IGEL Universal Desktops first to be Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager-ready
Simplifying the management of thin clients for large enterprises
Reading, UK – August 11, 2009 – IGEL Technology, the world's third largest thin client vendor (2008 by revenue, IDC), today announced that its Windows Embedded Standard Universal Desktops were the first thin clients to be Microsoft System Centre Configuration Manager-ready (SCCM). The solution removes a major barrier for large enterprises using SCCM, helping them to deploy and manage IGEL thin clients using their existing management software. Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Standard is the first thin client operating system to be approved by Microsoft for use with the SCCM.
“In the past, large enterprises running Microsoft’s SCCM have had the added challenge of having to introduce additional specialist management software for any thin clients,” said Simon Richards, IGEL Technology’s UK general manager. “This is no longer the case with IGEL. IGEL’s Windows Embedded Standard Universal Desktops are now SCCM-Client ready, allowing large enterprises to manage their thin clients using exactly the same management software as their other Windows-based computer systems.”
IGEL has updated its Windows Embedded Standard firmware for the Universal Desktops with the essential components required for the customer to be able to install the SCCM management client. The solution means that IT departments running SCCM will continue to be able to use just one management system for remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, and hardware and software inventory.
For those IT departments requiring the richer functionality of IGEL’s specialist management software, IGEL’s Universal Management Suite 3.0 software will continue to come bundled free with all IGEL thin clients.
The SCCM-ready IGEL Windows Embedded Standard Universal Desktops are available today. A firmware upgrade is also available now, free of charge, and can be downloaded at
www.myigel.com
