of VMware’s EUC business when virtual desktops were hardly a household phrase. Sanjay shares his fascinating journey, growing up in…

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Be sure to check out the latest Attic one-to-one chat with Sanjay Poonen, an EUC superstar who led the development of VMware’s EUC business when virtual desktops were hardly a household phrase. Sanjay shares his fascinating journey, growing up in Bangalore, India, traveling 10,000 miles to study computer science at Dartmouth College, a journey that would eventually see him rise to great heights in the EUC world.  

Sanjay – never a status quo believer – sought opportunities with companies beginning to innovate disruptive products and technology. He began as an engineer at Apple in the early days of Mac development, helped develop startup Alphablox (analytic applications) acquired by IBM; then spent eight years at SAP, as president of its platform, applications, and industries group, expanding SAP beyond its original ERP model.

Sanjay became an EUC icon after leaving SAP in 2013 and joining VMware to build its EUC business, recruiting the best of the best from Citrix, MobileIron and others to map the future in virtualization and deliver the tools to make EUC a viable choice for enterprises. Always a disruptor, Sanjay shook up the industry in 2014 with VMware’s acquisition of AirWatch, an enterprise mobile management and security provider. The $1.5 billion price tag was a startling number at that time.

IGEL and Sanjay have been strategic allies for more than a decade, as the two companies have had a common goal of growing the EUC business and delivering the best, most secure cloud workspace experience to enterprises and their end users. Tune in and hear Sanjay talk about the next wave of EUC innovation, why security is paramount and his new adventures.

On Security’s Future: “The next frontier is protecting source code…. developer security and understanding the vulnerabilities…. i.e. code used in early detection to detect disease as opposed to reacting later.”

On Breach Concerns: “It’s certainly a boardroom topic, as having economic impact when there’s a breach. But imagine a scenario very similar to what happened in Bopal in the 1980s. That type of incident could happen again through a hack. It’s not just economic impact, it’s lives too.”

On EUC Growth: “Work from anywhere is just starting to take off in a whole new way. End user computing is hot again. If you’re in sales you’re still going to be selling to the same buyers. They haven’t gone away..but they’re not just buying VDI now. They’re buying many other tools.” – Sanjay Poonen

Listen in and find out which security company Sanjay says could be the next CrowdStrike. Watch the Attic: Episode 6 – Sanjay Poonen.

Thanks for stopping by The Attic. Join us again next time for more insightful conversations. Some of our upcoming guests include EUC influencer Christiaan Brinkhoff, Principal PM and Community Lead, Windows 365 at Microsoft, and Tim Minahan, CMO of Citrix.

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DISRUPT Unite Roadshow: Why VMware Horizon is the Best Choice for your Anywhere Workspace Journey https://www.igel.com/blog/disrupt-unite-roadshow-why-vmware-horizon-is-the-best-choice-for-your-anywhere-workspace-journey/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:57:26 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=61882 Discover how VMware Horizon delivers flexibility and value for anywhere work. During these unprecedented times of increased demand for working from anywhere, organizations have gravitated towards virtual desktop and app platforms like VMware Horizon to help deliver secure remote access…

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Discover how VMware Horizon delivers flexibility and value for anywhere work.

During these unprecedented times of increased demand for working from anywhere, organizations have gravitated towards virtual desktop and app platforms like VMware Horizon to help deliver secure remote access to corporate resources. Combined with VMware Workspace ONE and VMware SASE platform, VMware Horizon’s benefits include increasing your end users’ productivity and at the same time driving operational efficiencies to empower today’s Anywhere Workforce.

Join our session during the DISRUPT Unite Cloud Workspaces Forum Roadshow event where we will discuss how VMware Horizon can lower your costs while increasing user and operational productivity.

In our session, you will also learn how VMWare and Microsoft are working together to deliver Horizon on Azure leveraging Azure VMware Solutions and Azure Virtual Desktop. Top takeaways will include why Horizon is the choice for securely integrating users into a multi-cloud and hybrid environment, and the benefits of VMware Horizon with Microsoft Azure.

Learn more about VMware in the IGEL Ready Showcase here. Then join us at DISRUPT Unite for the Newport Beach event on October 21.

With stops in 11 cities in EMEA and the U.S., DISRUPT Unite is bringing industry experts close to home for an inspirational and insightful program of presentations you don’t want to miss. Register for the event near you today!

Chris Tillier is a Solutions Architect at VMware.

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Imagine That! Explore how to Navigate the “New Normal” with IGEL at VMworld 2021 https://www.igel.com/blog/imagine-that-explore-how-to-navigate-the-new-normal-with-igel-at-vmworld-2021/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 18:44:11 +0000 https://www.igel.com/?p=54471 VMworld 2021 is upon us and IGEL is set to spark your imagination on the ways in which you can navigate the “new normal” in this work from anywhere era with innovative solutions for cloud workspaces. As a Gold sponsor…

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VMworld 2021 is upon us and IGEL is set to spark your imagination on the ways in which you can navigate the “new normal” in this work from anywhere era with innovative solutions for cloud workspaces. As a Gold sponsor of this year’s event, which has the theme “Imagine That” and runs October 5 – 7, IGEL will be hosting a virtual Demo Zone booth, holding a breakout session and so much more.

Demo Zone Production

IGEL will be prominently featured in the VMworld Demo Zone with a virtual booth. Here you’ll get access to two valuable videos on demand: “Securing Life on the Edge with IGEL OS” and “MS Teams Optimization Demonstration with IGEL OS.” These can’t miss videos help viewers explore and imagine the new ways IGEL enables you to deliver end user computing solutions for a work from anywhere world.

From the virtual IGEL booth, you can also download valuable resources or chat directly with an IGEL expert on the different ways you can employ “Security on the Edge with IGEL.”

Breakout Session: Are we there yet?

IGEL will also be delivering a featured presentation during this year’s VMworld 2021 event which will include IGEL technology expert presentations, customer interviews and a demo of the integration of IGEL and VMware Anywhere Workspace.

The session “Are we there yet? Navigating the unmapped ‘New Normal’ with VMware and IGEL” will cover the following key elements of using IGEL OS with VMware to address the changing world of work. Presented by IGEL’s Carl Gersh, Vice President of Marketing North America; Dan O’Farrell, Senior Director, Product Marketing; and Ben Ward, Senior PreSales Engineer, details of the breakout presentation include:

Just when it seemed we were about to arrive at the post-pandemic world we were longing for, the Delta variant arrived. With many communities now being hit hard by a third wave of COVID infections, hospitalizations, and unfortunately deaths, organizations need to yet again fall back on a mid-pandemic way of work, with most people working entirely from home. Those companies who were already embracing digital workspaces in the form of virtualized desktops, apps, and cloud-delivered workloads were able to fare much better than those who did not, and the current state of uncertainty once again illuminates the importance of taking full advantage of the cloud. Or in many cases, multiple clouds.

VMware has pioneered the delivery of secure, reliable, high-fidelity user experiences by leveraging virtualization within a multi-cloud architecture. IGEL has worked with VMware for the past two decades to make IGEL OS, the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces, fully compatible and complementary with VMware Horizon. Together, VMware Horizon and IGEL OS represent an ideal combination for enabling secure, easy access to digital workspaces for the widely distributed workforce. Moreover, Horizon and IGEL OS offer IT organizations full management and control of end-user digital workspace sessions from the end-user to their desired desktop, application, or clouds, as well as their endpoint devices. And that management and control extends to users working from home on their desired devices of choice, or anywhere else.

This VMworld session hosted by IGEL will explore “what’s next” in terms of:

• how and where people will continue with their work
• how to take full advantage digital workspaces within the multi-cloud world
• how to effectively build and execute on disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• how embracing digital workspaces can help protect an organization from ransomware and other forms of malware
• and how to keep widely distributed workforces productive and happy while retaining full IT management and control of end-users and their devices.

In addition to the above, attendees will also hear from a customer describing their implementation of a joint VMware Horizon/IGEL OS solution and how it benefited them, as well as a demonstration highlighting the ease of integrating Microsoft Teams optimization within a Horizon/IGEL OS environment.

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Win!

VMworld 2021 attendees who visit the virtual IGEL booth and either download a resource or begin a live chat with an IGEL representative will be entered for a chance to win an Oculus Quest 2 Advanced All-In-One Virtual Reality Headset – 256 GB. It’s a great way to further inspire your imagination.

Learn More at DISRUPT Unite

You can discover more about IGEL’s participation at VMworld 2021 in this VMblog Q&A. Then prepare for more insights, inspirational keynotes and valuable breakout sessions during one of IGEL’s upcoming DISRUPT Unite Cloud Workspaces Forum Roadshow events. With stops in 11 cities in EMEA and the U.S., we’re bringing EUC experts close to home. You don’t want to miss it! Register for the event near you here.

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