Case Study: Corporación Maresa achieves 35% IT cost savings, ensured business continuity and faster decision-making with Microsoft Power BI

Maresa’s Digital Transformation with Its Information in the Cloud and Its Wheels on the Ground

Corporación Maresa, one of Ecuador’s largest automotive conglomerates, faced rising costs and operational risk from an on‑premises datacenter of about 80 servers with no high‑availability or disaster‑recovery plan. After evaluating alternatives, the company chose Microsoft Azure cloud services and Microsoft Power BI (alongside Azure Site Recovery, Azure Backup and Office 365) to modernize infrastructure, improve agility and enable better management reporting.

Working with partner Business IT and its BIT Cloud Adoption methodology, Maresa migrated 100% of its operations to Azure over six months, automating server schedules and management and deploying Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup while using Microsoft Power BI and Office 365 for executive decision‑making. The cloud solution guaranteed business continuity and scalability, delivered nearly 35% savings in the IT budget (versus a 15% target), and completed a region‑first full migration that improved service availability and operational agility.

Corporación Maresa

Juan Carlos Játiva

Operations Manager