Why Lenovo in the Data Center
Achieving competitive advantage in the next-generation data center will require even greater optimization and efficiency. Lenovo can help. We leverage a deep heritage of innovation to deliver:
- Reliable, flexible, and secure data center systems.
- Open server, storage, networking, and system management platforms that seamlessly integrate with your environment.
- Record-setting systems performance.
- Purpose-driven innovation for greatest business value.
Global Reach
Global Reach
Different creates better
Lenovo is a technology company with global reach and expertise without boundaries. Our innovation draws upon a world of knowledge, embracing worldwide collaboration to unlock new thinking and the flexibility to help you capitalize on today’s opportunities and whatever tomorrow brings.
- 52,000 employees serving customers in over 160 countries
- Global HQ in Raleigh, NC & Beijing, China
- 5 global data center manufacturing facilities
- 7 data center research centers worldwide
"We’ve been so impressed with the reliability, scalability and performance of the Lenovo-Nutanix solution that we’re now in the process of rolling out the Lenovo HX Series across other locations worldwide."
Sanjay Kirtikar – Director Digital Technologies, Beam Suntory, April 2017
Quality & Reliability
Quality & Reliability
Different builds better
Lenovo products are tested and proven to the highest standards. Designed for the most demanding applications and workloads. Engineered for always-on productivity. Lenovo Data Center leadership adds up to greater confidence and greater customer satisfaction, day after day.
- #1 in x86 server customer satisfaction
- #1 in x86 server reliability
"The reliability of the Lenovo solution is stunning – we haven’t experienced a single hardware failure or any unplanned downtime in the year it’s been running in production."
David Batho – ICT Manager, Information and Learning Services, Exeter College, June 2017
Performance
Performance
Different performs better
Lenovo innovation for the data center drives advancements across your organization, unleashing business performance. Our systems are designed from the ground up for today’s mission-critical workloads, providing the performance you demand now and the flexibility you’ll need next.
- 141 world record performance benchmarks*
- #1 on TOP500 supercomputer list
- 17 of top 25 research universities use Lenovo high performance computing
- #1 for SAP performance
* As of June 1, 2019
"The newly launched x86 ThinkSystem platform provides us with ten times more processing power than the previous MareNostrum supercomputer, allowing BSC to continue the type of scientific research that enhances humanity’s efforts to seek new knowledge and drive progress."
Sergi Girona, Operations Director, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, September 2017
Security
Security
Different protects better
It's more than a system. It’s also the security that stands behind it. Security that can help you keep your business safe and running - day after day - and keep your data protected.
Lenovo employs rigorous business processes that meet the most stringent requirements. From our BIOS and firmware design, to secure software development across the lifecycle, to control over the most transparent, auditable and secure supply chain in the industry, in everything, security is as important to us as it is to you.
"By running Microsoft Azure Stack on Lenovo hardware in our own jurisdictions, we will be able to deliver the Azure services that clients want, with the peace of mind of having their data reside within the correct EU zone."
Julian Box, Founder and CEO, Calligo, July 2017
ROI
ROI
Different redefines better
At Lenovo, we're redefining economics and return on investment for the data center. We embrace an open, industry standards-based approach to easily integrate into your exisiting infrastructure.
- ThinkSystem offerings have flexible design to scale and adapt easily to new workloads so you can extend today’s investment into the future as your needs evolve.
- ThinkAgile solutions are pre-tested and pre-integrated for more rapid deployment getting you up and running faster, accelerating your time to value.
- XClarity systems management software integrates with the tools you’re already using.
"Having worked with Lenovo in the past, we knew that we could rely on them to deliver a powerful pre-tested, pre-integrated cluster that would meet all of our technical requirements. Lenovo also offered an excellent price-performance ratio, ensuring we got the best value for our money."
Paul Brenner – HPC, Center for Research Computing, University of Notre Dame, April 2017
Service & Support
Service & Support
Different supports better
With Lenovo, you get more than a system. It’s a team committed to providing services where each interaction, at every phase of the IT lifecycle, gives you the power to innovate.
Trusted advisors help you design the right IT strategy, providing expertise to assess, plan, design and optimize your data center. We can provide the tools to monitor and manage data center assets and proactively resolve issues.
- 10,000 IT support specialists in 165 countries
- 51 contact centers
- #1 in x86 server customer satisfaction
"With help from Lenovo, we’re transforming IT infrastructure across the company and building a stronger foundation for our 24-hour, global business operations."
Sean Keenan – Senior Systems Engineer, Callaway Golf, November 2017
Supply Chain
Supply Chain
Different delivers better
Lenovo data center systems are delivered through our industry-recognized, end-to-end global supply chain. That excellence infuses all we do, from how we design products to where we locate manufacturing facilities and how we build integrated systems. Our ThinkAgile offerings and high performance computing solutions are pre-integrated and pre-tested in our facilities and shipped ready to deploy.
- Top 25 ranking in Gartner's 2017 Supply Chain Top 25
- 5 global data center manufacturing facilities
- Pre-integrated and pre-tested systems
"We worked very closely with the Lenovo team during the design process, and it was a real collaborative effort. The Marconi environment is an extension of our existing Lenovo NeXtScale platform. Combined, we now have over 7,000 servers in our data center, delivering 20 PFLOPS peak performance. This means that researchers can run extremely compute-intensive workloads without our supercomputing environment even breaking a sweat."
Sanzio Bassini – HPC Director, CINECA, November 2017