Lenovo and VMware partners to bring innovation in Edge datacentre solutions

Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group has announced it will be the first to market with VMware's software solution for the edge running on ThinkSystem SE350 edge servers. The new solution will be delivered directly to customer edge sites with VMware software preloaded on a pair of ruggedised and security-enhanced ThinkSystem SE350s.

Lenovo has also announced the enhancement of Lenovo Open Cloud Automation management software to automate the planning and ongoing management of data centre cloud deployments all the way to edge sites.

This will enable organisations to use the same management software to plan their data centre cloud and edge infrastructure solutions. Lenovo says hybrid work is the next reality, accelerating the need for edge to cloud solutions. The company says it's working to build smarter infrastructure solutions, so customers can navigate this new hybrid workplace.

Sumir Bhatia, Asia Pacific president, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group said,"Digitally-ready workforces will increasingly rely on hybrid cloud models that offer improved applications and user experiences. Lenovo's new solution can be deployed both in the cloud and at the edge, saving up to half of the servers usually needed and taking full advantage of the built-in networking features of the ThinkSystem SE350.

We're excited to partner with VMWare to bring the future of hybrid work to life and support businesses in their cloud strategy and journey, he said.

The new software solution with VMWare for the edge will be running on Lenovos ThinkSystem SE350 and aims to simplify networking with built-in switching and wireless connectivity, eliminating the need for external network devices at the edge. VMware's customers will soon be able to use the same environment they employ in their data centre, directly at their edge locations, by ordering this integrated and preloaded bundle.

We're excited to collaborate with Lenovo as customers are taking their innovation from the data centre to the public cloud to the edge, says VMware VP, edge computing, Muneyb Minhazuddin.