Citrix announced that it has powered HDFC Life’s growth plans by deploying Citrix XenDesktop – a desktop virtualization solution. Citrix solution has enabled employees of HDFC Life to securely access business applications and data from their personal mobile devices, while offering better manageability of the IT services and reduction of real estate costs. Completed in two phases, the company currently uses 2000 thin clients that run the virtualized desktop.
“Citrix’s complete suite of platform and software enables virtualization at any level – including XenDesktop for end point virtualization, XenServer for server virtualization and XenApp for consolidating applications. This complemented with their ease of use made them the clear choice for this deployment. We believe that this futuristic virtualization framework will be a cornerstone in our next phase of the company growth.” said Thomson Thomas, Senior Vice President – IT (Head Business Systems and Technology) at HDFC Standard Life Insurance.
When HDFC Life decided to do away with legacy infrastructure, it came in the wake of a few challenges faced by the company. The company was looking for a powerful solution that could leverage the proliferation of connected mobile devices for customer engagement in addition to their branch offices. The other challenge that HDFC Life wanted to overcome was linked to information security, as it was proving difficult for the IT department to enforce security in a conventional desktop environment
“We are extremely pleased to partner with a life insurance major such as HDFC Life to create a mobile-enabled, secure work environment through our desktop virtualisation solution,” said Sanjay Deshmukh, Area Vice President, India Subcontinent, Citrix. “Increasingly, financial institutions are realising the value of adopting technologies such as desktop virtualisation and mobility to be more responsive to customer needs. In its pursuit of business growth, HDFC Life has been amongst the forerunners to enable workforce mobilisation, resulting in better productivity and enhanced customer centricity.” he further added.