International Wholesaler
Group | 10ZiG

“We had aging legacy zero clients that only supported the PCoIP protocol, which Omnissa planned to retire within Horizon by the end of 2025. We required full French language support, enhanced wireless connectivity, and compatibility with Horizon Cloud and Imprivata EAM, to ensure a seamless SSO experience for users.”

– Infrastructure Systems Engineer

About the Wholesaler

Innovative Solutions for the Hotel, Retail and Catering Industry (HoReCa)

A leading international food wholesaler operating in more than 30 countries worldwide. Globally, the Group’s network includes 622 stores across 21 countries, of which 524 provide out-of-store delivery services. In addition, they operate over 100 dedicated depots focused on food service distribution. In 12 counties, the company runs an exclusively delivery-based model through it’s Food Service Distribution (FSD) business.

They primarily serve the Hotels, Restaurants, Cafés/Catering (HoReCa) sector, supporting small and medium sized enterprises including hotels, restaurants, catering companies, bars, cafes, canteen operators, and independent traders such as grocery stores and kiosks.

In the year 2023/2024, they generated global revenue of €31 Billion and operate 100 stores nationwide: all managed from its headquarters in central France.

The Challenge

Modernize & Futureproof...

In 2023, the wholesaler operated an on-premises Omnissa Horizon (Formerly VMware Horizon) VDI environment across their 100 stores. Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) provided secure Single-Sign-On (SSO) ensuring fast, compliant authentication across all sites and devices.

At Group level, they had been working with strategic partner Wipro since 2021 to design and implement a global, cloud-first IT strategy focused on scalability, security and operational efficiency. As part of this evolution, they began transitioning towards Horizon Cloud, centralizing desktop delivery and reducing operational overhead as they scaled across sites, while maintaining Imprivata EAM integration.

At the endpoint level, they relied heavily on approximately 1,500 legacy Dell Wyse Tera2 Zero Clients, supporting only the PCoIP protocol, alongside some traditional fat client PCs. These devices presented two critical risks:

  • Hardware nearing end-of-life
  • The planned retirement of PCoIP support

A new endpoint solution needed to:

  • Support Omnissa Blast Extreme
  • Align with Horizon Cloud
  • Maintain Imprivata EAM and SSO capabilities/functionality
    • This seamless, automated and optimized workflow needed to be consistent across the updated tech stack
  • Provide full French language support
  • Improve wireless infrastructure connectivity

During evaluation, Horizon Cloud ecosystem support was still emerging, making alignment between 10ZiG, Omnissa and Imprivata especially crucial. The teams worked together to develop and validate integration support across the Horizon Cloud environment, before handing to the wholesaler for testing.

The Solution

Flexible, Secure, Modernized, and Fully Managed.

The end user was initially introduced to 10ZiG in 2023. Following a successful POC, they deployed an initial batch of two hundred 10ZiG devices to replace aging Dell Wyse endpoints.

They selected 10ZiG’s NOS™ software based Zero Client OS for Horizon, delivering:

  • The latest Horizon Client support
  • Small, secure footprint
  • Fast boot times
  • Simplified updates
  • Intuitive user experience
  • Support for Imprivata EAM

Critically, the solution included the FREE 10ZiG Manager™ server, enabling centralized endpoint management across 100 distributed stores. This provided:

  • Zero touch deployment
  • Firmware management
  • Mass configuration updates
  • Auto-populated group policies
  • Remote shadowing for user support

When replacing the remaining devices, the wholesaler chose to split procurement across two vendors to maintain flexibility and long-term resilience. 10ZiG and Dell were selected, both meeting the defined technical requirements within project timelines.

To ensure continuity of secure access and authentication, 10ZiG worked closely with the end user and its technology partners, such as Imprivata, to ensure EAM and SSO functionality whilst maintaining consistency of the user experience and workflow throughout the transition.

Speaking with the Infrastructure Systems Engineer, the key technical lead for the project at the wholesaler, they said “10ZiG are the most suitable devices. Whether I am using Horizon Cloud Gen 1 or Horizon Cloud Next Gen, I only need one firmware version. With Dell, I require two. From a management perspective, 10ZiG Manager™ is more intuitive and offers auto-population filters for groups, making deployment across stores much simpler.”

A Partnership Defined by Success

Future-Ready Hardware. Stronger Security. Faster Deployment.

By selecting 10ZiG, the wholesaler has an endpoint solution that meets both immediate operational requirements and long-term strategic objectives.

The wholesaler continues:

“The hardware provides futureproofing and enables us to take advantage of features that were not possible with legacy PCoIP devices. Provisioned with 10ZiG NOS™, the device becomes almost transparent to the user experience. 10ZiG Manager™ significantly simplified deployment. Technicians only need to visit a store briefly to unbox and connect the devices. Once on the network, configuration is handled automatically. Our transition to a cloud-first digital experience has increased agility, strengthened cyber resilience, and supported our carbon reduction goals.”

10ZiG delivered a cost-effective, complete Thin & Zero Client solution, hardware, software and management, with an excellent user experience. The support from the 10ZiG team throughout this project was outstanding. I am confident we will receive the same level of partnership moving forward. For IT leaders considering Thin or Zero Clients, 10ZiG offers optimized cost, simplified management, and a high-quality virtual desktop experience.

A Partnership Defined by Success

Future-Ready Hardware. Stronger Security. Faster Deployment.

By selecting 10ZiG, the wholesaler has an endpoint solution that meets both immediate operational requirements and long-term strategic objectives.

The wholesaler continues:

“The hardware provides futureproofing and enables us to take advantage of features that were not possible with legacy PCoIP devices. Provisioned with 10ZiG NOS™, the device becomes almost transparent to the user experience. 10ZiG Manager™ significantly simplified deployment. Technicians only need to visit a store briefly to unbox and connect the devices. Once on the network, configuration is handled automatically. Our transition to a cloud-first digital experience has increased agility, strengthened cyber resilience, and supported our carbon reduction goals.”

“10ZiG delivered a cost-effective, complete Thin & Zero Client solution, hardware, software and management, with an excellent user experience. The support from the 10ZiG team throughout this project was outstanding. I am confident we will receive the same level of partnership moving forward. For IT leaders considering Thin or Zero Clients, 10ZiG offers optimized cost, simplified management, and a high-quality virtual desktop experience.”

Omnissa and 10ZiG have partnered for over a decade, delivering optimized Horizon deployments across a wide range of customers. More recently, 10ZiG has expanded support to Horizon Cloud and Workspace ONE, strengthening our ability to deliver modern workspace solutions across industries.

– Arindam Nag, Vice President of Product Management at Omnissa

Organizations operating in mission-critical environments need to provide their staff with fast, secure access to the systems they depend on every day. By combining Imprivata’s trusted identity, authentication, and access management capabilities with 10ZiG’s secure endpoint solutions, organizations can simplify access to virtual desktops and critical applications while maintaining strong security controls. Together, we’re enabling teams to work more efficiently while protecting the sensitive systems and data that keep their operations running.

– Chip Hughes, Chief Product Officer 

Omnissa and 10ZiG have partnered for over a decade, delivering optimized Horizon deployments across a wide range of customers. More recently, 10ZiG has expanded support to Horizon Cloud and Workspace ONE, strengthening our ability to deliver modern workspace solutions across industries.

– Arindam Nag, Vice President of Product Management at Omnissa

“Organizations operating in mission-critical environments need to provide their staff with fast, secure access to the systems they depend on every day. By combining Imprivata’s trusted identity, authentication, and access management capabilities with 10ZiG’s secure endpoint solutions, organizations can simplify access to virtual desktops and critical applications while maintaining strong security controls. Together, we’re enabling teams to work more efficiently while protecting the sensitive systems and data that keep their operations running.”

– Chip Hughes, Chief Product Officer 

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