Industrial Automation Magazine India

Lenovo TruScale for Hybrid Cloud offers a versatile, scalable, and cost-effective AI performance-as-a-service solution.

Bangalore, December 15, 2023 – Lenovo has announced significant enhancements to its hybrid cloud platform, elevating its capabilities for AI applications. This includes new ThinkAgile hyperconverged solutions and ThinkSystem servers that deliver accelerated performance, management, and efficiency capabilities, powered by the next generation of Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. Designed to help customers take AI from concept to reality leveraging existing IT architecture, the expanded platform is a critical next step for delivering a dynamic hybrid AI approach across public, private, and personal foundation models in order to enable AI for All.

The new Lenovo ThinkAgile hybrid cloud solutions are engineered to boost AI performance and build cloud agility by delivering more compute and faster memory to its market-leading portfolio when and where it is needed. Additionally, Lenovo Professional Services for AI and TruScale as-a-service offerings help customers simplify IT and accelerate AI with new integrated hybrid cloud for edge capabilities that quickly help businesses grow and only pay for what they need.

"This launch marks a step towards strengthening our commitment to AI for All. Our new Hybrid Cloud Platforms propel innovation and offer to create a faster, more flexible path to AI," said Sumir Bhatia, President – AP, Lenovo ISG. "With up to 15 percent better performance, customers can leverage these solutions to reduce their IT footprint, achieve greater RoI, and deliver accurate business outcomes. These solutions are offered in a consumption model and seamlessly integrate with existing IT infrastructure for a dynamic hybrid AI approach."

"In the face of escalating data generation and technology initiatives, the demand for advanced processing capabilities for AI workloads is becoming imperative," stated Amit Luthra, Managing Director – India, Lenovo ISG. "As Indian businesses undergo IT modernization, Lenovo recognises and is dedicated to meeting the need for enhanced performance to accelerate AI applications. Our Hybrid AI solutions offer a scalable pathway for AI implementations, presenting cost-effective models that align seamlessly with the needs of diverse businesses in India."

The next generation of Lenovo ThinkAgile hybrid cloud solutions and ThinkSystem servers with 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors feature built-in AI acceleration with Intel's AMX technology - increasing efficiency while supporting AI inferencing and training on models up to 20 billion parameters. Additionally, the portfolio provides a unique open architecture with advanced management, superior reliability, and end-to-end security to help companies of all sizes work across hybrid multi-clouds.

Visit https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/servers-storage/hybrid-cloud-ai-solutions/ to learn more.