Thane Janata
Sahakari Bank Improves Manageability and Boosts Efficiency with Citrix
XenDesktop® Solution
Leading
cooperative bank improves overall operational efficiency by 40%
India – May 22,
2012: TJSB Sahakari
Bank Ltd (TJSB), a leading Indian multi-state scheduled co-operative bank today
announced the implementation of Citrix® desktop virtualization solution,
resulting in streamlined manageability and enhanced operational efficiency
levels for the organization.
Incepted in
1972, TJSB currently has a robust network of 63 branches spread over
Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka. To support its steady growth, the bank decided
to consolidate its presence by shifting to a large head office; which meant
increasing its desktop capacity exponentially. The bank anticipated potential
challenges in this regard such as managing maintenance, loading applications,
provisioning backing up data, hiring IT administration team; and subsequently
made a progressive choice to virtualize its desktop and applications delivery
through Citrix XenDesktop® solution.
Commenting on
the implementation, Subodh Nagwekar, CIO, TJSB Sahakari Bank Ltd said “We have always stayed ahead of the technology
curve in the industry and our decision to overhaul our desktop infrastructure
through virtualization is yet another testament to this philosophy. Citrix has
enabled us to create a dynamic, flexible desktop infrastructure while
centralizing manageability and enabling secure access for our users. We believe
that this optimized desktop and applications delivery framework will be a
cornerstone in our next phase of growth and expansion.”
As part of the
desktop virtualization roll-out, over 100 desktops in the bank’s head office
were migrated to Citrix XenDesktop solution using thin clients. Eleven of the
bank’s essential and mission critical applications such as payroll processing,
loan origination, core banking etc were also virtualized using Citrix XenApp®
functionality. In addition to enabling tighter control of the user environment,
the solution reduced SAN storage and IT administration costs, while the usage of
thin clients with low carbon footprint has accelerated the bank’s drive to green
computing. Through an on-demand application delivery mechanism, bank employees
can rapidly access any of these applications from anywhere using any device with
a high-quality user experience. The solution has empowered the bank to be more
agile, as rolling out new versions and updates of applications can now be made
possible in a matter of few minutes, rather than days or weeks. Consequently,
the implementation has resulted in 40% savings on power, 40-60% on printing
expenses and augmented operational efficiencies by 40% for the bank. TJSB plans
to replicate the success of this desktop virtualization exercise across its
other branches as well.
“We are pleased
to support TJSB Sahakari Bank Ltd in its endeavor to lead the technology wave
in the Indian co-operative banking segment.” said Sanjay Deshmukh, Area Vice
President, India Subcontinent, Citrix Systems India. “As the organization
makes a transition from a physical to a virtual computing environment, we
believe that our solutions will lend the required business agility to accelerate
the pursuit of its growth objectives.”
About
Citrix
Citrix Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate
in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and
virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services,
making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000
organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and
it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in
2011 was $2.21 billion.
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