Reading, UK 16 May, 2013 – IGEL Technology has appointed Arrow Electronics Inc. as a distributor in the UK. The appointment is an extension of IGEL’s European distribution agreement with Arrow, extending its reach into the Citrix and VMware reseller community and helping to strengthen its focus in the City of London and North.

Simon Richards, IGEL UK Managing Director, said: “Arrow has had a longstanding, successful European relationship with IGEL in territories such as Germany and the Nordics and this appointment in the UK will help extend our reach into Arrow’s strong Citrix and VMware reseller community. Arrow’s ECS (enterprise computing solutions) offices in Harrogate and the capital will also help us to strengthen our sales focus in both the North of England and the City of London.”

Dan Waters, Arrow ECS UK Business Sector Manager, added: “As Europe’s largest, dedicated thin client manufacturer and a 100% channel focused company, we are delighted to extend our thin client offering with this agreement and look forward to increasing demand for IGEL in the thin and zero client marketplace.”

IGEL’s Universal Desktop range of thin clients, based on Linux and Microsoft Windows, allows customers to access a broad spectrum of server-based infrastructures and applications. IGEL also offers powerful and intuitive management software for easy deployment and administration of thin clients throughout any size organization, as well as its Universal Desktop Converter software that allows customers to migrate existing PC or old thin client hardware to a fully manageable IGEL thin client-like device.