IGEL DISRUPT 24 Munich Sponsor OMNISSA

Well, I’m back after an agenda-packed few days at IGEL DISRUPT 2024 in Munich!
Firstly, I wanted to congratulate the IGEL team for putting on a fantastic event as usual for the EUC fraternity. For those of you who couldn’t make it this time, I’m sorry, I missed you. Here’s a quick summary of my sessions plus my general thoughts and take aways from the two days.

Day 1 – The Now
I had the privilege of being part of an EUC panel with an all-star line-up of EUC stalwarts (I might include myself in the last part of that sentence).
Although the session was titled Omnissa: Transforming End-User Computing with Microsoft, Rimo3 and ITQ. We focused a lot on the Application side and how we collectively work together. From providing the leading DaaS platforms, ongoing app lifecycle management, and common project and customer challenges from a partner delivery perspective. Thank you to my fellow panelists and our host Steve, and of course, the people who attended the session.

Day 2 – The Next
I was eagerly looking forward to my slot in the ‘NEXT’ section of the Keynote, where I had the opportunity to speak on stage with Matthias Haas (pretty sure HaaS isn’t host as a service in this case, but he did a great job as always). Here’s what I managed to cram into the 12 mins I ended up using up there!
I started off re-emphasizing our purpose. With the recent divestiture of EUC from Broadcom, this hasn’t changed. Thank you to all our partners and customers for sticking with us through out that period. Omnissa continues to empower employees to do their best work from anywhere through smart, seamless, and secure experiences. Then, I covered the different aspects of the Omnissa Platform. What we are and will be doing around our Virtual Apps and Desktop solutions including how we are evolving the user experience and the protocol (no VDI topic would be complete without a nod to that) but also around our Apps Everywhere strategy and where we want to manage, deliver apps and desktops to (like our Cloud DaaS partners).

Next, I covered the recent re-architecting and rolling out of our modern SaaS platform for UEM, enabling key capabilities like Declarative management for IOS, most importantly OS updates in particular. Also, how this new architecture will drive quicker innovation, better quality, and better performance for our loyal customer base.
I doubled down on what security and compliance mean in an EUC platform for EUC teams. Making sure devices are compliant and users are trusted to access their apps on those devices and providing that re-assurance to their Security departments. Key roles in an overall Zero Trust approach. I mentioned our expansion of the Trust Network partnerships and how we’ll work with 3rd party solutions for security signals, such as tools like UMS in IGEL.
DEX was not left out, of course, and I covered how Horizon is expanding its experience managements insights for ServiceDesk teams and VDI operations alike. We’ve recently released granular GPO analysis at logons to help teams understand what might be impacting performance.

Powering all of the key capability areas is the common services platform, and I covered our longer-term direction towards the ‘Autonomous Workspace’. Given the industry’s current focus on AI, I presented a practical example of our beta feature that assists UEM admins in quickly writing and executing sensors, using generative AI to curate those scripts.
But, of course, being that it is the Disrupt event, we used the remaining time to focus on the beta integration of UEM (Linux agent) for IGEL OS. I covered a cool demo where an unenrolled UEM IGEL OS device can block user access to Workspace ONE access. Once the device is enrolled and managed, certificates can be deployed, granting access and enabling the launch of a published App on Demand through Horizon. A really exciting example of our true UEM vision, and integration with key vendors such as IGEL. Interested in the beta and trying it out? Please reach out to the Omnissa team.

Next, Next time round?
With that, I’d like to thank again all those I had the chance to meet and speak to, as well as our Disrupt hosts. For those who weren’t there, hoping I’ll see you all NEXT time.
Spencer Pitts
Chief Technologist, EUC Division, Omnissa

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