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Igel thin clients

Lean Machine

Article from ADMIN 02/2010

By Timo Dreger

Thin clients save electricity and administrative overhead. The lean desktop computers by Igel are easy to manage with the use of Igel's proprietary management tools.

Germany's Igel Technology GmbH has distributed thin clients for many years and is regarded as one of the market's driving forces. Customers can choose from a variety of hardware configurations with different feature scopes. Additionally, Igel offers the Universal Desktop Converter, which converts normal desktops into thin clients.

Besides the different hardware, you can also choose from three different operating systems:

Igel Linux
Windows Embedded Standard
Windows Embedded CE

The Igel Linux and Windows Embedded Standard operating systems are also available with Entry, Standard, and Advanced firmware. Only the first two variants are available with the Windows Embedded CE operating system; the Advanced version is not available.

The difference between the individual packages is the functional scope. The standard protocols for terminal services, RDP and ICA, are available in all of these versions. For Citrix XenDesktop or VMware View and many other protocols, users need the more advanced packages.

In addition to the protocols for remote services, depending on the version, the clients might also have local applications like PDF Reader, SAP GUI, or a media player. The vendor homepage provides a complete overview of the different versions [1].

All Igel thin clients (e.g., Figure 1) can be managed in a standardized management console, the Igel Universal Management Suite (Igel UMS). This tool, which is supplied free of charge to customers, is currently available as version 3.06 for Windows and Linux.

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