IGEL Weekly

Join Seb and I as we look at 2023 in the IGEL Community.  We talk all things, good bacd and ugly.

We then get into the details about IGEL rebranding, and of course, everyone's favorite topic - IGEL Disrupt 2024.


Host: Barry Browne
Host: Sebastien Perusat

IT admins are having to deal with many challenges on the rocky road to digital transformation. The importance of security, cloud adoption, cost savings, and the rapid evolution of SaaS-based applications is driving organizations to a hybrid workspace that requires different approaches to how endpoints are deployed, used, managed, and controlled.

While the demand for applications is increasing, organizations are choosing to deploy a variety of platforms that bring together a hybrid mix of on-premises, virtual, and cloud-based workspaces in their environments. Whereas users expect more flexibility to work when and where they prefer, on their endpoint devices of choice with applications that ‘just work’.

This shift towards cloud-based workspaces promotes a SaaS approach to deploy applications, which combines a number of components to provide expanded functionality as a service. Therefore, it has become vital to deploy tools that allow organizations to not only get an inventory of their used applications but also to understand how they are being deployed and used in their environments.

Stratusphere UX monitors application performance by providing detailed metrics and diagnostics data that reveal blind spots to support IT teams and CIOs in making data-driven decisions.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney
Co-host: Jaime Reynolds

This week, Seb and I nerd out a little bit about the upcoming F1 race in Las Vegas.  Sure to be a mess!

On top of that, we also take time to discuss the official IGEL KB, vs the community-moderated Github Docs repository.

With the new Slack client comes new woes.  Not to worry, we have Seb coming to the rescue with some awesome new workflows that will be introduced to the community in the coming weeks.  Listen to the episode to get that sneak peek.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American listeners, and happy Nikolaus day to our German audience.

Host: Barry Browne
Co-Host: Sebastien Perusat

p.s.  Here is the spelling of the IGEL abbreviation.

Intelligente Gesamtlösung in der Mikroelektronik

The IGEL community is getting ready to celebrate its sixth anniversary, so it is hard to believe that we are over 11,000 members strong!

Join Seb and I during this episode where we talk about the community, community events, rugby, and of course IGEL releases, features, and functionality.

Host: Barry Browne
Co-Host: Sebastien Perusat

The principle of ‘waste not, want not’ was first declared 300 years ago. It is a reasonable idea, to avoid wasteful use of resources and provide for a more secure future. However, the principle has lost ground; the IT environment being one example. A spending study by Flexera reports underutilization or wasted IT spending of 36 percent for desktop software, 33 percent for data center software, 32 percent for SaaS and 32 percent for IaaS/PaaS.

The study confirms that enterprises continue to spend needless dollars and use precious IT time, loading up their hardware endpoint devices with up to a dozen pieces of software – and required agents – before the end user can even work productively with the device. It also confirms some of this software spend never even makes it to the desktop.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney

We are back from an unintentional summer hiatus of the IGEL community podcast.  Join Seb and I as we walk through the various changes within IGEL leadership.

We also dive into some great technical content (REST API, PSIGEL), and some other awesome nerdiness.

Host: Barry Browne
Host Sebastien Perusat


Links:  
https://github.com/IGEL-Community/PSIGEL
https://videos.igelcommunity.com/tech-qa-with-chris-fleck-citrix-vice-president-technical-fellow-and-psigel-powershell-module-for-igel-with-falk-heiland-igel-vip/

From pension funds to healthcare providers, ransomware is still finding plenty of victims. After a post-pandemic drop, the rate of ransomware is accelerating. Two groups getting attention are CIOp and BlackCat (ALPHV). Cl0p’s MOVEit Transfer hack to date has affected 15 million people and 121 organizations, including two large pension funds, CalPERS and CalSTRS. BlackCat (ALPHV), skilled at exfiltration, threatened to leak photos and sensitive data of a plastic surgeon’s patients and, according to a Check Point report, previously leaked patients’ photos and medical records after an attack against American healthcare provider LVHN earlier this year.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney
Guest: Jason Mafera

Bring power and performance to your hybrid workforce with the beautifully designed HP Elite mt645 Mobile Thin Client. The fast, efficient AMD Ryzen™ processor combined with enterprise-level security and flexible manageability elevate your day-to-day.

Effectively work in the office or remotely with advanced networking options and premium features. Get long-term productivity and tackle heavy workloads with the AMD Ryzen™ 5000 series processor and varied connectivity options.

Get peace-of-mind with premium features that help protect your device from the BIOS to the browser. Designed for hybrid environments with firmware TPM 2.0 hardware-based encryption keys and other versatile security options.

Durably designed with a refined aesthetic, carry this striking mobile thin client with confidence. The sturdy chassis can withstand daily wear and tear and undergoes MIL-STD testing. Keep it clean with common household cleaning wipes.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney

In waving goodbye to our hardware business, shifting to a subscription model, and bringing to market our ground-breaking COSMOS platform, IGEL is setting the course towards a promising future that is rich with innovation. The narrative unfolding within IGEL Ready mirrors this pattern of advancement and transformation.

The growing IGEL Ready ecosystem, comprised of the industry’s best hardware and software partners, is a point of pride and offers a strong foundation for future growth and innovation. As we continue to down this path with our 130+ IGEL Ready partners, IGEL is optimizing the program to align with our collective goals and objectives more closely.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney

With the release of the IGEL COSMOS platform, there was bound to be some confusion around COSMOS, what it is, and why should I care.

In this podcast Sebastien and Barry walk through the top handful of misunderstandings taken directly from the IGEL Community, and real-world customer scenarios.

Host: Barry Browne
Cohost: Sebastien Persuat