Streamline yourIT transformation
and accelerate
your hybrid
cloud migration

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Creating an efficient and scalable hybrid cloud environment ensures
you have the tools and information needed to keep your employees
connected and engaged — doing their best work from anywhere soyour IT teams can focus on innovation and growth.
Lenovo offers a seamless infrastructure ecosystem, removing
barriers to IT transformation and hybrid cloud implementation.
Simplify support, safeguard data, and provide your teams theflexibility to thrive.

The cure for overwhelmedIT teams
IT teams are equipping and supporting a work-from-anywhere
workforce while managing an increasingly distributed and complex
compute environment. These teams are also balancing growing
information demands constrained by existing data center space.
The solution is clear. Cloud computing offers IT teams the agile,scalable solution they want within their budget and management
capabilities. Based on a 2022 Foundry study on cloud computing,69%

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said their organization had accelerated its
migration to the cloud in the past year.1

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40%

The power ofcloud flexibilityof ITDMs surveyed said
they needed better cloud
management solutions.1

Often, organizations turn to a mix of public and private cloud
solutions. This approach provides the ability to stage themigrations, prioritize applications best suited for the public cloud,and account for regulatory requirements. Organizations looking forthe most agility, resilience, and flexibility look to this hybrid cloudapproach. The challenge is in the implementation.

35%of ITDMs surveyed said
they needed guidanceon cloud strategy.1

Migrating to a hybrid cloud provides more consistent operations,effortless mobility, and placement flexibility for your workloads
and data. The hybrid cloud also allows IT teams to automate
on-premises processes with efficiencies previously limited to thepublic cloud. 59% of IT leaders surveyed reported cost reductionsof up to 30% for teams that have implemented automation.2

32%

But the great migration to the cloud hasn’t been easy.

IT leaders are searching for experts who understand thedemands of hybrid cloud implementation and services
prepared to adapt to any environment.

ITDMs estimate that their organizations
waste 32% of their cloud spend on
technology that doesn’t fit the workload.3

72%
Regulatory and privacy concerns limit where data and workloads can belocated. This is one of the many reasons 72% of enterprises surveyed described
their cloud strategy as hybrid-first or private-first, not cloud-first.4

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The arrival of smarterhybrid cloud solutions
From server to software, Lenovo has
mastered the cloud with an end-to-end
approach. Our flexible hybrid solutions
make your path to the cloud seamless,secure, and clear. The foundation of yourhybrid cloud strategy starts with thesefour cornerstones.

Customization

Sustainability

Lenovo designs customizable hybrid cloud
solutions that are easier to deploy, monitor,and manage, with the advantages of onpremises control and security as well as theflexibility and scalability of the cloud.

Lenovo also ensures a foundation ofsustainability your organization can beproud of, including:Expertise
Our experts will assess your data center
infrastructure, design the best solution,and implement it following your objectives,workload types, integrated platforms, andapplication-specific infrastructure. You canremain confident that your organization’s
online resources are running, inventory is
being tracked, and information is readily
and consistently available — all within asimple subscription model to make themost of your budget.

Integration
Our open architecture means you can choose
the right cloud software partner for yourorganization and desired business outcomeswith Lenovo as your convenient, global single
source of accountability and support.

• Lenovo CO2 Carbon Offset Servicesthat support United Nations CO2 offset
projects including reforestation, 		
renewable energy, and solar• Industry-leading Lenovo Neptune™
alternative cooling solutions ranging 		from liquid-assisted air cooling todirect water-cooled CPUs and GPUs, 		delivering power-saving efficiencies• A unique server packaging solution that
reduces marine plastic litter and carbon
emissions and ensures server package
materials are recycled and are 			environment-friendly• Lenovo Asset Recovery Services,helping mitigate environmental anddata security risks associated withend-of-life asset disposal

How well do your work processes lendthemselves to cloud migration? Find out
now with our cloud assessment tool.

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ThinkSystem™ >>Smarter data
center solutions
Lenovo is the only IT provider with endto-end manufacturing, owning the entire
supply chain with 37 manufacturing
facilities delivering a unique level ofsecurity and seamlessness. Our experts
work with you and provide the perfect
mix of solutions for your hybrid cloudneeds — all easily deployed, provisioned,and managed via your choice of leading
virtualization and container software orLenovo XClarity® software.

Lenovo ThinkSystem, powered by Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, was designed as the perfectsolution for dedicated compute, storage, and networking needs with unmatched value, flexibility,and industry-leading efficiency from the most reliable servers on the market.5 Use ThinkSystem
to accelerate performance, boost IOPS, and increase density with adaptive caching algorithms
engineered for workloads ranging from high-IOPS or bandwidth-intensive streaming applications
to high-performance storage consolidation. Or employ ThinkSystem’s all-flash and hybrid storagearrays for a cost-effective, unified block-and-file storage solution.

ThinkAgile™ >>ThinkAgile solutions, powered by Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, combine Lenovo’s legendary,reliable ThinkSystem infrastructure with independent software vendor (ISV) features, support, anddeployment services for hyperconverged solutions, maximizing efficiency and scalability to extend
the capacity of existing data centers. ThinkAgile provides the ease and speed of a public cloud withthe security and control of on-premises IT — reducing footprint and energy usage in the process.

Lenovo XClarity >>Simplify, accelerate, and automate the deployment and management of Lenovo infrastructure so you
have time to focus on other high-value projects. XClarity also integrates into external IT applications
so you can manage Lenovo infrastructure in the console of the software you already use.

ThinkShield >>The ThinkShield hardware-embedded and security software portfolio is designed on Zero Trustprinciples to safeguard all the physical layers of a device, building protections for holistic andcomprehensive security coverage while reducing breaches and help desk tickets.

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Wide open forintegrations
Our open ecosystem draws from partnerships withleading software brands including Microsoft, VMware,Nutanix, SAP, and Veeam, providing the flexibility totailor infrastructure architecture solutions to yourexisting infrastructure.
Since our solutions do not require proprietary
technology, the ecosystem or integration points are notlimited. Our open architecture means you can choose
the right cloud software partner for your organizationand desired business outcomes with Lenovo as yourconvenient single source of accountability and support.
Implementation services are available for installations,deployments, and configuration to simplify theintegration process.
Learn more about or infrastructure partnerships.

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Expert insights
and transformation
solutions
Our experts help kick-start yourIT transformation and digital
innovation with in-depth guidancefor your architecture and advanced
infrastructure initiatives.

Big data and analytics >>Edge computing >>Lenovo-engineered servers enable industryleading transaction processing andoutstanding scalability to grow as workloads
grow. High throughput capacity helps you
respond quickly, make informed decisions,and deliver faster time to value.

The Lenovo Edge ecosystem is open andflexible, integrating with all key cloudproviders for cost-effective and resilient
edge solutions that are easy to deploy
and simple to operate, maximizing edge
workload performance. Our edge servers
are rugged and secure with physical tamperproofing and data encryption, and they’redesigned to withstand conditions of all kinds.

High-performance computing >>Lenovo customizes high-performancecomputing (HPC) solutions to yourworkload, workflow, and workforce. As theglobal leader in HPC, Lenovo works closelywith key industry partners to develop,
integrate, and deploy the technologies ofexascale-level computing to organizationsof all sizes. Our Neptune™ Liquid CoolingTechnologies can save you up to 40% onenergy compared to a traditional air-cooleddata center.

Client hosting (VDI) >>Lenovo client virtualization solutions include
virtual desktop and virtual application
offerings that use reliable and highperformance Lenovo hardware combinedwith industry-leading VDI software. Lenovo’s
VDI experts will help you simplify desktop
administration, enhance security, improveavailability, and support productivity fromanywhere with any device.
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Data protection and availability >>Our best-in-class data protection delivers
intelligent data management across diverse
hybrid cloud environments and workloads,
streamlined data protection with automationand orchestration, improved data availability,
accelerated application performance, andreduced infrastructure costs.

Lenovo makes yourtransformation productive,
collaborative, and agile —freeing up your time forstrategic initiatives.
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TruScale hybrid cloud with Microsoft >>Lenovo TruScalefor the ultimate
in hybrid cloudflexibility
Get all the power and strategic advantage ofthe latest, most secure data center hardware ina pay-as-you-go model — reducing your team’s
workload and focusing on transformation.
Accelerated and up-to-date infrastructure
solutions can be delivered on-premises, offpremises (with leading public and private cloudproviders), and even across multiple clouds.

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Run hybrid cloud environments from the edge andbenefit from consumption-based pricing. StandardizedHyper-V architecture helps your team manage existing
virtualization and storage processes while delivering aseamless customer experience.

TruScale hybrid cloud with VMware >>Joint solutions from VMware and Lenovo use
virtualization, containers, and aaS (as a Service)
capabilities to improve hardware usage, speed upprovisioning of applications and resources, and reduce
power usage and data center footprint.

Pivoting to remote workwith Lenovo TruScale
Find out more about TruScaleand how one large services
company seamlessly andrapidly transitioned to remote
work within a pay-as-yougo hybrid cloud model with
Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure
as a Service.
Learn more >>RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud,Private Edition customer data center
option with Lenovo TruScale >>Lenovo TruScale provides an OpEx-based, cloud-likeexperience with infrastructure on-premises and isavailable for all SAP business applications and SAP
HANA® implementations. This can be combined with theRISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition customer
data center option to provide a complete managed
service through SAP.

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Building your solid
hybrid cloud strategy
Lenovo has the unique expertise to design the best hybrid
cloud strategy for secure, rapid data migration and theservices to manage and streamline your processes.
Empower your team to offer more reliable and accessible
information for your organization, an agile foundation
to develop customer solutions, and the efficiency ofsustainable solutions — solving global demands whilesolving your team’s demands.

Visit the Lenovo data center solutions pageor contact us to connect with a Lenovo hybrid
cloud representative.

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Sources
1Foundry, “Cloud Computing Study 2022,” April 2022

2 Deloitte, “Tech Trends 2022,” April 2022
3 Flexera, “2022 State of the Cloud Report,” March 2022
4 Everest Group, “How to Explain Hybrid Cloud in Plain English,” August 2020
5 ITIC, “2021 Global Server Hardware, Server OS Reliability Report,” July 2021

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