IGEL Technology

IGEL Technology (/ˈaɪdʒɛl/ EYE-jel) is a multinational software company best known for its operating system, IGEL OS.^[1]

IGEL Technology

Industry	Computer software
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Bremen, Germany
Products	Endpoint Management Software, IGEL OS
Website	www.igel.com

History

Privately held, the original investor in IGEL was C Melchers GmbH & Co. KG (“Melchers”) which founded the company in 2002 in Bremen, Germany. In 2021, TA Associates ("TA") became the majority investor in IGEL. Melchers continues to maintain an equity interest in the company.^[2]

Originally, IGEL was a manufacturer of hardware "thin clients". The company permanently exited the hardware business in 2020, and since then, IGEL has since been solely a software company. Its headquarters are in Bremen, Germany with North American operations out of Fort Lauderdale.^[3]

Products

IGEL’s primary product is IGEL OS, a Linux-based endpoint device operating system.^[4]

Strategic Alliances

IGEL holds strategic alliances through its "IGEL Ready" program with software companies^[5] such as Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Island, Citrix, Omnissa, Amazon, Okta, and ImprivataIGEL as well as healthcare-sector OEMs including Imprivata.^[6][7]

For hardware, IGEL holds strategic alliances with Lenovo, HP and LG Business Solutions each of whom offers IGEL OS integrated into select endpoint devices as an orderable option from the factory.

Events

Starting in 2019, IGEL has hosted an end user computing and endpoint security forum and expo called DISRUPT, now called Now and Next.^[8]