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Lenovo Data Center Group Further Accelerates Telecommunication Infrastructure and Internet of Things Focus
Lenovo (HKSE:992) today
announced an expansion plan to deliver customer-centric, disruptive
software-defined solutions to support telecom and IoT infrastructure.
Building on the momentum of the highest
revenue quarter in two years, Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG)
continues to accelerate its transformation journey to develop
customer-centric innovation and disrupt the status quo of expensive
legacy solutions.
Lenovo has seen significant progress as it shifted its data center focus
to meet the needs of hyperscale customers, high performance computing
(HPC) customers and enterprise customers by accelerating their cloud and
artificial intelligence initiatives with the latest technologies -
resulting in new levels of operational simplicity. The next phase of the
transformation is focused on the telecom infrastructure and global IoT
requirements.
"Lenovo is accelerating our telecom and IoT plans based on strong global
customer demand," said Kirk Skaugen, executive vice president and
president of Lenovo Data Center Group. "Our goal is to earn customers'
trust as the world's most trusted data center and communications
infrastructure provider, unencumbered by the protectionism seen from
providers driving proprietary and expensive legacy solutions. We are
also thrilled to be hiring some of the best talent in the industry with
a focus on expanding on our position as #1 in x86 server customer
satisfaction and reliability."
The expanded Lenovo telecom organization will focus on creating joint
innovation platforms to deliver customer-centric solutions, building on
Lenovo's unparalleled
expertise in reliable standards-based hardware. As 5G deployment
plans further solidify across the globe, Lenovo will build and partner
on NFV hardware and software solutions based on The Open Compute Project
and other standards.
In the newly created IoT division, Lenovo will help customers turn their
traditional end-points into smart and connected devices, transforming
them into analytical engines to further drive productivity and
efficiency. Lenovo will focus on embedding server-class equipment in IoT
solutions to enhance connectivity and build a set of edge platforms that
can analyze massive amounts of data for real time decision making - all
while tightly aligning with system integrators and other Lenovo partners
to bring full vertical solutions to market.
Telecom andIoT Software-Defined Solutions at Mobile World Congress (News - Alert)
At the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Lenovo is unveiling
a performance optimized offering based on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650/SR630
servers and switches, Red Hat OpenStack, and Mellanox ConnectX-4 NICs
for accelerated packet processing. In addition, Lenovo is joining the
'Intel Select Solution for NFV' program and offering a solution
specially optimized for encryption and compression based NFV workloads.
The solution is comprised of Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) and
Intel XXV710 NIC (News - Alert) enabled on Lenovo SR650/SR630 servers.
Leveraging its #1 position in x86 server reliability*, Lenovo will also
demo the industry's first 5G-ready base station with software and
virtualized implementation of the centralized and distributed units
(CU/DU) - made possible through customer-led, joint collaboration with
China Mobile.
Demonstrations of Lenovo's 'device to datacenter' solutions can be seen
at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 26 - March 1 at the
Lenovo Showcase in Hall 3, Space 3N30. In the Intel booth, Lenovo will
showcase a 'self-optimizing 5G network' solution based on Lenovo
ThinkSystem SR650 servers.
Executive appointments enhance data center momentum
Building on the strong bench of recent hires, effective March 1, Robert
Vrij joins Lenovo as senior vice president, Europe, Middle East and
Africa (EMEA) president and head of worldwide global accounts including
global communication service providers for Lenovo Data Center Group.
Vrij was formerly the CEO of Alcatel Lucent Americas and Alcatel Lucent
EMEA, and CEO of Openwave (News - Alert) Systems. Most recently, Vrij was responsible
for leading Hewlett Packard Enterprise's company sales across the
Americas. Robert's expertise and telecommunications background will help
accelerate solutions to meet customer needs across EMEA and in building
deeper relationships with our service provider and channel customers. He
will also be responsible for the strategy and growth for DCG channel
partners, leveraging his extensive relationships at the senior level.
Wilfredo Sotolongo has been appointed the new vice president of the IoT
segment for Lenovo Data Center Group. With over 32 years of experience
in the IT industry, Sotolongo has held numerous worldwide leadership
positions at both Lenovo and IBM (News - Alert). His deep customer mindset and
experience will be critical to Lenovo's further growth in customers' IoT
solutions needs.
Since joining Lenovo in May 2017 to lead the data center infrastructure
business, Kim Stevenson has played a critical role in Lenovo's
transformation journey. Stevenson will expand her role by overseeing all
data center business segments, including these expanding focus areas of
telecom and IoT. Prior to joining Lenovo, Stevenson was the COO of
Intel's client, IoT and system architecture group followed by holding
the Intel CIO position for six years.
Renée Ure has joined Lenovo as vice president of global supply chain for
Lenovo Data Center Group. Ure joined Lenovo from IBM where she was most
recently vice president of global operations and integrated supply
chain. She oversaw a staff of 7,000 professionals in 50 countries. Ure
is a natural disrupter with an exceptional ability to build and empower
global teams. She will harness the Lenovo team to ensure a secure and
vertically integrated supply chain, and further grow from Lenovo's
current position as a Gartner (News - Alert) Top25 Supply Chain company.
Beverly Crair will take an elevated role as vice president of product
development and quality for Lenovo Data Center Group. Crair commands
over 30 years of expertise in developing and leading teams to build
sophisticated mission-critical systems. Prior to joining Lenovo in
August 2017, Crair held numerous leadership positions at Intel where she
was vice president of the storage group as well as strategic software
initiatives. Crair is focused on designing solutions for a seamless
customer experience and overseeing quality assurance and product
development across all Lenovo Data Center Group segments. She replaces
Tom Shell who has recently retired after a long and successful Lenovo
career.
*Information
Technology Intelligence Consulting (ITIC) 2017 - 2018 Global Server
Hardware, Server OS Reliability Report
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$43 billion global Fortune 500
company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial, and
data center technology. Our portfolio of high-quality, secure products
and services covers PCs (including the legendary Think and multimode
Yoga brands), workstations, servers, storage, networking, software
(including ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile solutions), smart TVs and a family
of mobile products like smartphones (including the Motorola brand),
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