PPS Modernizes Network with Citrix
October 15 2019 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Company transitions to SD-WAN and cloud to
deliver improved performance, security, and user experience across
branches
The cloud is the place to be. Leading enterprises know it and
are moving workloads there as users demand more SaaS applications
and fast, secure and reliable access to them anywhere, anytime from
any device. Take PPS, a leading South African financial and
healthcare services company. With the help of Citrix Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CTXS), the company is building a modern, cloud-based
network on which it can deliver a world-class user experience with
greater speed, security and consistency.
“In our business, we pride ourselves on providing great services
for our members, and our network needs to keep pace with our
growing needs,” said Derik Scheepers, Head of IT Operations,
PPS.
Goodbye Legacy
But it’s aging, multi-tenanted, MPLS-based network simply
couldn’t. “We didn’t have any real visibility or control into the
network, and it just wasn’t flexible enough,” Scheepers said. “A
new branch could take 90 to 120 days to get online.”
In the fast-paced world in which PPS operates, this wasn’t going
to cut it. The company’s 1,600 employees in 25 branches work hard
to provide a highly responsive, confidential, and personal service
to the more than 350,000 members that PPS serves. And they can’t
afford to be slowed down by technology.
Hello Innovation
So PPS decided to put its head in the cloud and implement
Citrix® SD-WAN, a solution that would provide the flexibility,
stability, and security it required to create an IT platform that
could support its rapid growth and innovation and empower its teams
to perform at their best.
With Citrix SD-WAN, enterprises can:
- Deliver an exceptional, consistent experience when accessing
SaaS apps, cloud workloads, virtual apps and desktops or
traditional data center resources.
- Secure users, data and networks through built-in ICSA-certified
and next-generation firewalls or cloud-based Secure Web Gateway
offerings.
- Monitor and manage network performance from an easy to use,
cloud-based orchestration platform.
- Seamlessly connect to and manage cloud services, including
Google Cloud Platform, Azure, AWS, and more.
Delivering Results
“We’ve seen immediate benefits from using the Citrix solution,”
Scheepers says. “We’ve cut costs, reduced business risk, and our
people have a much more stable platform to do what they do best —
looking after our members.”
And the solution was easy to put in place. SD-WAN specialist
Intelys Telecom is delivering Citrix SD-WAN as a fully-managed
service, so PPS doesn’t have to invest in additional resources or
worry about managing the network transition. As a result, PPS
expects to achieve a full return on its investment in less than 12
months.
Preparing for the Future
“As we continue our transition into the cloud, moving to Citrix
SD-WAN is an important piece of the jigsaw that will help secure a
prosperous future for PPS and its members,” Scheepers said.
To learn more about Citrix SD-WAN and the value it can deliver
for your organization, click here.
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