Case Study: Codale Electric Supply achieves rapid iPad deployment and unified, secure mobile management with Citrix

Codale Stays Ahead of the Mobile Curve with Citrix

Codale Electric Supply, a fast‑growing independent electrical distributor with 12 locations across Utah, Nevada and Wyoming, needed to enable iPads for its field salesforce and manage the surge of employee‑owned smartphones and tablets. IT faced a tight timeline to select a mobile‑device management (MDM) solution that would mirror laptop access controls—enforcing policies, securing email and apps, and preventing unmanaged or compromised devices from becoming network vulnerabilities.

The team chose Citrix XenMobile MDM for its rapid deployment, Active Directory integration, VPN/profile push and strong policy enforcement, and used Citrix Professional Services to accelerate rollout. With XenMobile they implemented certificate‑based single sign‑on, pushed corporate apps (SharePlus, WebEx, AnyConnect, ERP access), blacklisted risky apps like Dropbox and blocked unmanaged/jailbroken devices, and retired their BlackBerry infrastructure—consolidating mobile management while improving security and user experience.

Codale Electric Supply

Matt Christensen

Director of IT