Lenovo explains its server buy

Stefan Mileschin · 19th February 2014, 07:04

The Chinese maker of IBM cast-offs, Lenovo has been explaining why it thinks that Biggish Blue's server business could make it shedloads of cash.

IBM disposed of its server line to Lenovo because it could not make much cash out of it. However Lenovo, on the other hand, believes there is ample opportunity for it and partners to continue selling and expanding SMB server market share.

Chris Frey, vice president of North America Commercial Channels and SMB at Lenovo told CRN that there were shedloads of companies needing local servers to support the SMB customer. This work is not going to head into the cloud and he saw a significant growth opportunity in the tower and rack business.

Lenovo is paying $2.3 billion for IBM's x86 server unit, which includes System x, BladeCenter, Flex System blade servers and switches, NeXtScale, iDataPlex and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. It is also paying $2.9bn for Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit, expanding its global smartphone capacity.

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19th February 2014, 07:04	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,597	Lenovo explains its server buy The Chinese maker of IBM cast-offs, Lenovo has been explaining why it thinks that Biggish Blue's server business could make it shedloads of cash. IBM disposed of its server line to Lenovo because it could not make much cash out of it. However Lenovo, on the other hand, believes there is ample opportunity for it and partners to continue selling and expanding SMB server market share. Chris Frey, vice president of North America Commercial Channels and SMB at Lenovo told CRN that there were shedloads of companies needing local servers to support the SMB customer. This work is not going to head into the cloud and he saw a significant growth opportunity in the tower and rack business. Lenovo is paying $2.3 billion for IBM's x86 server unit, which includes System x, BladeCenter, Flex System blade servers and switches, NeXtScale, iDataPlex and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. It is also paying $2.9bn for Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit, expanding its global smartphone capacity. http://news.techeye.net/business/len...its-server-buy

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