IGEL looks to replicate success in UK and Europe with further investment
Reading, UK: Thin client manufacturer IGEL Technology is a clear industry market leader with business customers in its home country of Germany, according to the latest independent study from ICT market analysts, ama GmbH. In the survey of over 6,000 businesses with more than 50 people, thin clients accounted for 11% of desktops and 35% of them were IGEL devices.
Across all sizes of companies surveyed, devices from IGEL proved to be far more popular than those of its direct competitors. The company’s dominance was most clearly seen in large enterprises, where IGEL had an average share of 44.3% of the thin client desktops. In industry sectors, the greatest IGEL shares were found in the healthcare sector (58.6%), construction industry (58.2%) and the automotive industry (48.0%).
“We’re extremely pleased with the results of this German business survey and will continue to invest and innovate with thin clients and software to help our customers at home and across Europe reap the benefits of server-based computing and virtualized desktops,” said Dr. Frank Lampe, Marketing Director at IGEL Technology.
Over the past year, IGEL has continued to invest in the wider-European market by opening offices and recruiting new distributors in France and the Netherlands and appointing supporting marketing agencies. In the UK in September, IGEL reported 45% year-on-year growth in thin client sales and 50% growth of its desktop conversion software, which allows businesses to cost effectively extend the life of their current desktops by converting them to IGEL-like devices to deliver a Server-Based Computing architecture or to produce a shorter return on investment when migrating to a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment.