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| Bernicia housing group harmonises desktop management with IGEL  Social housing company Bernicia Group has harmonised the management of its entire desktop estate using IGEL's world-leading endpoint management software for the secure enterprise.The business, based in the North East of England, inherited a mix of ageing PC and thin client desktops as the result of a merger. It was looking for a cost effective, secure and flexible technology solution to manage the desktops across four main sites and more than 20 satellite offices. "Rather than invest in a whole new fleet of hardware, we decided to use IGEL's Universal Desktop Converter software (UDC) to turn all the devices into IGEL desktops, " explained Adam Watson, Network and Infrastructure Manager at Bernicia Group. "It was a vastly more cost effective way to get more value from our existing desktops and to bring them under one management system." IGEL's UDC is designed to repurpose existing hardware. It takes just minutes to convert almost any x86 device, regardless of manufacturer or form factor, into a universally deployable IGEL Linux-based desktop. Connected to a VMware virtual desktop infrastructure, the IGEL devices can now be managed securely and remotely using IGEL's endpoint management software - IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) and IGEL Cloud Gateway (ICG). IGEL is revolutionising endpoint management with IT automated backend control whilst delivering a familiar, trouble-free environment for users. Purpose-built to simplify complex enterprise environments, IGEL's UMS supports diverse operating systems, databases and directories. This smart, simple and secure management software lets IT easily manage any remote endpoint. IGEL Cloud Gateway extends the management suite capabilities via a standard internet connection to IGEL OS-powered endpoints running in remote branch offices, at home offices or by mobile workers. "The fleet of old PCs was difficult to manage but that is in the past now thanks to IGEL, " said Adam. "The desktops were easy to convert and the management software has given us the ability to do everything remotely from one place and harmonise the configuration. As the old hardware dies, we simply swap it for a cost-effective replacement and immediately convert the device to an IGEL. Even our home workers use laptops, converted to IGEL devices." write your comments about the article :: © 2018 Construction News :: home page |