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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most established public cloud for the delivery of cloud-hosted applications and desktops. AWS describes itself as “the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster.” Its desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering is called Amazon WorkSpaces and it the most broadly consumed DaaS in the world. AWS boasts 5 years of supporting production workloads, tens of thousands of active customers, and hundreds of thousands of active users.

IGEL is a premier technology partner with AWS and vice versa, which means organizations looking to consume Amazon WorkSpaces can rest assured that using IGEL OS on their Amazon WorkSpaces connected endpoints will yield productive, fulfilling user experiences with AWS. IGEL OS supports the latest version of the PCoIP protocol in software which drives the delivery of most AWS-connected desktops. IGEL-powered endpoints include an extra layer of security including the IGEL “complete chain of trust” which validates the firmware and software during the boot process all the way from the device Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) to the AWS cloud. And IGEL continues to work closely with AWS to continue to ensure outstanding user experiences with either PCoIP or future virtualized desktop protocols offered by AWS.

Citrix has been a leader in application and desktop virtualization for decades. Citrix was a pioneer in allowing users to access their work from anywhere by virtualizing the desktop experience. With the latest version of their virtual desktop client, Citrix Workspace App, Citrix continues to play a major role in allowing organizations of all sizes to access applications and desktops running in corporate data centers or in the cloud. Citrix offers its customers “a smarter, simpler way to work”, by increasing user productivity and engagement.

IGEL OS complements Citrix and the Workspace app as the simple, smart, and secure next-gen endpoint operating system for cloud workspaces. With IGEL OS, endpoint security and user experience are paramount, and the same holds true with Citrix. With four software feature releases per year, IGEL OS continually supports the latest version of the Citrix Workspace App which helps ensure a high-fidelity, fulfilling user experience with the latest enhancements from Citrix and IGEL for those accessing apps and desktops within Citrix environments. With its complete chain of trust to ensure that all processes starting from the UEFI during boot-up are verified for integrity (and starting from the AMD processor on select IGEL endpoint models), IGEL further extends end-to-end security within Citrix environments.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. As a key player in the delivery of virtualized apps, desktops, and cloud workspaces via virtual desktop protocols and the Azure cloud, Microsoft is a key strategic IGEL partner.

With the Azure cloud delivering a suite of services including Office 365 and now Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Microsoft is poised to assume a leading position in the delivery of Windows and the Office suite of applications in a whole new way, as an entirely cloud-based subscription.

Windows Virtual Desktop

WVD represents a key historical inflection point in how organizations enable their people to work. By making it easy for organizations to move Windows off of user endpoint devices and have Windows delivered from the Azure cloud as a recurring subscription expense, IT organizations can shed the huge burden of imaging, updating, patching, and managing hundreds or many thousands of Windows devices. This is good for Microsoft as well as its customers, since Windows will be easier than ever to use, and IT teams will shed a costly and time-consuming recurring task. And as a short-term tactical factor, migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 can be as easy as replacing Windows on end user devices with IGEL OS and transitioning Windows 7 licenses to Windows 10 WVD subscriptions.

IGEL OS was the first Linux-based endpoint operating system certified with WVD. With IGEL OS, IGEL offers WVD subscribers get an ideal next-gen edge OS that is super easy to load, install, and manage from a central console. IGEL OS is platform independent and can be installed in minutes on any x86 compatible device. The legendary ease of use of the IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) software complements the extreme simplicity of a recurring WVD subscription. Users get the same access and experience they are used to with all their familiar Windows apps, and IT teams will be thrilled with how little time and worry they will need to spend on securing and managing their user endpoint devices. At IGEL, we claim that using IGEL OS with WVD can allow you to “fall in love with Windows again”, and we’ve built a dedicated micro-site that explains the many reasons why at https://www.igel.com/page/win10/migrate/.

You can learn more about Windows Virtual Desktop at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/virtual-desktop/.

VMware is the leading provider of server, desktop, and application virtualization software. From hyperconverged infrastructure hardware and software in the data center to the Horizon 7 virtual desktop client, VMware plays a dominant end-to-end role within virtualized environments for enterprises and cloud service providers. With the latest version of their Horizon 7 virtual desktop client, VMware continues to enable organizations of all sizes to access applications and desktops running in corporate data centers or in the cloud. Per VMware their virtualization and Horizon 7 customers enjoy “unprecedented simplicity, flexibility, speed and scale – all at lower costs.”.

IGEL OS complements VMware and Horizon 7 as the simple, smart, and secure next-gen endpoint operating system for cloud workspaces. With IGEL OS, endpoint security and user experience are paramount, and the same holds true with VMware. With four software feature releases per year, IGEL OS continually supports the latest version of the Citrix Workspace App which helps ensure a high-fidelity, fulfilling user experience with the latest enhancements from Citrix and IGEL for those accessing apps and desktops within Citrix environments. With its complete chain of trust to ensure that all processes starting from the UEFI during boot-up are verified for integrity (and starting from the AMD processor on select IGEL endpoint models), IGEL further extends end-to-end security within VMware environments.