THE OVERVIEW
Lenovo, powered by IGEL, provides the ultimate cloud-connected device. IGEL is an Endpoint Operating System designed for VDI, DaaS, and Digital Workspaces. Together, we offer a simple and secure solution that supports the mission-critical functionality and demands of evolving higher educational environments.
HOW IGEL HELPS
- Simplified Management: IGEL's technology makes it easy for IT administrators in educational institutions to manage and update multiple devices from a single console. This is a huge time-saver and can be a major selling point for universities with multiple campuses or remote learning setups.
- Enhanced Security: IGEL and Lenovo offer robust security features, including a read-only OS, multi-factor authentication, and tamper-proof firmware that verifies each step of the boot-up process. This can particularly appeal to educational institutions that must protect student and faculty data.
- Cost-Efficiency: IGELs can convert existing, out-of-date hardware like PCs and laptops into secure and efficient endpoints for smaller use cases. Freeing up the budget for other projects and helping achieve any internal sustainability goals.
- Flexibility and Accessibility: IGEL stays current with the latest software and firmware updates from major vendors like Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft. This ensures that the educational institution's tech stack will remain compatible and up-to-date.
QUESTIONS TO ASK
- Do any of your faculty members or students access their apps and data from a virtualized environment like VDI or DaaS?
- Do you find remote troubleshooting of students, faculty, and staff across multiple campus locations difficult and time-consuming?
- Are remote device patching and updates time-consuming and prone to errors?
- If you use virtual desktops, how do you keep up-to-date with the latest client software from Citrix, VMware, and Microsoft?
- Does your IT team lack a practical migration path from outdated legacy versions of Windows?
- Are multiple users sharing a single endpoint?
USE CASE - END USERPrimary ChallengesKey FeaturesBenefits Primary ChallengesFeaturesBenefits ProblemsFeaturesBenefits Primary ChallengesFeaturesBenefits
Based on the end-user, find Primary Challenges and how IGEL and Lenovo can improve their working lives.
(Please use the drop-down for more.)
On-Campus Student:
Students roaming between computer labs, classrooms, and library.
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- Idle time logging into learning system & other key apps
- Idle time waiting for available computers in the lab or library
- Vulnerabilities due to multiple users sharing one device
- Security risk vial malware or unauthorized USB usage
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- Fast onboarding
- SSO
- Self-service for app updates
- Shared Workplace
- IGEL Ready & Day One integrations
- Extend endpoint HW life
- Insight Service (IGEL OS12)
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- Much less idle downtime with less dependency on IT
- Faster SSO log-ons
- Easily switch between endpoint devices
- Faster, more efficient, improved learning environment
- Standardize the endpoint
- Central roll-out of updates and images at scale
Remote Learning:
Students logging into the learning system remotely from personal devices
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- Disadvantage due to digital equity gap, where students do not have access to a suitable device.
- May be sharing a device which increases risk
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• Central, remote management with UMS and ICG, no VPN required
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- Easy to use
- Enable a Secure BYOD and UYOD
- Easy to control and manage
- Reputation
- Student satisfaction and retention
- Student success
Remote Teaching / Learning:
Professors, teachers, and trainers providing a learning session to many students remotely - from home
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- Idle time logging into and setting up learning environment for a remote classroom/ tutorial
- IT expertise is not necessarily a given
- Disparate endpoint devices outdated and slow
- Peripheral compatibility issues
- High risk of session downtime due to IT failure, impacting many students
- Resulting in having to organize a new time and session
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- IGEL OS with UMS, ICG for remote access without VPN
- Onboarding service
- Multi-cloud SSO
- Self-service for app updates
- Shared Workplace
- IGEL Ready & Day One integrations
- Insight Service
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- Fast and easy onboarding
- Fast & reliable multi-cloud SSO
- Self-service for app updates
- Easily switch between endpoint devices
- Less-user dependency on IT
- Streamlined workflows
- A collaborative learning space for faculty and students to engage and collaborate
- Attract talent and retain top professors and trainers
Research Center:
Research projects are a valuable source of income and prestige for a university
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- Ensuring research data security while enabling collaboration
- Risk of loss or theft
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- IGEL security, lean, modular OS
- IGEL Chain of Trust
- Central management and control
- Profiling and set policies
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• Helps to mitigate litigation in the event of loss or theft of research results, evidence and report
USE CASE - PERSONAPrimary ChallengesKey IGEL OS FeaturesHow Life Gets EasierPrimary ChallengesKey IGEL OS FeaturesHow Life Gets EasierPrimary ChallengesKey FeaturesHow life gets easier
Based on the audience, find Primary Challenges and how IGEL and Lenovo can improve their jobs.
(Please use the drop-down for more.)
Engineer:
EUC Architect, Senior Technician, Systems Engineer, Consultant
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- Difficult to protect the organization from malware/ ransomware
- Must enable and maintain work-from-anywhere
- Need to maintain high performance end-user experiences
- EUC products and technologies must easily integrate with existing and future products and technologies
- Endpoint strategy must be multi-cloud ready
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- IGEL OS security: Linux, tiny attack surface, read-only, modular, chain of trust
- IGEL Ready & Day One integrations
- Extend endpoint HW life; improve performance & efficiency
- Use small, efficient, cost-effective thin clients
- 110+ IGEL Ready integrations
- Best route to the cloud: IGEL OS 12 with multi-cloud, SSO, fast onboarding, self-service app store, etc.
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- More secure endpoints, reduced malware exposure
- Offer a choice to move to your preferred Lenovo endpoint
- More effective end-users
- Less end-user dependency on IT
- Consistently excellent end-user experiences
- Confidence that IGEL OS is multi-cloud and cloud era ready – “future proof”
Manager
VP, Director, Senior Manager of EUC / Windows / Platforms
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- Responsible for IT systems at store branches in multiple locations, omnichannel
- Bandwidth variances
- Retail real estate varies from large department stores to space-saving kiosks demands support for diverse device types
- IT provisioning at new stores from M&A and franchises
- Incompatible IT infrastructure, a patchwork of legacy and modern technologies
- Diverse user profiles – administrative, warehouse, logistics, point of sale, customer services
- Diverse products and supply chains – fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), textile, electronics
- In-store retail staff possess limited IT skills
- Difficult to protect the organization from malware/ ransomware
- Managing and controlling off-network at-home or mobile workers such trend scouts or buyers
- Must comply with customer info confidentiality mandates like Payment Card Industry (PCI)/ Data Security Standards(DSS)/GDPR
- IT budget constraints
- Economic and disruption burden of regular endpoint hardware refreshes
- Time wasted configuring and maintaining fat clients
- Excess trouble tickets from end-users
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- 110+ IGEL Ready, day one integrations
- IGEL OS certified – Citrix, Microsoft AVD, VMware, AWS
- Central, remote management with UMS and ICG, no VPN required
- User profiling, set policies
- Onboarding service
- Multi-cloud SSO
- Self-service for app updates
- Shared Workplace
- High Availability
- Insight Service (IGEL OS12)
- App and Services HUB
- IGEL security posture – a lean, modular, read-only, chain of trust
- Customization of IGEL OS to corporate branding
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- Retail IT is a complex environment of diverse users across dispersed locations. IGEL OS simplifies this, offering choice and compatibility
- Eliminate complexity by streamlining IT resources
- Standardize diverse endpoints with IGEL OS
- Easy central management of diverse and remote endpoints,
- Simplify update process, configurate and zero-touch deployment at scale
- Support business growth plans with onboarding, faster integration of additional technologies in M&A and franchise transactions
- Offer choice of preferred endpoint devices, secure BYOD, reuse hardware
- Familiar GUI supports end-user adoption, customize IGEL OS to corporate branding
- More secure endpoints, reduced malware exposure, no data stored on the endpoint support compliance mandates for PCI, DSS and GDPR.
- Self-service kiosks with good performance and zero trouble tickets
- Increased intel into users and devices (Insight Service)
- Strong troubleshooting and helpdesk support for home/remote staff
- IGEL OS powered endpoints are more energy efficient
- IGEL is the simple, smart, and secure way to manage and control endpoints accessing the cloud at scale in a work from anywhere world.
CIO
Member of C-level Exec Team
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- Dynamic, competitive nature of the retail business
- Business growth plans – mergers & acquisitions, global expansion
- Budget constraints
- Most effective, efficient use of resources, human and IT
- Manage the shift towards cloud technologies
- Mandatory compliance with security, payment, and personal data standards
- Achieve environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) sustainability goals set by government
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- Onboarding service
- Multi-cloud SSO
- Self-service for app updates
- Shared Workplace
- High Availability
- IGEL Cloud Gateway
- IGEL Ready & Day One integrations
- Insight Service (IGEL OS12)
- IGEL security posture – lean, modular, read-only, chain of trust
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- Standardizing diverse endpoints with IGEL OS, optimizes the use of IT resources
- Repurposing HW reduces CAPEX
- IGEL OS powered endpoints are performant and energy efficient, reducing OPEX
- Easier to comply with GDPR, payment card industry (PCI), and data security standards (DSS)
- Lower carbon footprint by extending the lifecycle of HW, reducing energy use helps achieve sustainability goals
- Achieve business growth plans supported by smart IT – M&A, global store expansion, online stores
- Achieve ESG goals to elevate brand and reputation
EMAIL TEMPLATE
Title: Manage and secure your cloud-connected Devices with Lenovo and IGEL
Hi NAME,
Have you reviewed IGEL as part of your endpoint strategy recently? IGEL and Lenovo have been working to provide a secure and user-friendly endpoint for connecting to the cloud. Our solution supports the mission-critical functionality and demands of evolving higher education environments.
Together, we offer:
- Seamless access to virtualized workspaces, providing students and teachers with a user-friendly and efficient way to access their virtualized workload from anywhere
- Secure access to virtualized workloads for students and teachers, ensuring data security and compliance in the university or college environment.
- A richer, simpler experience for students, faculty, and administration to allow them to focus on education.
Would you be available to discuss for an hour to see if our solution would fit into your plans?