Toyota Material Handling Europe, a leading manufacturer of warehouse equipment, has adopted a microservices approach to develop Internet of Things software for its smart factories. The company is building both the machines and the data platforms necessary for Industry 4.0, with a focus on quality and innovation. Filip Dadgar, Principal System Architect at Toyota Material Handling Europe, discussed the shift from monolithic codebases to microservices, citing MongoDB Atlas as the database platform that enabled this change due to its flexible data model, automatic scalability, security, and ease of use. The company evaluated eight key criteria before selecting MongoDB Atlas, including performance, developer friendliness, and cloud agnosticism. Toyota Material Handling Europe is now using MongoDB Atlas on Microsoft Azure, with access to MongoDB University for developer training and support from the MongoDB team.