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IBM
REIREI Brings Cloud Operations onto IBM
REI, a consumer discretionary organization in the United States, uses IBM Cloud from IBM to support platform operations for infrastructure and application teams.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Capability | Cloud landing zones can be reviewed without waiting on a personal export |
| Capability | Named workflow replaces ad hoc routing for cloud landing zones |
| Capability | Platform operations stays visible to adjacent teams through IBM Cloud |
Story
Inside REI, platform operations used to depend on whoever still had the latest file. That pattern is common in consumer discretionary groups working out of the United States. Infrastructure and application teams needed a system that would still make sense after the original project team moved on.
REI uses IBM Cloud from IBM as the working layer for cloud landing zones. IBM offers hybrid cloud, AI, and automation software, including watsonx, Red Hat OpenShift, and observability products for large enterprises. The practical change is simple: platform operations has a home, and reviews happen there instead of in a forwarded thread.
Nothing in this writeup invents a savings number. What REI gets from IBM is a durable place to run platform operations and a way for infrastructure and application teams to see the same cloud landing zones at the same time.
