Lenovo and Cisco unveiled a global strategic partnership to deliver integrated infrastructure and networking solutions for accelerating digital transformation for businesses. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly establish design, engineering and execution plans for accelerating digital transformation with turnkey solutions that extend networking and purpose-built AI infrastructure, from edge to cloud, for customers worldwide.
“This new partnership is a testament to our commitment to delivering purpose-built, industry-leading solutions, all designed to simplify the path to AI innovation and digital transformation,” said Kirk Skaugen, EVP of Lenovo and president of Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group. “Our combined leadership in advanced networking and end-to-end server and data management infrastructure will deliver fully integrated, co-engineered solutions that seamlessly connect, protect and analyze data to propel AI-powered innovation for our customers from the edge to the cloud.”
“The integrated solutions from Lenovo and Cisco will streamline operational deployment and significantly enhance business outcomes for our shared customers, as well as provide tremendous opportunities for our joint partners,” said Jonathan Davidson, EVP and GM, Cisco Networking.
The MoU reflects the commitment to expand go-to-market opportunities that further the delivery of GenAI capabilities and improved digital workplace productivity. Lenovo and Cisco intend to create a hyper-personalized user experience.
The collaboration includes the integration of the Cisco Nexus networking ecosystem into Lenovo’s edge-to-cloud portfolio, to deliver network performance, fortified security and scalability. This offers customers an integrated turnkey networking solution that is optimized for interoperability within Lenovo infrastructure solutions, providing the strongest foundation of performance, reliability and security in the industry.
Additional customer benefits include:
- Accelerated time-to-innovation, for operational excellence, AI/ML networking, sustainability and advanced automation analytics practices.
- Single pane of glass management.
- Vendor simplicity.
- Accelerated innovation for better business outcomes.
Lenovo and Cisco will work to integrate new technologies and features into Lenovo Digital Workplace solutions, enabling a seamless, efficient and improved user experience with enhanced security. The collaboration will bring together Lenovo’s Care of One platform with its persona-based service engine and Cisco best of breed technology.
As part of the MoU, Cisco and Lenovo will collaborate to enhance GenAI solutions for enterprise customers. The partnership will be complemented by an expanded network of common channel partners that are trained in the combined technology portfolio of both companies, providing customers with additional choices and a flexible experience to accelerate digital transformation. The strategic partnership will deliver integrated infrastructure solutions and services that are tested and optimized for interoperability, allowing customers to accelerate go-to-market initiatives and business outcomes.
Information on Lenovo’s and Cisco’s partner programs, respectively, can be found here and here.
