IGEL’s Latest Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded Firmware

IGEL’s Latest Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded Firmware Allows Customers to Access their Virtual PCs Using an Open Hypervisor Strategy

The Inclusion of the Ericom® PowerTerm® WebConnect Client Allows Customers to Choose from 14 Hypervisors When Delivering Virtual PCs. New Functionality also Gives Higher Degrees of Control that Result in More Environmentally Friendly Devices that are Remarkably Flexible

IGEL Technology today announced the availability of its latest Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded firmware on the broadest and most powerful range of thin clients

on the market. The latest firmware gives users increased choice of hypervisors for virtual PCs, improved device management and further energy saving capabilities.

IGEL Universal Desktops powered by Microsoft Windows XP Embedded now have additional Ericom features included as standard. The new firmware version includes the Ericom® WebConnect client. This provides users with secure, local and remote access to applications and desktops running on Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops (VDI), Blade PCs and legacy host systems. With support for 14 hypervisors, including VMware® ESX, Citrix® XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle® VM, Virtual Iron and others, Ericom® PowerTerm® WebConnect enables organisations to flexibly choose the VDI environment that best suits user requirements.

Following research from the renowned German Fraunhofer Institute last year, which showed IGEL thin clients used up to 50% less power than conventional business PCs, the new firmware also delivers even more environmentally friendly control.