IGEL, provider of
the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces,
today announced record results for the first half
of 2019. Software revenue growth in the North American region, year-over-year,
topped 147% during the period with a 142% growth in endpoint units shipped,
including hardware and software-defined endpoints. Worldwide, IGEL revenue for
the first half of 2019 grew 47%, year-over-year.
Fundamental to the company's
success to date in 2019, are recent sales wins in the healthcare, retail,
financial services, federal government and manufacturing sectors. These sales
have been fueled by successful alignment and integration with Citrix, Microsoft,
Amazon and VMware as IGEL grows its dominant footprint as the next-gen edge OS
for cloud workspaces, connecting any hardware, using any protocol, in any cloud
for securely managed end user computing, anywhere.
"We set out just three short years
ago to disrupt the end user computing landscape by changing the way
organizations view this space and we've rapidly transformed the industry
through what is now the market-leading edge OS for cloud workspaces," said Jed Ayres, CEO, North America and Global CMO, IGEL. "The result has been
three years of record growth as we continue to outperform our goals and deliver
on our mission to support any device, any cloud, anywhere. We anticipate even
greater momentum in the second half of 2019 as we scale our organization to
capitalize on the greenfield opportunity ahead of us which is being driven by
the imminent end-of-life of Windows 7 and its impact on the swift adoption of
cloud-based workspaces. Our agnostic support for Microsoft WVD, Amazon, Citrix
and VMware well positions IGEL to be a leading enabler of cloud workspaces for
modern workplaces."
In support of its rapid growth and
North American market expansion, IGEL has expanded its executive leadership
team through a number of strategic new hires.
- Joining IGEL as CIO is Bernd
Sengpiehl. A senior IT executive with
strong expertise in business transformation and inspiring high-performance
cultures, Sengpiehl joins IGEL from Haufe Group where he was CIO and Head of
Software Development. Prior to Haufe Group, he was CIO at AEG Power Solutions.
- Irfan
Khurshid has joined IGEL as Global Vice
President, Advanced Services. A senior technical and customer services
executive, Khurshid has a proven track record for building world-class customer
success, services and consultancy practices. He joins IGEL following global
customer success and professional services senior leadership positions with
Agari, Ivanti and AppSense.
- Casey Cheyne has been named Vice President, Cloud Partnerships where he will lead IGEL's strategic alliances and cloud ecosystem partner
expansion across leading cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web
Services (AWS) and Google Cloud. Cheyne most recently worked for Google,
Teradici and Microsoft.
- Joining IGEL as Vice President, Presales Engineering is Daniel Hoffman. A renown security expert and experienced
enabling-technology leader, Hoffman has held executive sales engineering and
technology evangelist positions with Agari, Viewabill, Juniper Networks and
SMobile Systems.
- Jim Airdo
has also joined the IGEL strategic alliances team to assist in driving IGEL
relationships with Microsoft, Citrix and key lighthouse accounts. He'll be
developing deeper levels of commitment and technology integration specifically
focused on the WVD movement to Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. Prior to joining IGEL,
Airdo held various leadership positions at Citrix, AppSense, BMC, Dell and most
recently, Microsoft.
To further support IGEL's dramatic
growth, the company has also promoted Brad Tompkins to Chief Sales Officer, while Simon
Richards will assume the newly created
position of Chief Customer Officer, overseeing license renewals, existing
business development and "customer-for-life" onboarding. IGEL has also added a
number of additional account management, channel sales, presales engineering,
and technical architect and training leaders, with impressive industry
experience, across North America as it continues to expand its sales reach and channel
partner enablement programs. In all, IGEL has grown its sales, pre-sales and technical training
team 21% over the past 6 months with key hires hailing from such companies
Microsoft, Agari, AppSense/Ivanti, Dell, Forward Advantage and Nutanix.