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The idea behind Buddy Update is to allow remote IGEL OS endpoints to update from a local Buddy Update Server vs. all remote devices contacting the IGEL OS UMS to download the new IGEL OS version. This results in much less bandwidth usage across slower WAN links.

Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW.

In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to:

• Introduction
• Topology
• Create the Buddy Master role
• Update the Buddy Master
• Create the Buddy Slave role
• Debug the Slave
• Additional important information

Host: Patrick Toner
Co-host: Sebastian Perusat

So, this week you may have noticed I have been busy releasing lots of videos on Linkedin. A series of posts that I have called “Another Day, Another Way.” This week’s focus has been on a common question I am asked, “Ok, so I love IGEL, now how do I get IGEL OS onto my devices?”

As you may know, there are many answers to this question and multiple ways we can deploy IGEL OS to an endpoint. For this blog, we will focus purely on installing IGEL OS with zero touch from the end-user allowing remote installation on all of your existing devices, whether they are PCs/Laptops or Thin Terminals.

 I am going to cover four methods of how this can be done.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney
Co-host: Patrick Toner

IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you to use IGEL OS drive encryption. You will learn how to obfuscate the corporate identity, hide AD login info, manage lost devices, enhance the chain of trust, and deal with legal compliance. 

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Patrick Toner
Co-host: Sebastien Perusat

The COVID-19 pandemic, increasing digital technologies, and the shifting generational perspective on the workplace have made more employees favor hybrid and remote models. According to a recent study by Accenture, 83% of global workers prefer a hybrid work situation, and 63% of high-growth organizations currently have a work from anywhere policy.

While hybrid and remote workforces offer numerous benefits, they can make it challenging for IT teams to manage security. If businesses want to have productive hybrid workforces, they need secure digital workspaces that support all employees.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Patrick Toner
Co-host: Chris Feeney

Watch this IGEL Tech-Tips Tuesday video to learn how to use and optimize IGEL’s Job (scheduled tasks) feature. 

IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you to create and optimize IGEL scheduled tasks, known as Jobs. You will learn how to create jobs, the commands required for Jobs, schedule an update, and check the Job’s results. 

Presented by Sebastian Perusat, IGEL Community FELLOW.

In this video, Sebastien will teach you how to:

• 00:00 Introduction
• 02:50 Creating a Job
• 03:25 Commands explained
• 10:00 Schedule an Update
• 14:55 Check Jobs results

Host: Patrick Toner
Co-host: Chris Feeney
Co-host: Sebastian Perusat

The IGEL Community leverages Slack as our daily give and take platform. It truly is a beautiful platform for communicating with each other, and in four years together, we have posted over 300,000 messages. 

If you are new to Slack or even a seasoned pro, you might have thought, "Do you ask yourself whether I need all these annoying notifications from Slack?"  Or do you ever get the desire to punch your keyboard when using the Search function? (BTW, Slack has a super powerful search engine once you know how to use it.)

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Sabastien Perusat
Co-host: Chris Feeney
Co-host: Patrick Toner

With key technologies for healthcare, Imprivata and IGEL have offered integrated solutions aimed at enabling secure, rapid, and productive work for healthcare clinicians, physicians, and nursing staff.  Both companies recently celebrated twenty years and IGEL’s partnership with Imprivata spans more than a decade with many successful customers around the globe who have benefited from adopting SSO+VDI with IGEL OS-powered thin clients.  This is one example of how the integration has worked for many years.

In recent years, the shift towards thin client endpoints in healthcare (and away from Windows) has been accelerated by many market factors with security being one of the most common (as healthcare has been a primary target for ransomware attacks), followed by a rapid acceleration towards the cloud.  Here are some of the top reasons IGEL has documented based on customer feedback.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney

IGEL’s Sebastian Perusat teaches you how to use the IGEL Boot Menu. This includes how to log in, the sections explained, the differences between verbose, VESA and emergence boot modes, CRC check, how to reset to factory defaults, and much more.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-host: Chris Feeney
Co-host: Seb Perusat

The Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) service emerged in 2019 with the promise of ubiquitous delivery of enterprise-class virtual apps, desktops, and cloud workspaces to organizations around the world. It signalled Microsoft’s full, strategic embracement of the cloud as a viable and powerful source for organizations of any size to literally run some or all their business from the Azure cloud. Shortly after its arrival, it became clear that using AVD is not a trivial matter. 

Many organizations have struggled to get up and running with the service, partly since AVD is still in its “early days” (became generally available in September of 2019), and partly because the service itself, to be fully utilized, can be complex and tedious for many IT organizations. 

This is where Nerdio has stepped in, to enable organizations of any size to migrate to AVD quickly and easily, and once using the service, to take full advantage of its potential. IGEL OS is the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. Simple, smart, and secure, it allows organizations’ endpoint devices to access AVD and other forms of DaaS and VDI in the most secure, cost-effective, and user-friendly way for both end-users and IT staff. 

For firms looking to start taking advantage of AVD in the most timely and effective manner, combining the technologies from Nerdio and IGEL can make the journey to AVD fast and easy. Let’s look at some of the most compelling reasons to consider Nerdio and IGEL as key “table stakes” elements you must have in place if you plan to use AVD.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-Host: Seb Perusat
Guest: Matt Scudder
Guest: Ron Neher

IGEL knows that in healthcare, better user productivity, experience and data access translates into improved patient outcomes. That’s why so many healthcare organizations turn to IGEL to power their endpoint environment. An ideal solution to enhance remote endpoint security and optimization, IGEL makes it easier for healthcare leaders to deliver the familiar, secure and trouble-free environment their healthcare enterprise requires.

IGEL’s healthcare solutions will be on full display during HIMSS 22, March 14-18 in Orlando. Always the can’t-miss healthcare event of the year, HIMSS is the perfect place for IGEL, and IGEL Ready partners, to showcase how to reimagine health – this year’s event theme – to support better outcomes for everyone, everywhere.

Host: Andy Whiteside
Co-Host: Chris Feeney
Guest: Ron Neher
Guest: Divya Saager