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The Most Integrated and Intuitive Thin Client OS

IGEL is the top choice for transforming corporate and BYOD devices into secure, low-maintenance, thin clients. With a focus on security and simplicity, IGEL delivers access to virtual environments, published apps, and web apps without the user friction or expenditure that comes with other Endpoint Management solutions.

By partnering with Ferroque Systems, you can benefit from IGELs’ broad integrations, compatibility, and support, ensuring an excellent end-user experience for operational needs across healthcare, manufacturing, retail, and more.

Learn why enterprises across various sectors choose Ferroque and IGEL to simplify and secure their endpoints while extending the useful life of assets, minimizing environmental impact and reducing IT costs.

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Rethink Your Endpoint Strategy

Uncover the potential of IGEL. Increase control, reduce risks, and reduce costs. All while improving the user experience and supporting sustainability initiatives.

Hardware Agnostic

IGEL is a highly secure read-only Linux-based operating system built for vendor-agnostic x86 devices. With Ferroque, you can maximize value from this platform-independent endpoint OS for PCs, laptops, thin clients (Dell, HP, Lenovo, LG, and more), and BYOD devices to access your preferred digital workspace platform and web apps. Run what you want, where you want it, with IGEL.

Cost Effective

Reduce CAPEX and OPEX for endpoint hardware and software. IGEL and Ferroque help you extend the life of existing hardware assets, transition to low-cost thin client hardware, or provide the most cost-effective and secure BYOD model to your employees and contractors with bootable UD pocket drives.

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Shift Enterprise Security

IGEL enables the ultimate zero-trust security model to address the riskiest attack vectors – your users and endpoints. Leverage IGEL’s locked-down read-only OS for secure access to corporate resources (VDI or web apps) without data hitting the device. Malware and ransomware disappear with a reboot.

Support Sustainability

By leveraging IGEL’s solutions, you can extend the lifespan of older endpoints through upcycling, converting them into efficient thin clients. This approach reduces electronic waste and minimizes the need for new hardware production, contributing to a more sustainable IT ecosystem.

Zero-Day Support

IGEL stays ahead of the curve with timely integration of the latest EUC vendor software and capabilities from Citrix, Horizon, AVD/W365, Amazon, Workspot, and more – a significant distinction from legacy thin client vendors who often take months to turn around updates. Targeting zero-day support of new features, IGEL keeps pace with your ambitions.

Streamline Management

Manage devices running IGEL OS inside and outside the network, optimizing performance and security for remote and distributed workforces. And with rapid automated onboarding, organizations simplify and streamline device provisioning, saving time and money.

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The Ferroque Advantage with IGEL and Thin Clients

Ferroque’s history with thin clients spans decades and includes industry use cases in finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and more. Ferroque helps customers make the most of their endpoint strategy with IGEL.

Ferroque understands the multi-faceted impacts of endpoint strategies that include thin clients. Numerous use cases benefit from thin client technologies to streamline deployment and management of endpoint devices, improve an organizaton’s security posture, and reduce endpoint costs.

Our team has aligned with IGEL as we consider IGEL to be the best-of-breed platform in the thin client ecosystem, and have many years assisting customers in designing, deploying, and managing IGEL endpoint solutions. IGEL’s commitment to day-one support of new vendor features, continual innovation in their product and a thriving integration and support ecosystem for third-party hardware and software solutions make it a versatile choice for even the most demanding customers.

Ferroque’s extensive technical expertise in end-user infrastructure solutions creates compelling value for customers to reap the benefits of our field experience and the IGEL platform to effectively implement and manage an endpoint strategy that delivers on the promise of simplified management, enhanced security and cost reductions.

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Have More Questions?

How does IGEL enhance the security of my IT infrastructure?
IGEL’s operating system is designed with security as a priority, using a read-only, Linux-based OS that minimizes vulnerabilities. It includes built-in support for VPNs, numerous authentication technologies, and digital workspace published apps and desktops (VDI, Cloud PC) from numerous vendors to ensure safe remote connections. The thin client architecture avoids corporate data from residing on the endpoint and enables access architectures that can be locked down to only allow managed IGEL devices from accessing corporate systems over the Internet.
How does IGEL improve the security of our BYOD posture?

Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) endpoint strategies offer organizations a cost-effective way to accommodate the hardware needs of employees, vendors, and contractors, while also providing the flexibility to work remotely.

However, these strategies pose significant security and operational challenges that cannot be adequately addressed by zero-trust network access (ZTNA) principles alone.

Unmanaged corporate assets, such as BYOD devices, may host malicious software like keyloggers or screen scrapers, or run applications that simulate user activity. Additionally, these devices might use VPNs to obscure their geographic origins, further complicating security management.

While various tools can partially address these issues, they often add complexity. A more streamlined and secure approach involves providing BYOD users, vendors, and contractors with an IGEL UD Pocket Drive. This solution transforms any unmanaged device into a secure, managed environment running IGEL OS. The device becomes immune to many previously identified risks and can be reverted to its original state with a simple reboot.

Can IGEL’s solutions integrate with my existing hardware and virtualization platforms?
Yes, IGEL is compatible with a wide range of endpoint hardware and supports various digital workspace virtualization platforms, including Citrix, VMware, Workspot, and Microsoft, ensuring seamless integration with your existing IT environment.
Is IGEL a hardware thin client?
IGEL is a thin client OS that is deployed on purpose-built thin client or commodity x86 desktop and laptop hardware from your vendor of choice. IGEL no longer sells their own thin client hardware, providing customers greater choice in selection from leading endpoint manufacturers such as Dell, LG, HP, Lenovo, and more. While the hardware manufacturers focus on hardware innovation, IGEL focuses on software innovation resulting in a thin client far superior to default hardware vendor thin client or “zero client” OS options.
How does IGEL contribute to cost savings in IT operations?
IGEL can extend the lifespan of existing hardware by repurposing it as thin clients, reduce the need for specialized hardware, and simplify management processes, all of which contribute to significant cost reductions. Furthermore, purpose-built thin client hardware is often lower cost than standard laptop and desktop hardware. In addition, the OS and tool stack of agents enterprises often deploy on endpoints is reduced, resulting in further cost savings. Lastly, IGEL’s USB boot drive option (UD Pocket) allows organizations to distribute IGEL to contractors and employees with BYOD devices, bridging the gap between endpoint costs and securing the end-user workspace.
What types of environments and industries can benefit from using IGEL?
IGEL is versatile and can be used across various industries, including healthcare, finance, education, and government, especially in environments where secure, efficient, and reliable endpoint management is critical. While thin clients are often used for task worker and knowledge worker use cases, IGEL when paired with capable endpoint hardware with a suitable processor and GPU can handle more intensive workloads from rich multi-media and video conferencing to 3D modelling.
Can I use IGEL to manage devices remotely and at scale?
Yes, IGEL’s management console enables IT administrators to manage thousands of endpoints remotely, applying updates, configurations, and policies efficiently across the entire organization. IGEL’s auto-registration and zero-touch deployments allow for effortless provisioning of new thin clients. Administrators can manage IGEL endpoints within the corporate network and over the Internet from the management console.
How does the IGEL OS improve the user experience in virtual desktop environments?
The IGEL OS is optimized for performance in virtual environments, offering fast boot times, efficient resource use, support for high-quality video and audio, and VoIP redirection support for major vendors , ensuring a smooth and responsive user experience. IGEL’s release cycles and commitment to zero-day vendor software support means customers benefit from new feature enhancements in their preferred digital workspace platform faster, and is a key differentiator in a market where thin client OS software often lags months behind a vendor’s client software release.

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