MORRISVILLE – Lenovo is expanding its partnership with VMware, and chip maker NVIDIA, which is at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence technology, on Tuesday disclosed products and services that are “turnkey” and “cloud ready” for customers.

VMware and Lenovo announced a partnership targeting the cloud and AI in 2021. A year later they announced to launching of joint research and development labs.

Here’s what executives from each firm had to sty about the offerings:

  • “Lenovo is committed to being the most trusted partner and empowering our customers’ intelligent transformation by enabling IT modernization,” said Kirk Skaugen, President of Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group. “This expanded collaboration with VMware is a pivotal next step in enabling more businesses to seamlessly leverage modern edge, AI, and hybrid cloud capabilities powered by NVIDIA in order to harness data for accelerated business outcomes.”
  • “VMware and Lenovo are partnering to help clients of all sizes become digital companies by investing in the infrastructure required to power a new generation of modern applications, such as Generative AI,” said Krish Prasad, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Business Group, VMware. “The results from our joint Edge and Cloud Labs and the new fully integrated Lenovo systems are important milestones. Together we’re helping mid-market and enterprise customers manage their changing IT landscape, deliver faster innovation, and improve business outcomes.”
  • “Lenovo, NVIDIA and VMware are helping customers harness the potential of generative AI with full-stack computing, integrated systems and advanced AI software,” said Manuvir Das, Vice President of Enterprise Computing at NVIDIA. “Together, we’re helping enterprises create custom models using their valuable business data that will enable them to run intelligent generative AI applications, including intelligent chatbots, assistants, search and summarization.”

The three tech giants all have a significant presence in the Triangle. Lenovo operates one of its two global headquarters in the Triangle. The other is in Beijing.

Read the full announcement online.

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