‘Stratodesk customers will benefit from the industry’s most secure client OS, endpoint management solution, and our Adaptive Secure Desktop,’ IGEL CEO Klaus Oestermann says.
IGEL has purchased fellow endpoint operating system vendor Stratodesk in a move to create a more secure and effective OS for customers.
The deal also expands Germany-based IGEL’s customer base and its capabilities in endpoint security and end-user computing (EUC), the vendor said in a statement Friday. IGEL plans to inform customers on migration plans and support programs–which could mean activity for solution providers– “in the coming weeks.” The companies did not disclose financial terms of the deal.
“This acquisition reflects IGEL’s continued momentum in the endpoint OS Platform market,” IGEL CEO Klaus Oestermann (pictured above) said in a statement. “Stratodesk customers will benefit from the industry’s most secure client OS, endpoint management solution, and our Adaptive Secure Desktop, significantly enhancing their endpoint security, resilience, and cost efficiency.”
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IGEL Buys Stratodesk
CRN has reached out to IGEL for comment. The vendor has about 1,500 partners worldwide, according to IGEL. Stratodesk has about 400, according to 2025 Channel Chiefs Details
Emanuel Pirker, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Stratodesk, said the deal “ensures our customers have access to the most powerful and secure endpoint OS, a future-proof solution as they transition to cloud-driven workspaces.”
“We’re confident that IGEL’s technology, expertise, and customer-first approach will provide the best possible path forward for our customers and partners,” Pirker said in the statement.
The deal comes amid a flurry of activity in the EUC and virtualization space as solution provider customers continue to navigate hybrid work policies and growing cybersecurity threats. Price changes at the likes of VMware and Citrix have prompted solution providers and their customers to revisit prior investments and what platforms are most reliable in an ever-changing technology landscape.
Solution providers are also moving customers–or preparing them to move–to Microsoft’s Windows 11 OS with Windows 10 end-of-support set for October, also bringing up customer conversations around the secure OS products offered by IGEL and Stratodesk.
Earlier this year, Oestermann told CRN in an interview that he is pushing IGEL deeper into the operational technology and internet of things devices space while riding a wave of customer interest in enterprise browsers, preventative security models and other trends bringing more business to the vendor and its solution providers.
Both companies have been investing in developing their technology organically as well. In April, Stratodesk launched its industrial operations technology program, bringing endpoint OS security and management to partners in OT hardware and industrial automation software.
In March, IGEL revealed that it now supports Zscaler Zero Trust Browser, Zscaler Client Connector and Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access on IGEL OS 12. It also launched a managed hypervisor to support legacy applications in modern environments and a universal management suite-as-a-service (UMSaaS) offer, among other innovations.
In 2021, private equity firm TA Associates bought IGEL. TA’s other investments include Appfire, Confluence, IFS, TierPoint and Veracode.
