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IBM
WestRockWestRock Standardizes Workload Migration on IBM
WestRock, a materials organization in the United States, uses Red Hat OpenShift from IBM to support datacenter exit planning for migration squads.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Fewer stalled items because workload migration has a clear owner |
| Productivity | Handoffs in datacenter exit planning sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Risk and compliance | Red Hat OpenShift is the governed place migration squads use for datacenter exit planning |
Story
WestRock is based in the United States and runs materials operations at a scale where workload migration cannot live in side channels. Migration squads were reconciling competing copies of the same work, which slowed datacenter exit planning and hid who owned the next step.
The company runs datacenter exit planning on IBM, with Red Hat OpenShift as the product migration squads actually open. IBM offers hybrid cloud, AI, and automation software, including watsonx, Red Hat OpenShift, and observability products for large enterprises. For WestRock, that means migration squads can open one workflow, see workload migration, and let neighboring teams join without inventing a parallel stack.
Public materials confirm the companies and products. They do not always publish a single verified KPI for this pairing, so the outcome here is operational: clearer ownership, fewer stalled handoffs, and a shared record for workload migration.
