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Lenovo announced the launch of its extensive 2017 Think product line powered by 7th Generation Intel® Core i7 Processors. The new 2017 range of ThinkPads, ThinkCentres and TIOs comes with significant technology breakthroughs making it an unparalleled portfolio of business machines.
Commenting on the launch, Rahul Agarwal, Managing Director & CEO, Lenovo India said, “The Think brand in essence has continuously and constantly redefined the boundaries of business PCs. These machines have always been synonymous with toughness, reliability and performance. Over the years, with changing business needs and increased need for mobility as well as security, these machines have evolved to provide a more rounded offering without losing their core value proposition. With the new Intel® processor coupled with our legendary Think product attributes, this latest range is equipped to meet the critical and evolving business requirements.”
“Intel has consistently worked towards driving processor in…

Lenovo announced the roll out of a comprehensive range of GST-ready solutions across its notebook, desktop, and all-in-one PC powered by Intel® Core™ processors, and the tablet portfolio. Lenovo GST advantage PCs start at an accessible price of INR 19,999/- (plus tax).
With GST, it has become imperative for small businesses to digitize their transactions and the need of the hour is to provide adequate support to make a seamless transition. With this launch, Lenovo aims to enable small businesses and entrepreneurs with a choice of attractive offers from GST-compliant accounting, ERP and POS solutions along with the purchase of select Lenovo PCs.
Pankaj Harjai, Director - Small and Medium Business, Lenovo India said, “Lenovo has always been a trusted provider of robust business computing devices. India has very diverse SME eco-system and thus a one-size-fits-all GST solution does not work. We have partnered with the best in the industry to provide a multitude of options for businesses …

Lenovo announced the launch of its new Lenovo Data Centre Partner Programme for Asia Pacific. Conceptualised entirely from ground-up in consultation with channel partners, the partner programme is aimed at helping Lenovo channel partners bring best-of-breed data centre solutions to the enterprise market.

After selling 180,000 units since the first flash sales on 19th Jan, Lenovo has announced that the Vibe K4 Note will be available without any registrations starting 15th Feb. Till now the K4 Note has received over 1.1 Million unique registrations for the Smartphone and AntVR Bundle that concluded today.

Following the success of the original A6000 smartphone, Lenovo has announced the Lenovo A6000 Plus at price of Rs. 7499/-. Considering the improved proposition and increased consumer demand, Lenovo & Flipkart are putting up 100,000 units of the A6000 Plus up for grabs.  This flash sale is planned on Tuesday, 28th April and will kick off at 2:00 pm IST on Flipkart for users who register by 27th April 11:59pm. Interestingly, this is first flash sale that will see  1,00,000 units going on sale.

Lenovo announced the introduction of Deal Registration System (DRS) - DRS 2.0, an easy-to-use platform that builds a direct online connection between Lenovo and its commercial business partners. This initiative aims to equip the partner with updated information, provide exclusivity and reduce the turn-around time from client identification to closure of business.

Lenovo rolled out finance schemes to sell computers in India at faster rate. The company is facing challenges due to low demand for computers in the countries as the population has surpassed computers to buy tablets and smartphones. In India current computer penetration is 10%, which is the lowest among developing countries like Vietnam (16%), South Africa (18%), Turkey (49%) and Malaysia (64%). For this scheme, Lenovo has joined hands with Intel in its effort to promote this initiative across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Lenovo will offer 100% financing with zero down payment and zero interest on the purchase of high performance laptops and AIOs. The company further says that the payment can be broken up across multiple EMIs with no interest fee.

Lenovo announced its association with Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor as the brand ambassador for smartphones in India. As part of this association, Ranbir will endorse Lenovo’s range of smartphones and will feature in various television and online commercials for the brand in India. In Lenovo’s earlier association with Ranbir, he was endorsing both PCs and Tablets and will continue endorsing Tablets in this partnership too.
Sudhin Mathur, Director-Smartphones, Lenovo India said, "Ranbir Kapoor is a multi-talented and popular actor, who is admired across the nation. We are delighted to be associated with him, as he is an extremely versatile, endearing and stylish performer just like our range of Lenovo smartphones. We believe that this partnership will expand our reach into the consumer space and enhance the preference for Lenovo smartphones in India.”

The stylish range of smartphones comprise, industry-leading devices suiting every need of the user right from the best camera expe…

Lenovo announced a record eight design awards from the 2014 International Forum (iF), including a Gold Product Design Award for the ThinkVision LT2934z monitor. Other award winners in the product design category include Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop, ThinkPad 8 tablet and YOGA TABLET 8, ThinkCentre E93z all-in-one PC, the Lenovo K900 smartphone and the Horizon table PC. For the first time, Lenovo also won a Communication Design Award for its Aura software interface from the Horizon product. In its 61st year, the iF received more than 4,600 product entries from around the globe, and the top award winners are bestowed with a Gold Award, known as the "Design Oscar.”

This year’s internationally acclaimed panel of forty nine judges commended Lenovo on its pioneering product design and innovation vision. The jury panel said of the ThinkVision LT2934z, “We chose this monitor design particularly because of the successful use of a landscape aspect, creating one dramatic single sc…

The overall India PC shipments for CY 2013 stood at 11.5 million units i.e. a year-on-year growth of 4.8% over CY 2013. The overall market improved marginally on account of buying across different state governments as part of their distribution of free laptops to students. 

The commercial PC segment hit a high of 6.7 million units in CY 2013, with a year-on-year growth of 15.8% over CY 2012. However, outside special projects, the demand conditions have worsened in the course of the year and sentiments remain largely subdued owing to multiple factors including the sharp devaluation of rupee, weak economic growth, slowdown in new hiring mixed with layoff fears in large enterprises. “There was a lot of uncertainty amongst investors and businesses. Buying decisions were noted to be typically stretched over 2-3 quarters.” Comments Manish Yadav, Market Analyst with IDC.

Lenovo and IBM  have entered into a definitive agreement in which Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business. This includes System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, networking and maintenance operations. The purchase price is approximately US$2.3 billion, approximately two billion of which will be paid in cash and the balance in Lenovo stock.
IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances.

Lenovo, one of India’s leading PC players , recently concluded a multicity partner meet for industrial clusters in Delhi, Bangalore, Calicut, Dehradun, Hubli, Ranchi, Ludhiana, Behrampure, Burdwan, and Guwahati. The T3 meet saw close to 2000 participants. The objective was to closely connect with SMB Channel partners and reward the top performers.
In India, Lenovo formed the Small and Medium Business (SMB) unit in 2010-11.Today, over a short span of one year, the SMB business has achieved a market share of 9.3% in Q3 CY2013 from 6.3% in Q3 CY2012 (as per IDC- Asia Pacific PC shipment Tracker). In sync with the ‘Unstoppable India’ goal, ably supported by Lenovo’s Protect & Attack strategy, the segment is growing from strength-to-strength with the right product mix to cater to the business challenges of SMB customers.

Lenovo launched what it claims to be a stylish and sleek smartphone- the Vibe X, the first flagship offering in the premium Vibe Series of smartphones. With an uncompromising hardware design, rich display and incredible dual cameras in a sleek package, Vibe X is set to redefine the smartphone user experience.

The launch of the Vibe X smartphones shows Lenovo’s commitment to offer the best of the technology-backed devices to the Indian customers. The device is the lightest (121 grams) 5 inch smartphone in the market and also ultra-thin (6.9 mm). It is powered by 5 MP (front) & 13MP (back) camera as well as a host of filters and editing options to generate profile-worthy images and videos. The Vibe X has 1920x1080 full HD-resolution vibrant display. The IPS panel provides for wide-viewing angles with an ultra-sharp 440 pixels per inch (PPI) in the Vibe X. The 20/20 vision display in the device sits under a scratch resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 screen beveled at the edges.

Lenovo has announced a unique rewards programme, “Black Knights” incentive scheme# for its channel partners in India. This initiative is aimed at rewarding channel partners for new business acquisitions, as a means of boosting sales for Lenovo’s enterprise business, as well as incentivizing partners to go the extra mile. The scheme is valid on sales of all Commercial products which consist of ThinkCentre Desktops, Workstations, ThinkPad Laptops and Ultrabooks, and will continue till March 2014. The company anticipates participation from about 450-500 executives working for our channel partners through this program.

The Indian IT hardware industry can look forward to making a substantial impact by taking some of the steps such as bringing down the hardware cost by 43% with the help of the Government subsidies, reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a PC and broadband solution (currently estimated to be ~Rs 15,650 per annum), providing Income tax exemption to individuals against PC purchase, and promote purchase of PCs amongst specific segments like students and less than INR 5 lakh income households, among other steps, suggests MAIT- KPMG Reporttitled -“Indian Market Place- IT the unrealized potential”, unveiled by Dr. Sam Pitroda, Adviser to Prime Minister, Public Information Infrastructure & Innovations, Government of India.