Case Study: Nedbank achieves secure, scalable VDI with Nutanix

Nedbank scales 7,000 virtual desktops with Nutanix and eliminates IT overtime

Nedbank, a major South African financial services provider, faced challenges with its legacy Citrix VDI solution, which was constrained by a silo-based approach. This resulted in significant downtime, negative customer experiences, and required IT teams to work after hours to maintain systems. Seeking to optimize processes and gain ownership of its entire solution stack, Nedbank partnered with Nutanix to find a more efficient and secure way to deliver desktops.

Using Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure and its built-in Life Cycle Manager (LCM), Nedbank implemented a hyper-converged environment. This solution allowed the bank to perform non-disruptive upgrades and maintenance during business hours, completely eliminating IT overtime related to VDI. The Nutanix implementation provided 99.999% uptime, enabled the bank to seamlessly scale its systems to support remote work during the pandemic without increasing infrastructure, and is managed by a dedicated team of only five people.

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