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Laggy mouse movements, pixelated screen images, unresponsive clicks, endless loading screens, the dreaded “wheel of death.” Unfortunately, that experience –  frustratingly slow and out of sync – has become the norm for VDI users. But VDI’s not just an inconvenience; its usage negatively impacts productivity and hurts business outcomes. For the majority of enterprise applications, there’s no longer a need to compensate for the limitations of VDI with an overall poor experience for end users. It’s time to embrace a solution that naturally and securely enhances productivity and drives organizational success. It’s time for smoother operations and happier users. It’s time for an enterprise browser.

What should the browser be capable of doing in the context of the enterprise? There’s the cybersecurity angle of course – the Enterprise Browser’s native security features are baked into its design, and defend against the full spectrum of web-based threats with features like context-aware data protection. There are the productivity benefits – security runs so smoothly and naturally through the Enterprise Browser that it no longer gets in the way of end users, giving them max time to focus on what matters: getting the work done. Then tack on the cost savings – the Enterprise Browser’s ability to replace or reduce VDI has the potential to cut millions of dollars in tech stack spend. But most importantly, the Enterprise Browser brings simplicity into every team and every aspect of the enterprise; it unites CIOs and CISOs and HR and IT teams around one common thread: security so smooth, intuitive, and natural, you might forget it’s there. Our co-founder and CEO Michael Fey recently sat down with Trinity Chavez of NYSE to share more on Island’s collaborative approach to enterprise security — one that ensures the browser works overtime so your team doesn’t have to.

Most of us spend the majority – or even entirety – of our work day in the browser. As the singular gateway to productivity and connectivity, it’s no wonder that as the workplace has evolved over the last decade, our reliance on the browser has increased in parallel. So why bother complicating our work with laggy desktop virtualization tools that drain IT budgets and frustrate end users when we’re doing all the work within the browser anyway? The solution is the Enterprise Browser, and it’s already here. It’s familiar and intuitive to users with its Chromium-based interface. And it respects your personal and professional boundaries by allowing seamless integration of personal accounts without compromising organizational security. Simply put, it’s a game changer for both productivity and peace of mind. Our own Bradon Rogers shares more on how the Enterprise Browser is empowering users and helping us reimagine the future of work on this episode of the CyberBytes podcast: https://lnkd.in/gTTUhbBH

A note of gratitude to the incredible Island team – Last week, we celebrated our first Island Internals conference at our Tel Aviv offices. Islanders engaged in some powerful knowledge and experience exchange sessions. And as always, we’re so inspired by our team’s continuous hard work, innovative thinking, and dedication to making Island bigger, better, and more impactful for our customers. We were also honored to be joined by special guest Omri Casspi, an Israeli former NBA player, who shared with our co-founder & CTO Dan Amiga important lessons he’s learned about uncompromising hard work and dedication to his craft from his decades-long career in professional basketball. Thank you for all you do, Team Island. We’re immensely grateful for each of you. Island Internals 2024 = a slam dunk 🏀🏝️

When it comes to VDI, it’s about reduction, not eradication. Island investor and Crowdstrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch recently joined the Risky Biz podcast to share how Island is helping modern organizations slash their desktop virtualization spend by tens of millions of dollars. That doesn’t mean legacy apps that businesses have relied on for years get eliminated from the picture. It simply means companies can securely move the bulk of their cloud applications to the Enterprise Browser, where the majority of work is already being done, and reserve costly virtualization tech for those select niche cases where it’s needed. Listen to the full podcast to hear more about how Island is changing the game for enterprises of all sizes from Dmitri: https://risky.biz/RB754/ Thank you to hosts Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau.

Unfortunately, the privacy and autonomy of end users are often sacrificed in the effort to secure corporate data and assets with technological guardrails. It’s time to flip that mindset. It’s not that employees don’t deserve or can’t have privacy in the workplace –it’s simply that the security needs of their organizations take precedence, and have made guaranteeing privacy nearly impossible. But there’s a new solution to that issue. It starts with a completely new perspective on enterprise security – one that not only makes privacy at work possible, but consistent and natural too. Swipe through to learn how an enterprise browser makes it happen.

When you hear the word “control,” you might think of restrictions on freedom. But last-mile controls within an enterprise browser aren’t just about cybersecurity, and they’re certainly not about controlling autonomy or experience. Last-mile controls are about giving end users a seamless experience, in an environment that’s more secure, productive, and enjoyable to work in. Our own Bradon Rogers joined the CyberBytes Podcast at #RSA2024 to share how Island’s unique endpoint mechanics and capabilities work, including data redaction in key apps, copy/paste governance, and more. Check out the full podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gTTUhbBH

Picture this: Your end users are all working on their own devices within their respective browsers of choice, and you end up having to manage, secure, patch, and support five different browsers when we all know managing just one is hard enough. You may not have to picture it at all – it’s likely your reality. And if you’re in the business of caring for patients’ health in a virtual-first environment, like our customers at Omada Health, that’s just not feasible from both a productivity and a security standpoint. The solution? A single, secure, purpose-built browser with everything you need built in. The Enterprise Browser End-user experience, organizational productivity levels, and consistency go up.  Wasted time, lags, and costs go down. Omada Health CISO William Dougherty shares why his team has chosen Island as their enterprise browser of choice in his recent interview with Michael Krigsman of CXOTalk: https://lnkd.in/epYXgNzu

The cost of VDI and DaaS tools continue to rise, but that doesn’t mean their efficacy or efficiency have increased in parallel. Their value is diminishing rapidly in our SaaS-first world. When we consider the clunky, laggy, costly experience of VDI, the notion of collapsing the tech stack to a single solution is extremely compelling. That single solution is an enterprise browser. Michael Fey Information Security Media Group (ISMG)

Security incidents happen. But what if your entire business is forced to shutter all systems and devices – indefinitely – for clean up and mitigation in response to a cybersecurity incident? A tragedy, right? Not necessarily. An enterprise browser is the key here – it’s a modern org’s resiliency ripcord. It makes responding to a breach relatively simple by restoring access to key apps and functions without your users having to tempt fate by working on an unmanaged, potentially unsafe device. It ensures that your team can still communicate with one another and execute their work seamlessly, even if systems are shut down. Plus, it can be deployed in a matter of hours – no interruptions or lags when it comes to getting your team back to work. Our own Bradon Rogers shares more on navigating disaster recovery with the Enterprise Browser in his recent session with Hacker Valley Media. https://lnkd.in/gn4fBgQ3