Case Study: Komatsu Australia achieves breakthrough performance gains and cost savings with Microsoft Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Komatsu achieves breakthrough performance gains and savings with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance

Komatsu Australia, a major heavy equipment manufacturer, needed to modernize aging mainframe-based applications and bring together data from multiple sources into a single, reliable system. The company wanted better scalability, performance, and easier access to business intelligence, so it turned to Microsoft Corporation technologies including Azure SQL Database Managed Instance, Azure Analysis Services, Azure ExpressRoute, and Power BI, along with TimeXtender Discovery Hub.

Microsoft Corporation helped Komatsu Australia consolidate its data estate in Azure SQL Database Managed Instance and use Power BI for reporting and analytics. The result was a rapid migration in less than two weeks, a 49% cost reduction, and 25% to 30% performance gains, while also enabling more frequent data loads, a single source of truth, and faster, more accurate decision-making across the business.

Komatsu Australia

John Steele

General Manager, Business Technology and Systems