Case Study: Centene Corporation achieves cost-efficient, scalable growth and rapid market expansion with Citrix virtualization

Virtual Computing A simple prescription for cost-efficient, scalable growth

Centene Corporation, a leading U.S. healthcare company serving Medicaid and other government-assisted programs, faced pressure from double-digit growth to become more agile and cost efficient so it could enter new geographic markets and launch health plans quickly. IT needed a scalable, centrally managed approach that supported distributed points of care while keeping costs under control.

Centene standardized on Citrix virtualization (XenDesktop, XenServer, XenApp) to deliver 600+ applications to 3,600 employees across ten states, replacing older PCs with thin clients and saving $850,000 in refresh costs. In the datacenter, server virtualization reduced sprawl and cut more than $100,000 annually in power, cooling, rack space and support; provisioning times dropped from hours to minutes, enabling faster market expansion and more proactive IT support.

Centene Corporation