VMblog sat down with Carl Gersh, SVP of Marketing at IGEL, for an in-depth recap of IGEL Now & Next 2026, the company’s flagship annual event held at the iconic Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. In this interview, Carl breaks down what made this year’s event a true platform milestone — from 23 major product announcements to a bold new strategic vision for the adaptive secure endpoint platform.

We cover the highlights including IGEL’s formal platform positioning across three coordinated planes — the Secure Endpoint OS, Universal Management Suite, and IGEL App Portal — and what that means for enterprise customers navigating zero trust, cloud desktops, and edge computing. Carl also dives deep into IGEL’s expansion into operational technology (OT) environments, explaining why IT/OT convergence is one of the most critical challenges facing industries like manufacturing, logistics, retail, and healthcare today.

We also unpack the massive ecosystem story that emerged from the event, including expanded partnerships with Omnissa, new Microsoft reference architectures for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop, and integrations with Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Imprivata, and a new distribution agreement with Exclusive Networks.

Additional topics include:

• The IGEL “Unlocking Endpoint ROI” study and why hard numbers matter more than ever in today’s budget-constrained IT environment
• IGEL’s BCDR solution and Emergency Mode — and a surprising insight about the communication gap during ransomware incidents
• IGEL OS for ARM, managed containers, and the road ahead for OT and IoT endpoint governance
• The IGEL Innovation Awards and Partner of the Year recognition, and why community is central to IGEL’s identity
• What to watch from IGEL over the next 12 months across adaptive policy control, resilience, expanded endpoint categories, and ecosystem convergence

Whether you attended Now & Next 2026 in Miami or are catching up on everything you missed, this is your essential debrief on where IGEL is headed as it evolves into a broader endpoint platform company.

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