Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Warning: Funny chinese IGEL fakes

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Hi,

sometimes it’s funny to see how some company’s try to create a cheap fake. If you are looking for an real UD5 which is a powerfull device and see what chinese vendors have done.. It’s only fun!

Please note: These devices will not come with the IGEL Software, the management, the performance or anything else; only the name is similar to cheat customers!

Fun sample one: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/633798734/Stand_alone_multiuser_desktop_computer_IGEL.html
Fun sample two: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/657685563/Newest_multiuser_cloud_terminal_UD5_430.html

Stupid fake to cheat customers….

If someone is stupid enough to get one or more of these devices: Please do not contact me with question’s about this crap! Thank you!

Update: I forgot, the IGEL 564 LX with end of life in 2006; you can get this device used on EBay for less then 30 € but still this old device provide more power and features like the new “fake”.

Cheers
Michael

P.S.: I think it’s a compliment that chinese company’s try to fake IGEL devices…. 🙂

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2013

Friday, December 21st, 2012

Hello Folks,

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2013!

 Christmas Igel

Cheers
Michael

Image source: Civiltonque

Difference between System on Chip (SoC/ARM) and regular Thin Clients (x86/x64)

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

Hi,

since IGEL start selling the UD2 Multimedia, which is a SoC/ARM device, a lot of people start testing the device and sometimes a few questions came up. I will try to answer it in a fast way…

Q: Why is a ARM/Sytem on Chip (SoC) device cheaper then a “normal” Client?

A: The ARM Technology in general is cheaper then regular PC Technology but it’s not so powerfull. As sample, the NVidia Tegra 3 (Quad Core) ARM CPU (ARM High End) can be mostly compared with an INTEL Core 2 Duo or Atom CPU(x86 Low End). This is not bad but it’s not an Intel I7 Quad Core CPU at all, pointing to core’s and MHz is a fault for comparing ARM and x86/x64 in general.

Q: Why do a SoC/ARM based client provide fast/high Multimedia performance?

A: A lot of SoC/ARM devices are using a multimedia accelerator (DSP) and only applications which are able to use this accelerator provide a real good multimedia performance. This performance will be not provided in general! If an application has no idea how to deal with it, it will be much slower then on a regular Thin Client and the device needs to have an accelerator… Your ARM based Android Tablet do not have a chip like this, iam talking only about SoC Thin Clients here. 🙂

Q: Which Software clients/sessions are using this multimedia accelerator?

A: Only for IGEL UD2 MM (Firmware 1.03.100) it´s the Citrix Receiver, the RDP Client and the Media Player; other devices can provide different results. Update: For Flash content in Citrix sessions, Flash redirection do not work currently… No flash player for ARM, so flash based content in ICA will look very good for the user but the content is always rendered on the server side; this is important for bigger installations because this can increase the server requirements to an high level. This is a general issue for all ARM/SuC devices and i can not guarentee that this will change in the future. So server administrators should be aware and installations with an high demand for Flash content should check this out first.

Q: Is the 3rd party hardware support for an ARM/SoC device the same then with an regular x86 based client?

A: No, a lot of drivers are not available for ARM/SoC so you have to test it. For IGEL the USB2Serial Adapter works as example but WebCams or other devices that works on x86 based systems might not work together with the UD2 Multimedia. Same for other vendors… Test! Test! Test!

Q: Why are some sessions not available on an ARM/SoC device?

A: You can compare it to the Microsoft Surface (ARM-Windows 8 RT) and Surface Pro (x86-Windows 8 Pro) tablet or the hardware support question, it’s an other architecture and applications, drivers and operating systems must be designed for it. If not it will not work… Quite simple.

I hope this will solve some questions coming up…

Cheers

Michael

Hot new features in Universal Desktop LX/OS 4.11.100

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Hello Folks,

there are some really cool new features in the new release… Get an eye on:

– Updated VMware View client to version 1.6

– Enhanced support for Wireless LAN with WPA(2) Enterprise and wired
Ethernet with IEEE 802.1x Authentication: when using authentication method
PEAP/MSCHAPV2 it is now possible to leave password and identity settings
empty in setup. The user us is prompted for the missing credentials
at boot time of the thin client.version 1.6

– Updated Linux Kernel and Drivers

– “System->Update->Firmware Update (FTP protocol)->Automatic Buddy Detection” registry key: “update.ftp.auto_buddy_detection” (Very cool… 🙂 )

– Added USB Access Control configuration to be supported with Shared Workplace User profiles

– NVidia Drivers for Universal Desktop OS, please test in advance!!!

Only a few new cool points, but i also miss a few: Updated Citrix Receiver and full Windows Server 2012/8 RemoteFX support… But the next release will come… 😉

Cheers
Michael

IGEL Thin/Cloud Clients are No. 1 in Germany

Monday, November 19th, 2012

Hello Folks,

regarding a study from ama GmbH IGEL Technology is clear market leader in Germany, you can read the full story here:  https://www.igel.com/company/press-media/press-releases/single-view/article/ama-survey-reveals-igel-as-clear-market-leader-for-thin-clients-in-germany.html

Cheers

Michael

From zero to zero…. The Pano Logic end.

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

Hi folks,

maybe you already notified that Pano Logic, a pure zero client solution vendor, is gone out of business; http://www.infoworld.com/d/virtualization/vdi-startup-pano-logic-closes-shop-keeps-it-secret-customers-206275?page=0,1

Bad luck for the customers but it shows the main issue for “pure” zero client based solutions- if the vendor goes out of business you can throw the complete solution away and replace it with an other one. If you are still a pano logic user/customer, iam sorry to say that the Universal Desktop Converter will not work for you and i hope that other “pure” zero client solutions will not go out of business too.

In any way, you should read the story….

Cheers
Michael

P.S.: As far as i know Pano Logic has created the “Zero Client” wording….

IGEL UD2 Multimedia is on sale now!

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Hello Folks,

the new UD2 Multimedia with System on a Chip support for Citrix ICA and Microsoft RemoteFX is on sale now! If you have a trial device, don’t forget do apply the latest firmware update!

Cheers
Michael

Poll: What upcoming IGEL Product would you like to see?

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

Hi,

and just a second poll about what upcoming product you would like to see from IGEL: http://cloud-client.info/tinc?key=jXHisWoj

Of course i can’t guarentee that IGEL will take care about this… 🙂

Cheers
Michael

P.S.: Like the other poll some parts could be appear in german again; sorry!

Poll: What IGEL OS do you prefer?

Saturday, October 13th, 2012

Hello Folks,

iam intrested to see what type of IGEL OS do you prefer… So here is a small poll about this: http://cloud-client.info/tinc?key=Tivjz7yC

Cheers
Michael

P.S.: The system is hosted in germany, it might be that some parts appear in german; sorry for that!

blog.cloud-client.info toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer

Sunday, September 30th, 2012

Hi,

want to get the latest news, try our new toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox powered by Alexa. Feedback is welcome! The download is available in the right menu of the blog.cloud-client.info website.

Cheers
Michael

Windows 8 final and IGEL LX/OS Version 4.10.100 thru RemoteFX

Friday, August 31st, 2012

Hello Folks,

today i’ve tested the fresh Windows 8 Enterprise final version together with the IGEL LX/OS Version 4.10.100 thru an RemoteFX connection.

It works perfect for me and i was not able to find any issue at the moment, so i can recommend this solution.

Windows 8 Start Menu thru IGEL Linux RemoteFX sessionWindows 8 desktop using Aero thru IGEL Linux RemoteFX session

Click on the screenshots to expand, as you can see i’ve used a window based session but it works fine with a fullscreen session too.

Iam looking forward to the Windows Server 2012 final release and to check out how this works… 😉

Cheers
Michael

Back from Holiday

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Hello Folks,

i was in vacation the last two weeks and doesn’t got the time to work on all comments, sorry for the delay!

Cheers
Michael

blog.cloud-client.info whitepaper collection

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Hello Folks,

all whitepapers are now also available direct thru cloud-client.info. If you want to download the content direct from this page just click on http://www.cloud-client.info/whitepaper

Cheers
Michael

Want to learn more about the new UD2 Multimedia?

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Learn more about our first System on Chip device – IGEL UD 2 – LX – MultiMedia

Sign in for the following webinars for free. Duration is around 60 minutes.

09.07.2012 09:00 – 10:00 (English)
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/571980462
10.07.2012 18:00 – 19:00 (English)
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/252757374
11.07.2012 09:00 – 10:00 (English)
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/541561622
12.07.2012 13:00 – 14:00 (English)
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/958049382
13.07.2012 09:00 – 10:00 (English)
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/426394958

Test units available now!

Cheers
Michael

www.myigel.com down! Go to http://myigel.biz now!

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

Hello Folks,

like already mentioned IGEL has closed www.myigel.com, the new download URL is http://myigel.biz.

Cheers

Michael

P.S.: Maybe it’s a good idea to point the old url’s to the new server…..

Update: IGEL has updated the old URL’s for the new server now.

blog.cloud-client.info goes twitter and a small design change

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Hello Folks,

i’ve changed the design a little bit and blog.cloud-client.info is now also available at twitter for all upcoming posts. Go http://twitter.com/cloudclientinfo

Also it’s distributed thru networkedblogs, see gadget on the right side.

Cheers

Michael

New IGEL Technology download server

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

Hello Folks,

maybe you noticed the change in the new IGEL Universal Management Suite for the Universal Firmware Update. Means: IGEL will use a new download server to distribute firmwares, manuals and UMS Versions. The new URL is http://myigel.biz/

Currently i don’t know how long the old www.myigel.com will be available or if the ‘old’ URL will be changed to point to the new site. You should be aware about this major change for the future and that a new download server is available now.

Cheers

Michael