BWI: Essar Group Implements Large Scale Citrix Desktop Virtualization Solution

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Source: Citrix
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 06:40 PM IST (01:10 PM GMT)
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Essar Group Implements Large Scale Citrix Desktop Virtualization Solution
To Provide 5000+ users with enhanced information security, faster scalability and flexibility to work from anywhere, anytime

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, December 14, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate and a leading player in the sectors of Steel, Oil & Gas, Power, BPO & Telecom Services, Shipping, Ports, and Projects, today 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 Virtualisation, Essar has been able to reap the benefits of Application Virtualisation 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."

"As a key player in the virtualization space we are pleased to offer our solution to Essar Group, and act as a testimony to the changes in the technology adoption in the marketplace, said Sanjay Deshmukh, Area Vice President, India Subcontinent, Citrix Systems Inc." "Together we will bring in the revolution in the enterprise segment along with the fundamental changes in Essar group's business productivity, he further added.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help people work and play from anywhere on any device. More than 230,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters. Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch approximately 75 percent of Internet users each day. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

About Essar Group:

The Essar Group is a multinational conglomerate and a leading player in the sectors of Steel, Oil & Gas, Power, BPO & Telecom Services, Shipping, Ports, and Projects. With operations in more than 25 countries across five continents, the Group employs 75,000 people, and has revenues of USD 17 billion. The Group continues to expand its global footprint, focusing on markets in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Australia. Essar invests significantly in the latest technology to drive forward and backward integration in its businesses, and on leveraging synergies between these businesses. It also focuses on in-house research and innovation to be a low-cost manufacturer with high quality products and innovative customer offerings.


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