Essar Group has announced desktop virtualization Implementation with Citrix. With operations in more than 25 countries across five continents, the Group employs 75,000 people, and has revenues of USD 17 billion. The solution utilizes a building-block approach which can then scale to thousands of virtual desktops delivering application to any device in any workplace environment, supporting a rich user experience, and provides IT with additional security and control.
Trends such as IT consumerization, worker mobility, cloud computing and workshifting mean that more people are accessing enterprise desktops, applications and data from more places and in more ways than ever before. Virtual computing is rapidly becoming a foundational element of the security strategy for organizations of all kinds. With Citrix’s Desktop Virtualization, Essar has been able to reap the benefits of Application Virtualization and streaming features for enabling faster responses to business requirements for applications.
Essar group plans to move its’ 90 -95 percent workforce to Citrix XenDesktop platform and aims to complete implementation of virtual desktops for 40000 users in the next one Year. The implement of Citrix XenDesktop is aimed to strengthen Essar’s Governance and Compliance by giving the capability to monitor, manage and restrict the applications on the VDI. The Group also plans to roll out the Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix NetScaler solutions across the globe. Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix NetScaler with on-demand application delivery is expected to save the company more than 40% in desktop computing costs by enabling easy, centralized management of desktops and applications and reducing the need to refresh expensive hardware.
Citrix’s solutions with on-demand application delivery is expected to save the company more than 40% in desktop computing costs by enabling easy, centralized management of desktops and applications and reducing the need to refresh expensive hardware.
Users will benefit from enhanced productivity as Citrix solutions transforms any Windows, web or SaaS application into an on-demand service that can be accessed by any user on any device anywhere with unparalleled simplicity and scalability. The solution utilizes a building-block approach which can then scale to thousands of virtual desktops delivering application to any device in any workplace environment, supporting a rich user experience, and provides IT with additional security and control.
Jayantha Prabhu, Chief Technology Officer, Essar Group said, “We evaluated all of the leading solutions before we chose to adopt Citrix solutions to solve our virtualization needs. Implementing a complete virtual desktop infrastructure requires expertise in desktop deployment and migrations, application virtualization, security, system management and storage design. The great combination offered by Citrix allowed us to attain business agility, application flexibility and infrastructure efficiency.”