Lenovo announced next generation of ThinkEdge remote automation and orchestration with the introduction of software solutions to accelerate the deployment of edge solutions. Lenovo’s new Lenovo Open Cloud Automation, LOC-A 2.6 software delivers secure automated setup, enabling customers to complete global edge deployments for any number of locations in a matter of minutes, with one-touch provisioning from a single device, such as a PC, smart phone, or tablet.
New Lenovo XClarity edge-to-cloud management software also simplifies orchestration, maintenance and metering with one unified view into all Lenovo edge to cloud solutions. Lenovo also introduced its highly adaptable ThinkEdge SE10, an optimised entry level client edge device that allows customers to capture analog and digital data, such as temperature and humidity at the outermost edge of their business.
Together, the solutions will help businesses across a wide range of high-growth industries accelerate the global rollout of edge computing, generating faster insights and accelerating intelligent transformation.
As the amount of worldwide data from sensors, cameras and other sources exponentially grows, next generation technologies that deliver data centre-like computing to the edge are helping companies overcome networking constraints.
Reducing the lag that occurs from massive data transfer, customers are leveraging edge computing technologies to process data at the source of its creation, benefitting from faster actionable insights and enabling innovative services for end users. However, edge site locations are often unmanned and hard to reach.
Combined with new scalable server and computing services, Lenovo’s full range of far edge to cloud solutions will enable businesses to deploy an entire network of edge devices that are spread all across the world at once, ushering in a pivotal evolution in data intelligence.
Built for the unique challenges of remote environments, the ruggedised ThinkEdge portfolio leverage Lenovo’s ThinkShield security capabilities, featuring the industry’s most modern and stringent security measures to keep data safe, such as bolstered physical and cyber tamper detection and locking bezels that prevent unauthorised access. The servers are also built to withstand Barcelona’s hot summer temperatures, as well as chilly winters.
In the future, these edge servers can help better manage traffic, sending messages from traffic lights to cars, warning when they are about to turn red, and helping them drive in a fuel-efficient fashion.
“As the need for edge computing grows, customers are facing challenges around deploying and managing numerous edge sites due to complexity and resource constraints,” said Charles Ferland, Vice President and General Manager of Edge Computing, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group.
“With the new Lenovo Open Cloud Automation and end-to-end ThinkEdge portfolio of clients and servers, Lenovo is enabling a new era of edge automation and management at scale. The ThinkEdge portfolio innovations enable customers to compute data wherever it is created and harness the power of AI at the edge.”
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