Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in Germany and an annual raw steelmaking capacity of 5.3 million tons. The company manufactures a wide range of quality steel sheet and tubular products for the steel processing industry. HKM delivers high quality products by integrating innovative and ecological technologies that help to optimize production levels and environmental protection.

Challenges
- Ensure availability, reliability, and high performance of servers and applications to optimize support for industrial steel production
- Achieve seamless server consolidation to reduce maintenance and energy costs and support the company’s commitment to cost-effectiveness and environmental protection
- Establish a centralized hardware and virtualization management solution to improve manufacturing process scheduling and gain data center performance visibility
- Complete the migration and server and operating system upgrade without interrupting applications that support critical steel production processes