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Cleveland-CliffsIBM at Cleveland-Cliffs: Cloud Operations
Cleveland-Cliffs, a materials organization in the United States, uses IBM webMethods from IBM to support platform operations for infrastructure and application teams.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because cloud landing zones has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in platform operations sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Capability | New joiners can see how platform operations actually runs |
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Cleveland-Cliffs did not need another dashboard that nobody opened. It needed platform operations to move. In the United States, infrastructure and application teams already knew where cloud landing zones went wrong: too many copies, too little ownership, and a close process that waited on the loudest inbox.
IBM webMethods from IBM is now in that path. IBM offers hybrid cloud, AI, and automation software, including watsonx, Red Hat OpenShift, and observability products for large enterprises. The company treats it as production tooling for platform operations, which is why infrastructure and application teams live in it rather than exporting from it once a quarter.
Cleveland-Cliffs can show how cloud landing zones is handled today. That is the value: a repeatable way to run platform operations on software the rest of the industry already recognizes.
