IGEL Weekly

Healthcare organizations are under constant pressure to improve clinician productivity, strengthen security, and reduce infrastructure complexity. In this episode of IGEL Weekly, XenTegra's Stuart Donnelson sits down with Chris Feeney from IGEL to discuss one of the most significant innovations announced at IGEL Now & Next: seamless Web SSO with Imprivata.

Chris shares the story behind the multi-year collaboration that brings healthcare's familiar badge-tap authentication experience directly into browser-based applications. As electronic health records, productivity tools, and clinical workflows continue moving to the browser, healthcare IT teams are looking for ways to simplify access without sacrificing security or user experience. This conversation explores how browser-first authentication can help reduce login friction, lower infrastructure costs, extend endpoint lifecycles, and support the future of healthcare application delivery.

The discussion also dives into shared workstation environments, secure browser strategies, AI-powered healthcare workflows, and the broader evolution of end-user computing. Whether you're responsible for healthcare infrastructure, digital workspace strategy, endpoint management, or cybersecurity, you'll gain practical insights into where healthcare authentication and application delivery are headed next.

This podcast explores the future of endpoint management, cloud workspaces, Zero Trust, and secure digital work. Each week, we break down the latest IGEL updates, industry trends, real-world strategies, and modern endpoint conversations shaping today’s IT environments.

Whether you're focused on security, device management, hybrid work, EUC, or workspace transformation, IGEL Weekly delivers practical insight without the fluff.

New episodes weekly-ish.

In Episode 107 of IGEL Weekly, XenTegra’s Stuart Donnelson and IGEL’s Chris Feeney break down a major shift happening in cybersecurity: the move toward immutable endpoints.

With ransomware, supply chain attacks, and endpoint breaches on the rise, traditional security models are being pushed to their limits. This episode explores why reducing attack surface, eliminating endpoint drift, and enforcing a “known good state” are becoming critical strategies for modern IT environments.

From real-world federal use cases to lessons learned over decades in IT, the conversation highlights how immutable operating systems challenge the status quo, simplify security, and help organizations stay ahead of evolving threats.

What you’ll learn:

•  Why endpoints remain the #1 attack vector in modern environments 
•  What “immutable” actually means and why it matters 
•  How reducing complexity improves both security and manageability 
•  The shift from reactive patching to proactive control 
•  Real-world examples of secure endpoint deployment 

If you're rethinking endpoint strategy or trying to simplify security without sacrificing control, this episode is worth a listen.

In this episode of IGEL Weekly, hosts Stuart Donnelson and Chris Feeney break down the biggest announcements from IGEL NOW & NEXT 2026 in Miami. From the evolution of the Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform to new innovations in AI, Zero Trust, and digital employee experience, this episode covers the highlights that matter most to IT leaders and practitioners.

The conversation explores how IGEL is advancing contextual access and dynamic trust to strengthen endpoint security, along with new integrations across the ecosystem including Microsoft, Nerdio, and Omnissa. The hosts also dive into emerging technologies like AI-powered enhancements, managed hypervisors, containers, and ARM support, all aimed at improving performance, flexibility, and user experience at the edge.

Additional discussions include healthcare innovations such as password-less authentication and AI-driven workflows, real-world use cases for operational technology, and how these advancements are helping organizations reduce risk while empowering end users. If you missed the event or want a deeper perspective on what was announced, this episode provides a comprehensive and practical recap.

This episode features experts from IGEL discussing the upcoming IGEL Now and Next conference, focusing on IGEL Insights, a new deployment and performance monitoring tool. They explore how this innovation enhances endpoint visibility, extends hardware lifespan, and integrates with the broader ecosystem to optimize end-user computing environments.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to IGEL Insights
01:59 Understanding IGEL Insights
05:04 The Importance of Visibility in IT
11:23 Listening to Customer Needs
16:21 Data Visualization and Insights
19:22 Deployment and Architecture of IGEL Insights
23:02 Future of IGEL and Upcoming Announcements

In this episode of IGEL Weekly, Andy Whiteside sits down with Chris Feeney from IGEL’s Office of the CTO to explore a critical, often overlooked element of disaster recovery—endpoint resilience. They unpack how IGEL is addressing business continuity challenges with innovative solutions like IGEL Dual Boot and USB Recovery, enabling organizations to recover in minutes rather than days.

Chris shares insights into the growing importance of securing endpoints amid rising ransomware threats and operational disruptions like the recent CrowdStrike incident. The conversation dives into:

• Why most organizations fail to plan for endpoint-level recovery
• How IGEL’s dual-boot architecture bridges the gap between prevention and recovery
• Real-world examples of minimizing downtime during breaches and outages
• The future of endpoint strategy as SaaS, browsers, and cloud PCs reshape IT infrastructure

Tune in to learn how IGEL is redefining endpoint continuity and setting a new standard for security and business resilience.

In Episode 103 of IGEL Weekly, host Andy Whiteside and Chris Feeney dive deep into what it means to truly rethink endpoint strategy in 2025. Using James Millington’s recent blog as a guide, they explore IGEL’s Preventive Security Model — a lightweight, adaptive, and policy-aligned approach that moves beyond the bloated, reactive stacks of the past.

From Zero Trust architecture and business continuity planning to repurposing hardware for sustainability and simplifying mergers and acquisitions, Andy and Chris share how IGEL unifies hardware, applications, and security into a failsafe foundation for any organization. Whether you’re managing thousands of endpoints or just a few dozen, this conversation reveals why it’s time to break from the status quo and design for a secure, flexible, and future-ready digital workspace.

I recall a few years ago buying a new car, it was a Hyundai Coupe, I’d never seen one before and thought I’d get something different.

As soon as I got the key and drove it, I saw them all over the place!

Not so unique after all.

This phenomenon is called ‘Intentional Blindness’ or ‘Perceptual Blindness’, when we don’t notice something in our field of view because we are busy focusing on something else.

I think this is akin to the pervasiveness of Digital Signage, it is everywhere we simply don’t see it.

Until it goes wrong…

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney

At IGEL DISRUPT 2024 in Munich this week, Lenovo presented its vision of how generative AI’s next advancement will involve personalizing end-user devices. This means that computers, phones, tablets, and other devices will soon be able to understand the context of our activities and adapt to how we prefer to work.

Overall, the concept of adding AI at the endpoint is gaining a lot of traction. In 2023, Adobe reported that 77% of all devices use some form of AI. Lenovo sees the future of AI moving to a background-running service, first appearing locally in high-end and then consumer devices and eventually becoming ubiquitous across all environments, allowing incredibly high-power models to function at low-power demand.

Lenovo, in partnership with IGEL, has already taken steps to implement these innovative features.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney

In this episode, Rene talk about the power of the IGEL community, and what makes it so sticky!

Additionally we dive into some product discussions.  Did you know that IGEL OS 11 is going end of life in December 2025.

Finally, we close things out with a discussion of the IGEL Disrupt conference, and it's rebranding to IGEL Now and Next

Host: Barry Browne
Co Host: Rene Recker