Germany’s leading thin client manufacturer, IGEL Technology, will be offering a five-year standard hardware guarantee for the IGEL UD2, UD3 and UD5 series at no extra cost from 15 October 2011. All IGEL customers need to do to take advantage of the new 5-year guarantee is complete a one-off registration on the company’s website after making their purchase. The extended guarantee demonstrates IGEL’s commitment to and confidence in their products and at the same time gives IGEL customers more transparency and tighter control over their IT costs.

The guarantee will apply to IGEL’s latest generation UD5, with its hardware based on a powerful but energy-efficient architecture built around a VIA Nano CPU, along with all UD2 and UD3 models sold on or after 15th October.

In order for IGEL customers to get the maximum benefit from the new hardware guarantee, the company will continue to provide software updates for any model for a full three years after it has been discontinued. The system management solution IGEL Universal Management Suite (UMS) comes standard with all devices.

“IGEL thin client solutions are designed to offer our customers the best possible protection for their investment“, says Dirk Dördelmann, Managing Director of IGEL. “The extended guarantee period is in recognition of the product quality and the proven longevity of our thin client hardware.”

For IGEL UD9 models with integrated 21.5“ (54cm) TFT monitor, there is still the option of extending the standard hardware guarantee by one year to a total of three years. The hardware guarantee cannot however be extended for optional accessories.