Lenovo introduced the ThinkSystem SE350 earlier this year, a compact edge server that is slightly larger than one of our ThinkPad laptops. It’s a micro server that is designed to go anywhere, such as the rack, a wall, or even a shelf, and it can handle 0-55oC, 30G shock and 3G vibration. It also has zero touch setup, full remote management, enhanced security facilities such as tamper detection and encrypted data protection, and even wired, Wi-Fi or LTE connectivity.
In terms of how we are bringing this to market, we have a dedicated specialist team who understand our clients’ needs and challenges. We believe that for telco customers, and indeed other customers, the SE350 will help them to innovate. We are confident that with the wireless and 4/5G connectivity options, we have a platform with the SE350 where customers can run enterprise applications in environments where no IT skills are present. This exemplifies our common goal to supply smarter technology for all by providing organisations with no previous infrastructure with connectivity.
Gartner predicts that by 2022, 75 percent of enterprise-generated data will be created and processed outside a traditional centralised data center or the cloud. This in turn will increase customer concerns around data privacy, security, and regulations, coupled with challenges of latency, bandwidth, connectivity and downtime. So with our edge server we are answering customers needs, and we can help them reduce the time of deployment too, such as the solution we provided with Scale Computing for Delhaize, the food retailer based in the Netherlands.