IGEL, provider of a next-gen edge OS for cloud
workspaces, today announced the conclusions of the new IDC InfoBrief, "
Leverage
Linux to Transform Endpoints and Thrive in the Cloud and Edge Revolution." The IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by IGEL, shows that Linux
is the fastest growing operating system (OS) for endpoint devices and that in
2018 Linux, for the first time, surpassed Windows shipments for thin clients,
growing 6% per annum from 2015 to 2018 while Windows OS shrank 5% per annum
during the same period.
The
IDC InfoBrief finds that the digital worker's demand for speed, collaboration
and innovation has never been higher. This is compounded by the rapid growth of
Millennials and Generation Z employees in the workforce. IDC estimates that
these two generations will make up nearly 75% of the workforce by 2025. These
hyper-mobile workers demand high performance, frictionless user experience.
Meeting
this demand is the growth of the cloud-based workspace which can deliver
increased productivity, security and manageability at a lower cost when
compared to traditional EUC devices. Enabling the adoption of cloud workspaces
is the power and flexibility of the Linux OS on the endpoint. Offering lower
cost, heightened security, increased flexibility and unified endpoint
management, Linux on the endpoint is rapidly becoming a de facto standard for
cloud-enabled endpoint computing (EUC).
"Endpoint
transformation with Linux is an organizations' golden opportunity to deliver
cloud-like services to the hyper-mobile user and meet IT objectives," states
the IDC InfoBrief author, Archana Venkatramen, Research Manager - European
Datacenter Research, IDC. "Cloud and IT consumerization have reset workforces'
expectations from IT around speed, collaboration and innovation. The time is
now to make endpoints cloud-ready to boost workforce productivity and shine in
this revolution."
"There
is indeed a revolution in play that is dramatically changing the landscape of
end user computing," said Simon
Clephan, Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances, IGEL. "And, with the influx of younger
generations of workers driving a high demand for computing mobility,
performance and collaboration, the change will be rapid and dramatic. IGEL is
at the center of this transformation with its Linux-based next-gen edge OS for
cloud workspaces. It gives IT the ease of management and superior security they
need, supporting thousands of users from a single console, while lowering costs
and improving endpoint performance and mobility."
The IGEL OS is a powerful next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces.
Delivering hardened endpoint security, it supports any virtual or cloud
environment - including Citrix, VMware, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure
and Google Cloud - and runs on any compatible x86 endpoint hardware for highly
productive and secure computing from anywhere.
The
full IDC InfoBrief is available for download here: https://www.igel.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IDC-Infobrief-Leverage-Linux-to-Transform-Endpoints-Jun-2019.pdf