Lenovo Accelerates ‘Smarter AI for All’ with Databricks Collaboration
01 Agosto 2024 - 12:04PM
Business Wire
Today, Lenovo has joined forces with Databricks to drive AI
adoption amongst its customers. As a Databricks Consulting &
Systems Integration (C&SI) Select Tier Partner, Lenovo will
work with businesses to help them take advantage of enhanced data
management capabilities, streamlining access to data from multiple
sources and removing barriers to successful AI usage.
The offering will run through the Lenovo AI Center of
Excellence (AI CoE), designed to help customers put AI to work
for their organizations quickly, cost-effectively and at scale,
with solutions that bring AI from ideation to reality. Working with
the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, Lenovo will help
businesses to bring their data sources together, allowing them to
increase the use of generative AI, improve their data analytics
capabilities and drive innovation. The Lenovo AI Center of
Excellence (AI CoE) will provide services to help customers define
outcomes and rapidly innovate with the Databricks Platform to meet
the unique needs of their organization.
“We’ve spoken to many customers at various stages of their AI
journeys and, while most want to reap the benefits and feel the
urgency to do so, their organizations aren’t ready,” commented
Linda Yao, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy, Lenovo
Solutions & Services Group. “Our latest study showed that 90%
of the CIOs we surveyed see AI as either a must do or game changer,
yet over half feel their organizations lack the technical skills to
scale AI quickly. By adding Databricks to Lenovo's ecosystem of
leading software vendors, we can further enable our AI for all
vision and bring the technology to a broader set of customers."
Starting in the Greater China and Asia Pacific Region, then
rolling out globally, Lenovo will offer end-to-end expertise in
solutions and services for data management, including cloud, data
and AI strategy, data platform modernization, data migration,
pre-built code for quick implementation, optimization, governance
and audit management, and AI and ML use cases.
"Our partnership with Lenovo showcases our unwavering commitment
to democratize data and AI for all organizations. We are proud to
see our relationship with Lenovo transform from customer to key
partner. Together, we are driving unprecedented innovation,
accelerating growth, and delivering exceptional value to our
customers on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform," said Greg
Taylor, VP of Partners, Databricks.
Lenovo was awarded partner status due to its broad and deep
expertise in IT solutions, including over 10 years of public cloud
solutions practice and rich operational experience gained in more
than 15 years of data platform construction. The new offering forms
part of Lenovo’s comprehensive AI Services practice that provides
training and tools to help customers maximize their use of AI.
Based on insights from the recent Lenovo CIO report, most
organizations struggle with how to deploy AI-powered solutions
quickly, effectively, and securely. To support customers globally,
Lenovo announced a comprehensive AI services portfolio aligned with
the Gartner® Five Critical AI Adoption Phases. The Lenovo AI CoE
aims to accelerate these services and use cases to deliver faster
outcomes and improve efficiency by harnessing AI to unlock the
value of their data.
"With an experienced and expert team on hand, our collaboration
with Databricks will accelerate AI readiness and move customers
closer to responsible and efficient AI adoption,” added Art Hu, SVP
& CIO for Lenovo, and Chief Technology and Delivery Officer for
Lenovo’s Solutions and Services Group. "From architecture and data
management, through to implementation and governance, we can
provide end-to-end solutions that remove obstacles to AI
integration and help customers get to the benefits at pace."
A relationship built on Lenovo’s own experience with the
Databricks Platform
Lenovo’s work with Databricks builds on a relationship that
started in 2022, with Lenovo creating its own enterprise-level
global data warehouse through Databricks and fundamental Azure
services. Incorporating corporate common data models and 200 core
KPIs to date, the warehouse supports the breadth of the
organization, from product and production to supply, sales and
services.
With its experience in digital and intelligent transformation
and now as an implementation partner for Databricks, Lenovo is able
to provide data and AI solutions based on Lenovo’s Hybrid Cloud
infrastructure. The Lenovo and Databricks collaboration means
customers will benefit from a modern data platform with streamlined
data governance to help them accelerate their enterprise reporting
and analytics and the adoption of AI applications.
About Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$57 billion revenue global technology powerhouse,
ranked #217 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of
customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to
deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success
as the world’s largest PC company with a pocket-to cloud portfolio
of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs,
workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server,
storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined
infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s
continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a
more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone,
everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under
Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY). To find out more
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