Lenovo expands its data storage portfolio to better support businesses in IT modernization and AI adoption. The innovations focus on scalability, efficiency, and accelerating AI workloads.
Lenovo adds no fewer than 21 new solutions to the ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile storage portfolio in one go. The common thread throughout the announcement is, unsurprisingly, AI, but also hybrid cloud and virtualization. Lenovo opts for a hybrid approach, allowing customers to run AI workloads on their existing infrastructure.
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GPT-in-a-Box
Lenovo launches the industry’s first liquid-cooled hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI), part of the ThinkAgile HX Series. This so-called ‘GPT-in-a-Box’ solution aims to accelerate AI implementations while reducing energy consumption by 25 percent.
Additionally, Lenovo introduces AI Starter Kits that provide an entry point for AI adoption in businesses. These pre-validated solutions combine computing power, storage, GPUs, and network capacity in one package, ready for inferencing and RAG. Furthermore, there are new ThinkSystem Storage Arrays that enable faster access to insights through flash storage and AI-optimized security such as autonomous ransomware detection.
According to Lenovo, the expansion addresses the need for scalable and flexible IT infrastructure, a demand that is increasing as AI projects become more complex. Companies want to adapt their IT architecture to modern workloads without completely overhauling their existing environment.
Disaggregated Infrastructure
The renewal of the storage portfolio also includes support for disaggregated infrastructure models. This allows storage and compute capacity to be scaled independently of each other. Lenovo claims this can result in up to 40 percent lower software license costs, depending on the configuration.
With Lenovo XClarity management platform and Premier Enhanced Storage Support, businesses gain access to central security and management tools. On top of that, storage arrays are equipped with features such as immutable snapshots, encryption, and synchronous replication to better protect data.
The renewed solutions align with Lenovo’s strategy to provide businesses with a unified infrastructure for traditional and AI-driven workloads. With this, the company aims to help organizations future-proof their IT environment, regardless of where they are in their modernization journey.