Case Study: Česká pojišťovna achieves centralized, secure app delivery with Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and NetScaler

Central Delivery of Applications in Česká Pojišťovna, Generali group: project benefits 7 years after

Česká pojišťovna (Generali group) faced a fragmented, single‑datacenter IT estate with non‑consolidated storage, a patchy, poorly catalogued application portfolio and hard‑to‑enforce security—especially for external users. The insurer set out to simplify IT management, enable secure mobile workstyles and raise security while meeting a strict 99.99% SLA, driving a 17‑month project to centralize and standardize endpoints and applications.

ORBIT/Citrix implemented a Central Delivery of Applications (CDA) platform based on Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop and NetScaler, consolidating infrastructure and enabling centrally managed thin clients and a unified multilingual portal. Results include a >33% reduction in desktop TCO with a 3‑year ROI, rapid application onboarding (about one day to test, minutes to deploy), secure partner access via NetScaler (WAF and auditing), successful stress and disaster‑recovery tests, attainment of the 99.99% SLA and a smooth datacenter migration—paving the way for XenMobile enterprise mobility.

Česká pojišťovna

Tomáš Rampula

Head of the KS team, Corporate Insurance