Lenovo Unveils Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Boosting AI

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) has unveiled an enhanced hybrid cloud platform for AI, introducing new ThinkAgile hyperconverged solutions and ThinkSystem servers. These advancements in cloud deployment, hybrid connectivity, and AI capabilities are driven by the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. The upgraded AI-ready platform marks a crucial stride towards achieving a dynamic hybrid AI approach, spanning public, private, and foundational models, thereby democratizing AI accessibility.

The fresh Lenovo ThinkAgile hybrid cloud solutions are meticulously designed to elevate AI performance and foster cloud agility by delivering enhanced computing power and accelerated memory across its leading portfolio, precisely where and when it’s needed. Moreover, Lenovo’s Professional Services for AI and TruScale as-a-service offerings aim to simplify IT processes, hasten AI integration, and provide integrated hybrid cloud solutions for edge capabilities, allowing businesses to scale efficiently while paying only for the resources utilized.

Kamran Amini, Vice President and General Manager of Server, Storage, and Software at Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group, emphasized how Lenovo’s hybrid cloud solutions for AI workloads are driving innovation, offering a swifter path to AI by bringing data-center-level computing to the source of business data. With a remarkable 21% improvement in performance, customers can leverage these solutions to reduce their IT footprint, enhance ROI, and achieve business objectives. The updated portfolio is designed to accommodate contemporary AI, virtualization, and multi-cloud workloads while enhancing energy efficiency and agility through a unified platform.

The next generation of Lenovo ThinkAgile hybrid cloud solutions and ThinkSystem servers, equipped with 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, feature built-in AI acceleration with Intel’s AMX technology. This not only boosts efficiency but also supports AI inferencing and training on models with up to 20 billion parameters. The portfolio stands out with its open architecture, advanced management capabilities, superior reliability, and end-to-end security, catering to companies of all sizes navigating hybrid multi-cloud environments.

To meet the demands of expanding businesses, Lenovo introduces optimized hybrid cloud solutions like ThinkAgile HX, MX, and VX, specifically engineered for AI with the new 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These turnkey solutions, coupled with an open ecosystem of partners including Microsoft, Nutanix, and VMware, promise enhanced cloud software capabilities, faster backup and recovery, and a 75% reduction in deployment time.

Expanding its offerings, Lenovo introduces ThinkAgile VX with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) reference architecture and the compact ThinkAgile MX450 Edge Integrated System with built-in Azure Arc, providing Azure cloud services and AI inferencing at the edge. Additionally, ThinkAgile HX AI for the Edge with Nutanix offers scalable solutions for handling remote AI and machine learning workloads.

Lenovo’s collaboration with Intel extends across its ThinkSystem portfolio, introducing new CPU support for dense optimized, rack, and tower solutions. For compute-intensive workloads, Lenovo offers multi-node server capabilities with the SD530 V3, SD550 V3, and SD650-N V3 dense optimized servers, powered by the latest 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. These servers enable customers to maximize processing power in half the space with up to 40% lower power consumption, thanks to Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling.

For enterprises, Lenovo presents the robust ThinkSystem SR650 V3 and SR630 V3 rack servers, offering flexible configurations optimized for AI workloads. Catering to multi-site locations, the new ThinkSystem SR250 V3 rack server and ST250 V3 tower server leverage Intel Xeon E-2400 processors, delivering up to 21% higher overall performance for edge computing.

In the realm of cloud agility, Lenovo leverages AI to drive intelligent transformation across various industries. Lenovo TruScale for Hybrid Cloud, offering as-a-service and fully managed on-prem data center solutions, allows flexible capacity creation, shifting, and scaling to meet evolving business needs. The TruScale Hybrid Cloud for Edge offers a cost-effective, smaller configuration solution supporting AI where needed, accompanied by a self-service cloud management platform for increased agility and control over data workloads.

In addition to its advanced hybrid cloud platform, Lenovo introduces Professional Services for AI to accelerate AI implementation. This single-vendor solution, backed by Lenovo’s extensive knowledge base and global team of industry experts, guides organizations through effective end-to-end IT deployments tailored to achieve rapid business outcomes.

End users stand to benefit from Lenovo’s hybrid cloud solutions, as the company introduces new laptops leading the way in AI PC innovation. The latest ThinkPad X1 and IdeaPad Pro 5i, powered by Intel Core Ultra processors and high-performance Wi-Fi connectivity, offer advanced PC experiences driven by AI computing. These laptops accelerate AI PC tasks with speed and intelligence across local, public, and private hybrid AI models, transforming the way people work, play, and connect with their PCs.