Case Study: Balluff achieves global IT consolidation, 60% fewer servers and 50% bandwidth reduction with Citrix

German global player, Balluff GmbH, relies on Citrix technologies

Balluff GmbH, a German manufacturer of sensor technology with nearly 2,200 employees and operations in 54 countries, faced growing IT complexity as its international footprint expanded. The small central IT team struggled with high administration costs and slow, manual software distribution while trying to consolidate distributed servers and provide consistent access for globally dispersed users.

Working with arkatho, Balluff centralized and virtualized its Citrix environment—migrating XenApp to XenServer, using Provisioning Services, deploying NetScaler VPX for secure remote access, and implementing Citrix Branch Repeater for WAN optimization. The changes cut physical servers by 60%, reduced average bandwidth needs by about 50%, sped up updates and recovery, improved remote user experience (notably in China and Brazil), avoided costly bandwidth upgrades, and set the company up for future desktop virtualization with XenDesktop.

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Heiko Allgaier

IT System Engineer