Lenovo's new thinking to build enterprise-level ecosystem

On September 22, 2014, Lenovo Group held a Lenovo enterprise-class business strategy and ThinkServer Gen5 conference with the theme of New Cloud Power in Beijing, including Lenovo ThinkCloud's new cloud computing solution and ThinkServer's fifth-generation product family optimized for cloud computing. New appearance. Through this conference, we can see that Lenovo is building a new enterprise-wide ecosystem around its products.

Lenovo's new thinking to build enterprise-level ecosystem

Lenovo and partners conspire to transform

Chen Xudong, senior vice president of Lenovo Group and president of China and Asia-Pacific Emerging Markets, said in his opening speech that Lenovo has stepped up efforts to expand the enterprise-level business map and continue to advance into high-value areas such as cloud computing. We also know that Lenovo Group is currently the world's largest PC manufacturer, and Lenovo is also working hard to build mobile terminal products. Coupled with an enterprise-level product line, Lenovo Group is building a fully covered product line portfolio.

Lenovo's new thinking to build enterprise-level ecosystem

Senior Vice President of Lenovo Group, President of China and Asia-Pacific Emerging Markets Chen Xudong

At the press conference, we learned that Lenovo plans to build 50 cloud computing centers in China and train more than 1,000 cloud computing infrastructure experts through the Tengyun plan; build an open China cloud ecosystem and recruit 100 The cloud-based solution is the programmatic channel that focuses on the business, and supports the existing channel transformation through multiple ways. We know Lenovo's channel cooperation partner system is the most complete, which is the key to the rapid development of Lenovo's PC business. If Lenovo applies this system to enterprise-level product lines, the development of future enterprise-level product lines will be full of infinite imagination.

Chen Xudong also stated that Lenovo’s success is inseparable from its extensive and loyal customer base and its close cooperation with its channel partners. From Chen Xudong's speech, we have seen Lenovo's recognition of the importance of its partners.

For the IBM x86 channel partners who will join the big Lenovo system, Chen Xudong said that they will also have the opportunity to get cooperation opportunities with Lenovo's numerous product lines and service businesses, and get a strong customer relationship support from Lenovo's large customer team, with more and bigger Expansion capacity. Chen Xudong’s position clearly shows that he has taken a close look at IBM x86 channel partners, which also helps Lenovo’s integration of enterprise-class product line channels and IBM channels.

In addition, Intel’s Global Vice President and President of China Yang Sy also spoke at the press conference. He said that Intel and Lenovo as a solid partner, from technology to products, to services, including the entire cloud ecosystem, will promote the promotion and popularization of cloud computing in China. From Yang Xu’s speech, we can see that Intel’s affirmation of Lenovo's efforts to develop enterprise-level product lines. After all, with the decline of the traditional PC business, Intel's traditional PC business also faces great challenges. The enterprise market has become the focus of Intel. In the past, Intel has stressed to its partners that Intel will focus on cloud computing and big data services in the future.

Intel and Lenovo's enhanced cooperation with each other is also driving the trend of cloud computing and big data technology. The enterprise-level market driven by cloud computing and big data is ushering in new changes. Especially the data center market. IBM's Power minicomputers, ARM's micro servers, etc. are all eyeing the data center market. Intel's x86 dominance is being challenged. Intel can only renovate itself to meet the challenges. This time, Intel’s launch of Lenovo’s new product release is also a reflection of Intel’s partner strategy.

In addition, at this conference, we can see the future integration path of Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's x86 product line. Gerry Smith, executive vice president of Lenovo Group, an enterprise-level business group and president of North America, said that after acquiring the IBM x86 server business, Lenovo's enterprise-class team now has a very good combination of high-density products. The combination of IBM's entire product portfolio and Lenovo's ThinkServer product line is a good match, and Lenovo has also acquired a strategic market size.

Through this press conference, we obviously felt that Lenovo's layout in the enterprise-class market is slowly opening up, especially after the acquisition of IBM's x86 product line, Lenovo's channel and customer advantages and IBM's strong technical solutions Competence is complementary. And in the original ThinkServer product line, plus the acquisition of System x products, will have the effect of two fists. This will undoubtedly enhance Lenovo's voice in the x86 server market.