Lenovo Unveils New Data Storage Solutions to Accelerate IT Modernization for the Age of AI
Lenovo has announced its largest storage portfolio refresh in company history, unveiling new Lenovo Data Storage Solutions that prepare enterprise IT for the age of AI with better efficiency, performance and scalability. Ushering in a new era of AI-optimized storage that propels business transformation, the complete portfolio includes storage arrays, software defined storage (SDI), and new AI and virtualization innovations to flexibly address rapidly evolving data operations. Using the solutions, businesses can easily run AI and data modernization workloads on the next generation of trusted Lenovo ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile infrastructure, unleashing data to power real-time reasoning and confidently deploying AI and data modernization workloads at scale. As business leaders seek tangible ROI on AI investment, global IDC research commissioned by Lenovo found that data sovereignty, compliance, and availability are the most important AI implementation success factors among CIOs while data quality, IT costs and integration with existing systems are among the biggest obstacles. The new portfolio reflects Lenovo’s ongoing commitment to delivering innovative storage solutions that meet the evolving needs of modern data centers while helping businesses get the most out of their data. “With 51% of Indian enterprises planning to ramp up AI initiatives over the next 12 months, the demand for intelligent, scalable, and ROI-driven infrastructure is surging. Lenovo’s new ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem hybrid cloud and virtualization solutions are purpose-built to meet this need, enabling independent scaling of compute and storage while reducing software licensing costs by up to 40%. Coupled with AI Starter Kits, integrated security, and liquid-cooled HCI innovation, we are helping customers modernize with confidence, accelerate time-to-insight, and maximize the return on their AI investments” – Amit Luthra, Managing Director, Lenovo ISG India. Solutions for Enterprise AI, Virtualization, and Sustainability The portfolio spans 21 new ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile models designed with the accelerated computing and efficiency that companies need to kickstart their AI journey, supporting employee productivity and maximizing value with solutions for enterprise AI, virtualization and sustainability. Key innovations include turnkey AI Starter Kits, the industry’s first liquid cooled HCI appliances and converged hybrid cloud and virtualization solutions. The Data Storage Solutions are finetuned for easy deployment, faster inferencing, workload consolidation and lower total cost of ownership (TCO), delivering enhanced capabilities: Lenovo ThinkAgile SDI V4 Series provides full-stack, turnkey solutions that simplify IT infrastructure and accelerate computing for data-driven reasoning and faster time to value for AI LLM inferencing workloads. Engineered to put actionable data insights to work more quickly in business operations, the new Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage Arrays deliver up to 3x faster performance while reducing power consumption1, providing up to 97% energy savings and 99% density improvement over a Lenovo device featuring 10K HDDs for smaller data center footprints and lower TCO and when upgrading legacy infrastructure2. New converged Lenovo ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem hybrid cloud and virtualization solutions deliver flexible and efficient independent scaling of compute and storage capabilities, reducing software licensing costs up to 40 percent, maximizing business value3. New Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Series GPT-in-a-Box solutions featuring Lenovo Neptune™ Liquid Cooling leverage the industry’s first liquid cooled HCI appliance to deliver turnkey AI inferencing that takes AI from concept to success across distributed applications, from edge to cloud, yielding up to 25% energy savings over previous generation to increase ROI and achieve data-driven breakthroughs4. New AI Starter Kits for Lenovo Hybrid AI Platform deliver a validated, flexible, and easy on-ramp for enterprise inferencing and retrieval-augmented (RAG) workflows....