Entering the AI Era at the Endpoint with IGEL and Lenovo

At IGEL DISRUPT 2024 in Munich this week, Lenovo presented its vision of how generative AI’s next advancement will involve personalizing end-user devices. This means that computers, phones, tablets, and other devices will soon be able to understand the context of our activities and adapt to how we prefer to work.

Overall, the concept of adding AI at the endpoint is gaining a lot of traction. In 2023, Adobe reported that 77% of all devices use some form of AI. Lenovo sees the future of AI moving to a background-running service, first appearing locally in high-end and then consumer devices and eventually becoming ubiquitous across all environments, allowing incredibly high-power models to function at low-power demand.

Lenovo, in partnership with IGEL, has already taken steps to implement these innovative features.

The Future of AI with IGEL Lenovo Devices

IGEL and Lenovo recently announced new developments resulting from a deepening partnership.

At Disrupt Munich, Lenovo showcased new AI-ready endpoint devices pre-loaded with IGEL OS 12 with the ThinkCenter M75q Gen5 (AMD) and the ThinkPad L14 Gen5 (Intel).

In Disrupt Miami in April 2024, the two companies announced the availability of IGEL-powered solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI and Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) on Lenovo ThinkAgile MX650 V3 devices. Optimized for both scale and performance, the Lenovo ThinkAgile MX systems, powered by IGEL OS, reduces the time-to-value for environments that want to bring all the cloud benefits of AVD on-premises to meet data sovereignty and regulatory requirements.

By leveraging the strengths of IGEL’s Preventative Security Model™, Lenovo’s comprehensive hardware architecture, and the latest Microsoft security technologies, the ThinkAgile MX solutions set a new industry benchmark for virtual desktop environment security.

Expanded Collaboration between IGEL, Microsoft, and Lenovo

The collaboration between IGEL and Lenovo builds on the recent news of IGEL’s deepened collaboration with Microsoft and represents a significant advancement in how enterprises can securely and efficiently manage their IT infrastructures in a cloud-centric world.

Organizations looking to enhance their security posture while improving operational efficiency will find a comprehensive solution in the combined offerings of IGEL, Lenovo, and Microsoft includes:

• Endpoint Security Enhancements—The read-only format automatically reduces threat exposure at the endpoint, regardless of the network used.
• Consistent Employee Experience — Even if employees stick with their current hardware, IGEL OS can be installed on virtually any endpoint, overcoming the inconsistent internal UX that can result from M&A activity and maintaining legacy system investments.
• Ease of IT Management — The OS allows for streamlined patching and updates across without expensive VPNs.
• Adaptability — IGEL OS is designed to meet the needs of today and adapt to whatever the future holds, future-proofing your endpoint.

With IGEL running at the edge and Lenovo crafting the device, developments like these will always be exciting. For more information on Lenovo solutions powered by IGEL OS, visit https://www.igel.com/lenovo/ and https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/software/igel. To view the sessions from Disrupt Munich, register for access to Disrupt on Demand.