Virtual computing: A simple prescription for cost-efficient, scalable growth
Centene Corporation is a leading U.S. healthcare company that provides programs and services to individuals receiving benefits under government-assisted programs including Medicaid. The company´s recent double-digit growth put pressure on IT to become more agile and cost efficient, to achieve its goal of entering new markets swiftly. By adopting an end-to-end virtual computing environment, the company was able to accelerate entry into new geographic markets and bring up new health plans quickly, taking full advantage of local resources centrally supported.
The company standardized on a desktop and server virtualization solution from Citrix to deliver over 600 applications to its 3,600 employees across ten states. Centene saved $850,000 in PC refresh costs by replacing thousands of older, less energy-efficient PCs with thin clients, providing a greener computing environment.
In the datacenter, Centene reduced server sprawl, while saving more than $100,000 annually in power and cooling costs, rack space and support staff. Server virtualization dramatically cut provisioning time from hours to just minutes, allowing IT staff to be less reactive, and more proactive in its allocation of resources to support the business.
Centene´s core philosophy is that quality healthcare is best delivered locally through a dispersed point-of-care network with centralized support operations. Citrix virtualization technology provides a scalable, stable shared desktop environment for every user; whether task, knowledge or mobile workers from headquarters, home or distributed points-of-care. Having a flexible infrastructure makes Centene more agile, providing a competitive edge in many markets.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2009 was $1.61 billion.
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Benefits
- Virtualization accelerates new market expansion, service delivery
- Centralized management decreases provisioning from hours to just minutes
- Radical reduction in server sprawl, saves millions in power, space, support costs