Case Study: P&O Ferrymasters achieves 30–40% annual cost savings with Ericom Software's Ericom Connect

P&O Ferrymasters Makes a 30% – 40% Cost Saving with Ericom Connect

P&O Ferrymasters, a large European logistics provider with more than 40 regional offices, needed to cut annual IT costs, reliably deliver applications to remote sites, and support mobile/bring‑your‑own‑device access. The company evaluated and replaced its Citrix thin‑client environment with Ericom Software’s Ericom Connect (plus Ericom AccessToGo/AccessNow for tablet and web access) to meet those needs.

Ericom Software rolled out Ericom Connect across 40+ remote sites to deliver Freight Manager and other core applications, producing a 30–40% reduction in annual licensing and maintenance costs and 6–7 seconds faster response times versus the WAN. The solution simplified administration (new user setup about half the time), cut support calls despite ~50% more users, enabled BYOD iPad access via AccessToGo, and—after a head‑to‑head test—proved both faster and roughly 40% cheaper than Citrix.

P&O Ferrymasters

Richard Barker

Network Manager