IGEL Weekly

Healthcare organizations are under constant pressure to improve clinician productivity, strengthen security, and reduce infrastructure complexity. In this episode of IGEL Weekly, XenTegra's Stuart Donnelson sits down with Chris Feeney from IGEL to discuss one of the most significant innovations announced at IGEL Now & Next: seamless Web SSO with Imprivata. Chris shares the story behind the mul...

This podcast explores the future of endpoint management, cloud workspaces, Zero Trust, and secure digital work. Each week, we break down the latest IGEL updates, industry trends, real-world strategies, and modern endpoint conversations shaping today’s IT environments. Whether you're focused on security, device management, hybrid work, EUC, or workspace transformation, IGEL Weekly delivers practica...

In Episode 107 of IGEL Weekly, XenTegra’s Stuart Donnelson and IGEL’s Chris Feeney break down a major shift happening in cybersecurity: the move toward immutable endpoints. With ransomware, supply chain attacks, and endpoint breaches on the rise, traditional security models are being pushed to their limits. This episode explores why reducing attack surface, eliminating endpoint drift, and enforcin...

In this episode of IGEL Weekly, hosts Stuart Donnelson and Chris Feeney break down the biggest announcements from IGEL NOW & NEXT 2026 in Miami. From the evolution of the Adaptive Secure Endpoint Platform to new innovations in AI, Zero Trust, and digital employee experience, this episode covers the highlights that matter most to IT leaders and practitioners. The conversation explores how IGEL...

This episode features experts from IGEL discussing the upcoming IGEL Now and Next conference, focusing on IGEL Insights, a new deployment and performance monitoring tool. They explore how this innovation enhances endpoint visibility, extends hardware lifespan, and integrates with the broader ecosystem to optimize end-user computing environments. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to IGEL Insights 01:59...

In this episode of IGEL Weekly , Andy Whiteside sits down with Chris Feeney from IGEL’s Office of the CTO to explore a critical, often overlooked element of disaster recovery—endpoint resilience. They unpack how IGEL is addressing business continuity challenges with innovative solutions like IGEL Dual Boot and USB Recovery , enabling organizations to recover in minutes rather than days. Chris shar...

In Episode 103 of IGEL Weekly, host Andy Whiteside and Chris Feeney dive deep into what it means to truly rethink endpoint strategy in 2025. Using James Millington’s recent blog as a guide, they explore IGEL’s Preventive Security Model — a lightweight, adaptive, and policy-aligned approach that moves beyond the bloated, reactive stacks of the past. From Zero Trust architecture and business continu...

I recall a few years ago buying a new car, it was a Hyundai Coupe, I’d never seen one before and thought I’d get something different. As soon as I got the key and drove it, I saw them all over the place! Not so unique after all. This phenomenon is called ‘Intentional Blindness’ or ‘Perceptual Blindness’, when we don’t notice something in our field of view because we are busy focusing on something...

At IGEL DISRUPT 2024 in Munich this week, Lenovo presented its vision of how generative AI’s next advancement will involve personalizing end-user devices. This means that computers, phones, tablets, and other devices will soon be able to understand the context of our activities and adapt to how we prefer to work. Overall, the concept of adding AI at the endpoint is gaining a lot of traction. In 20...

In this episode, Rene talk about the power of the IGEL community, and what makes it so sticky! Additionally we dive into some product discussions.  Did you know that IGEL OS 11 is going end of life in December 2025. Finally, we close things out with a discussion of the IGEL Disrupt conference, and it's rebranding to IGEL Now and Next Host: Barry Browne Co Host: Rene Recker

There are many exciting announcements that are happening at this year’s annual IGEL DISRUPT event in Munich, one of which was the addition of the Island Enterprise Browser to the IGEL App Portal. In case you missed it, here is everything you need to know about the partnership between IGEL and Island and what it means for end-user computing.  IGEL’s partnership with Island offers a uniquely agile w...

Windows 10 goes end of life on the 14th of October 2025. By that date, Microsoft will stop providing free software updates from Windows update, no technical assistance will be offered and lastly, there will not be any more security fixes. Security fixes are a crucial part, and if you are on a system where a new vulnerability is exposed, and no more security fixes are going to be provided, you are...

IGEL helps companies to quickly recover, whenever productive work comes to a halt due to an IT outage. IGEL offers a secure read-only lightweight Linux Operating System allowing you to convert existing PC’s to IGEL OS or boot from USB (thus not affecting the existing Operating System or data) whilst in a Disaster Recovery situation, allowing users to connect to services such as VDI, DaaS and\or WE...

In response to the increasing cyber threats identified by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the aggressive ransomware campaigns by the Black Basta group, IGEL’s Preventative Security Model ™ stands as a critical defence mechanism for the healthcare industry. This m...

Join Seb and I, along with a special guest host on this episode of the IGEL community podcast. In this episode, we talk about IGEL Disrupt in Munich, IGEL Secure in London, IGEL Disrupt roadshow, and of course, all the IGEL community news that you could ever ask for. Host: Barry Browne Host: Sebastien Perusat Host: Rene Recker Links:  Behind the Hedgehog Podcast (https://open.spotify.com/show/3nuU...

Join Seb and I for a long overdue episode of the IGEL community podcast. We are fresh of the heels of IGEL Disrupt North America, so we go over the 20 announcements made at the event.  We then deep dive into a handful of the key announcements.  What they are, what they mean, and when we should expect them to be released. Host: Barry Browne Co-Host: Sébastien Pérusat

IGEL , provider of the secure endpoint OS for now and next, today from IGEL DISRUPT 24 announced that it has released a new program for IGEL app developers along with a software development toolkit (SDK) to empower the rapid delivery of new and proven solutions for IGEL customers and their supporting ecosystem. Resulting apps from developer program vendor members using the new SDK will be added to...

IGEL , provider of the secure endpoint OS for now and next, today from IGEL DISRUPT 24 announced new innovations with Citrix , a business unit of Cloud Software Group, which enhance the security and digital work experiences of their mutual customers. IGEL announced that the IGEL OS will be among the first Linux OSs to deliver support for Citrix® Enterprise Browser, which works in concert with Citr...

In today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, ensuring the security of endpoints and cloud workspaces is not just essential but a strategic imperative for enterprises. Enter IGEL – the epitome of comprehensive preventative endpoint security. Here are 10 plus one compelling reasons why IGEL stands tall as the ultimate choice for securing your endpoints across VMware, Citrix VDI, and Azure Virtual Desk...

IGEL’s Preventative Security Model™ provides a secure endpoint OS for your use case. It’s clear from the headlines that today’s approach to endpoint security isn’t working: take your OS, install antivirus, the latest XDR and DLP, make a lot of settings, harden that with custom scripts, install your applications, keep updating those applications and the OS and the AV and DLP….. and hope that all th...

Join Seb and I as we look at 2023 in the IGEL Community.  We talk all things, good bacd and ugly. We then get into the details about IGEL rebranding, and of course, everyone's favorite topic - IGEL Disrupt 2024. Host: Barry Browne Host: Sebastien Perusat

IT admins are having to deal with many challenges on the rocky road to digital transformation. The importance of security, cloud adoption, cost savings, and the rapid evolution of SaaS-based applications is driving organizations to a hybrid workspace that requires different approaches to how endpoints are deployed, used, managed, and controlled. While the demand for applications is increasing, org...

This week, Seb and I nerd out a little bit about the upcoming F1 race in Las Vegas.  Sure to be a mess! On top of that, we also take time to discuss the official IGEL KB, vs the community-moderated Github Docs repository. With the new Slack client comes new woes.  Not to worry, we have Seb coming to the rescue with some awesome new workflows that will be introduced to the community in the coming w...

The IGEL community is getting ready to celebrate its sixth anniversary, so it is hard to believe that we are over 11,000 members strong! Join Seb and I during this episode where we talk about the community, community events, rugby, and of course IGEL releases, features, and functionality. Host: Barry Browne Co-Host: Sebastien Perusat

The principle of ‘waste not, want not’ was first declared 300 years ago. It is a reasonable idea, to avoid wasteful use of resources and provide for a more secure future. However, the principle has lost ground; the IT environment being one example. A spending study by Flexera reports underutilization or wasted IT spending of 36 percent for desktop software, 33 percent for data center software, 32...