Case Study: Avianca achieves 50%+ hardware maintenance savings and enhanced security with Citrix XenDesktop

Avianca flies into the future of IT with XenDesktop

Avianca, South America's largest airline, needed to modernize and secure its IT environment to support rapid growth and a recent merger. With 1,200 desktops running 140 business applications, the airline sought to consolidate desktops and servers, cut maintenance costs, extend hardware life, centralize application administration, and reduce security risks.

Avianca deployed a Citrix virtualization solution (XenDesktop/XenApp/XenServer) and 1,200 HP thin clients to virtualize 140 applications on centralized servers. The project delivered over 50% savings in maintenance (from $20 to $9 per PC monthly), extended desktop life from 3 to 10 years, reduced security risk by ~90%, ensured 100% file backup, improved application processing speed by 20%, and achieved an estimated three-year ROI while enabling scalable remote access and growth.

Avianca

Gabriel Rios

Chief Information Officer