How I Stumbled Into the Perfect Thin Client Technology

February 17, 2017

I have been working with Citrix XenDesktop as our VDI platform of choice for several years now. The backend technology is great, it’s fast, stable and easy to administrator. I’ve also looked at VMware View, but it was years ago and back then it was not nearly as baked. From what I’m reading these days it seems like it’s come a long way and it has grown in to a solid platform as well. While the debate about which platform is better will continue among administrators for some time, I thought it would be fun to take a look at the front end of our VDI systems of choice. Yes, that’s right the “Thin” client. It’s not as sexy as the platform but it is what our end users see and touch every day. This post is basically a rundown of how I luck sacked my way into finding the perfect solution.

My crew has spent a lot of time working with various manufactures products in this market. We started with testing out various 10zig, Wyse (Dell), and HP models. Each manufacture had some great features we liked, and a bunch we hated.

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IGEL Technology IGEL delivers powerful unified endpoint management software that is revolutionary in its simplicity and purpose-built for the enterprise. The company’s world-leading software products include the IGEL OS™, Universal Desktop Converter™ (UDC), IGEL Cloud Gateway™ (ICG), IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and Universal Management Suite™ (UMS). These solutions enable a more secure, manageable and cost-effective endpoint management platform across nearly any x86 device. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered and manufactured thin, zero and all-in-one client solutions deliver the industry’s best warranty (5 years), support (3 years after end of life) and management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to precisely control all devices running IGEL OS as well as Windows OS from a single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries.

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