Case Study: Perfetti Van Melle achieves up to 60% cost savings and 40% faster application performance with Citrix XenDesktop & NetScaler

Sweet taste of Citrix desktop virtualization for Perfetti Van Melle India

Perfetti Van Melle India, a market leader in the Indian confectionery business with multiple branches and manufacturing units, faced rising costs and complexity from managing distributed desktops, ensuring OS updates, security compliance and consistent user experience across locations. Slow WAN performance and VPN-related delays further hampered access to centralized applications like SAP, SharePoint and email, prompting a move to consolidate and centralize IT services.

PVM deployed Citrix solutions—XenApp and Access Gateway initially, then XenDesktop Enterprise with Provisioning Services and NetScaler Branch Repeater—to deliver virtual desktops and secure, browser-based access from a central datacenter while optimizing WAN traffic. The rollout cut hardware costs by 40–50%, reduced CAPEX/OPEX by 50–60%, increased throughput 3–10x, sped application access by ~40% and boosted download speeds 2–3x, while simplifying provisioning, improving security/compliance, lowering power use and virtually eliminating user downtime.

Perfetti Van Melle

Basant Kr Chaturvedi

Associate Director