Parallels awarded 2024 IGEL Ready Platform App of the Year
In a remarkable achievement, Parallels® received the prestigious 2024 IGEL Ready Platform App of the Year award.
This recognition is a testament to the exceptional partnership between Parallels and IGEL, a collaboration spanned over two decades since 2002. The award was officially accepted by our CRO, Michelle Chiantera, at IGEL Disrupt earlier this year.
What is the IGEL Ready program?
The IGEL Ready program is a pivotal strategic initiative that enables hardware, software, and peripheral vendors to seamlessly integrate their solutions with IGEL OS and jointly embark on market ventures with IGEL.
This collaboration offers customers an extensive range of verified, secure, and productive digital workspace offerings, empowering them with greater choice and flexibility. Parallels and IGEL play a pivotal role in revolutionizing end-user computing. Through a shared commitment to community programs, both teams gain invaluable insights into customer needs.
This understanding empowers them to give customers the freedom to choose between on-premises, cloud, or hybrid solutions tailored to their specific requirements. Additionally, the partnership promotes sustainable IT practices by enabling customers to repurpose hardware and support any device, fostering productivity on the go while prioritizing Zero Trust security measures.
Why Parallels was recognized
Parallels was the first partner-built platform app on the IGEL app portal, a testament to the close technological partnership between the two organizations. The integration between the two companies enables IGEL customers to deliver Windows applications and desktops to their users, empowering them with seamless access to the resources they need to excel.
Through the IGEL Ready program, Parallels® RAS has increased the number of active customers. Additionally, Parallels has tapped into IGEL’s vast channel partner network, expanding its reach and providing customers with convenient access to the combined strengths of both solutions.
IGEL’s secure and manageable endpoints and Parallels’ comprehensive application delivery and VDI platform offer customers a compelling value proposition.
The Parallels Client has undergone a meticulous rebuilding process for IGEL, leveraging the IGEL SDK to ensure native support and seamless availability in the App portal. This strategic move has enabled the teams to refine the offering over the past twenty years, consistently exceeding customer expectations.
Parallels and IGEL together
Notable improvements include enhanced peripheral redirection, multi-monitor support, and the ability to display published RAS apps directly on the IGEL desktop. Customers can use both Parallels and IGEL solutions out of the box. They can access either through the Parallels Client integrated into the IGEL firmware or via the App portal.
The teams are diligently working on delivering the next update to the Parallels Client for IGEL. Both companies are committed to fostering innovation while maintaining simplicity and accelerating customer time-to-value. Customers migrate to Parallels because of its technological flexibility, simplicity, and cost-effectiveness.
Parallels RAS boasts native integration with Azure Virtual Desktop, extending AVD capabilities for hybrid deployments, optimizing costs, and simplifying management and deployments through a user-friendly wizard-driven console.
The Parallels-IGEL partnership provides the following key benefits to customers:
- Comprehensive and secure virtualization and endpoint management solution. The integration of Parallels RAS with IGEL OS creates a powerful combined solution that enhances endpoint security, extends the life of endpoint hardware, lowers endpoint management overhead, and reduces end-user computing costs.
- Cost savings and improved productivity. The combination of Parallels RAS and IGEL OS allows organizations to minimize capital expenditures by enabling access to virtual applications and desktops from any endpoint. IGEL OS can extend the hardware lifecycle and avoid disruptions from investing in new computers, helping improve workplace productivity.
- Streamlined IT management. Parallels RAS is simple to install and configure, allowing users to access enterprise applications quickly without extensive IT intervention. Similarly, IGEL OS is easy to install and manage through drag-and-drop profiling, streamlining IT management for organizations.
- Enterprise-grade security. Parallels RAS and IGEL OS together deliver robust security features, such as locking down device usage and preventing unauthorized app installations, protecting organizations from data breaches and malware attacks.
- Flexibility and scalability. The partnership allows organizations to deploy corporate resources in heterogeneous environments. Parallels RAS and IGEL OS are hardware-agnostic and can be installed on a wide range of devices, providing customers with greater flexibility and scalability.
IGEL has been strategically selected as Parallels’ technology partner, and in 2024, the partnership is poised for further expansion through increased joint marketing opportunities.
By joining forces, Parallels and IGEL can provide customers with a comprehensive end-to-end solution for accessing virtual applications and desktops from on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments. This empowers organizations to achieve greater operational efficiency, security, and agility in their digital transformation journeys.
