IGEL introduces 9 different models with Citrix XenDesktop

IGEL Technology, the world’s third largest thin client vendor, today announced the broadest range of Linux-based thin client models supporting the important Citrix XenDesktop™ Appliance standard. The standard, published by Citrix in Q1 2008, ensures that any compliant access device connected to Citrix XenDesktop behaves exactly like a normal PC. IGEL’s latest firmware upgrade allows all Linux-based IGEL thin clients to be switched, with just one mouse click, from a traditional IGEL Universal Desktop to a tightly defined virtual PC using ICA to access Citrix XenDesktop.

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all 9 IGEL Linux models now supporting Citrix XenDesktop, IGEL now has one of the largest collections of Citrix XenDesktop Appliances in the world. In addition, IGEL’s Universal Desktop approach means that organisations wanting to implement other digital services in addition to ICA, such as web, VoIP or SAP, can always do so in the future. The switch to Citrix XenDesktop mode can be implemented remotely using the bundled IGEL Remote Management Suite software. A systems administrator can simply create a XenDesktop Appliance profile with a few mouse clicks and then drag-and-drop this over the target terminals.

The IGEL Technology range available with this Linux firmware includes traditional desktop designs, PC upgrade cards, 19” LCD integrated units and quad screen units. This wide variety of choice allows organisations of all types to deploy the Citrix XenDesktop virtualization solution to almost any part of the business, including office workers, space constrained point-of-sale areas and multi-screen environments such as dealing rooms.