Case Study: International Insurance Company saves millions by optimizing Microsoft SQL with Crayon

Millions Saved by Optimizing Microsoft SQL Environment

The customer, International Insurance Company, a large US-based insurer with 32,000 employees, engaged vendor Crayon for assistance in optimizing its Microsoft SQL Server environment ahead of an upcoming licensing True Up. The challenge was to manage and reduce the forecasted cost of this significant licensing expenditure.

Crayon implemented an optimization solution for the Microsoft SQL and Windows Server environments. By reconfiguring the SQL setup and managing the CPU-to-core transition, Crayon achieved substantial savings. The results included reducing the immediate SQL Server True Up by $7.2 million and identifying $9.3 million in savings over a three-year period, saving the customer millions.