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  Lenovo - Lenovo 3000
Lenovo is announcing a new PC product line with innovations targeted to meet the needs of small business and individuals.
Lenovo 3000 desktop and notebook PCs are for small businesses that want to focus on running their business, not their computers.
Lenovo 3000 J Series desktops are available in the tower form factor, and come preloaded with software suitable for the small business.
www.pc.ibm.com /us/3000/index.html?re=home_A_us   (651 words)

  
 Lenovo Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lenovo is the subject of a book, "The Lenovo Affair: The Growth of China's Computer Giant and its Takeover of IBM-PC", by journalist Ling Zhijun, published 23 June 2006 by John Wiley and Sons.
Lenovo was relatively unknown outside People's Republic of China, but made news headlines in December 2004 with the announcement of its intent to acquire the PC division of IBM.
William Amelio is appointed as CEO and President of Lenovo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lenovo   (1474 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lenovo to offer first branded PCs out of China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lenovo is best known as the Chinese firm that last year bought IBM's PC unit, maker of the ubiquitous ThinkPad business laptop.
Lenovo then had to merge two staffs that didn't speak the same language and were on opposite sides of the world.
Lenovo said former Dell senior vice president William Amelio, an executive with more experience in Asia, was a better fit to help the company grow.
www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2006-02-22-lenovo-pcs_x.htm?POE=TECISVA   (506 words)

  
 Engadget
Lenovo is busting out a bevy of new notebooks and desktops today in the Asia Pacific realm.
Lenovo's ultraportable X60 has gotten plenty of love, so there are some naturally high expectations for this "X60t" tablet incarnation, and it looks like they were pretty well founded.
Lenovo told us that all of these new features are due out later this month, but we don't yet know how much of a premium they'll fetch; we'll keep you posted as soon as the intel comes in.
www.engadget.com /tag/lenovo   (2768 words)

  
 IBM sells PC group to Lenovo | CNET News.com
Lenovo will be the preferred supplier of PCs to IBM and will be allowed to use the IBM brand for five years under an agreement that includes the "Think" brand.
Lenovo is the ninth largest PC maker worldwide, according to the latest market share numbers compiled by Gartner.
Lenovo has a strong client base and sales infrastructure in the Chinese market, while IBM has a comprehensive network in PC sales on a global basis.
news.com.com /IBM+sells+PC+group+to+Lenovo/2100-1042_3-5482284.html   (1101 words)

  
 Lenovo to expand portfolio in India
As Lenovo gears up for consolidation after completing the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business, it is planning to use the products it was originally selling in China to bridge the gap in the range of IBM offerings in the Indian market.
Lenovo, which has been known as a price warrior in the China market, on Monday said that it would continue with the premium positioning of the products that came to it after IBM's personal computer business.
Lenovo considers India as a high priority market and is hiring agressively.
www.rediff.com /money/2005/jun/13lenovo.htm   (394 words)

  
 Lenovo :: Top Sites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Lenovo using Olympics as 'catalyst' to unify company | InfoWorld | News | 2005-09-13 | By China Martens, IDG News ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hardware vendor Lenovo Group is using its sponsorship and activities at next year's Winter Olympics in Italy to speed up the integration of its Chinese operations with the PC business it acquired from IBM earlier this year, according to a company executive.
Lenovo held a draw in July to select 10 company staff to go to Italy to help in carrying the Olympic torch on its way to the Olympic Games, he added.
Lenovo closed its $1.75 billion purchase of Big Blue's PC business in May. Extremely successful within China, the company, formerly known as Legend Group, had previously sold very few products outside of its home base.
www.infoworld.com /article/05/09/13/HNlenovoolympics_1.html   (1208 words)

  
 Lenovo - Notebook computers - Lenovo 3000 V Series   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lenovo 3000 notebook models are now available with new Intel®Core™2 Duo Processors, enabling revolutionary mobile performance and improved battery life.
Lenovo is not responsible for photographic or typographic errors.
Lenovo reserves the right to alter availability and terms at any time, without notice, and is not responsible for typographic errors.
shop.lenovo.com /us/notebooks/3000/v-series?brl   (1994 words)

  
 Lenovo Launches New Line of Desktop And Notebook PCs - Hardware Technology News by TechWeb
Lenovo, China's largest PC-maker, has been selling IBM's notebooks and desktops internationally since buying IBM's unprofitable personal computing division for $1.25 billion last year.
The new products coincide with Lenovo's success as an Olympic partner, which has allowed the company to shine on a world stage while supporting major computer applications for athletes, broadcasters, judges, volunteers and others.
With that in mind, Lenovo is offering Lenovo Care, a set of autonomic tools for PC maintenance and service.
www.techweb.com /wire/hardware/180207045   (705 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - Lenovo
Lenovo creates the most innovative products and services in the personal computing industry.
Lenovo also commands 30 percent of the PC marketplace in China, the fastest-growing market worldwide, offering a variety of consumer and commercial PCs.
Lenovo engineers, programmers and scientists from five laboratories in China, Japan and the United States focus on research and development that solves customer problems and improves productivity.
www.usolympicteam.com /12956_36203.htm   (176 words)

  
 Lenovo making U.S. debut - Apr. 12, 2006
Lenovo's U.S. arm, headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, has heretofore only released ThinkPad computers, the successful IBM brand that Lenovo opted to continue selling as is, down to the IBM logo on every machine.
Lenovo has ramped up efforts to raise awareness of its brand in the U.S. in recent months, including a sponsorship deal tied to the 2006 Winter Olympics that includes a print and TV ad campaign.
Lenovo executives said the company, which has a heavy retail presence elsewhere in the world, is talking to other U.S. retailers but is not prepared to announce any new deals.
money.cnn.com /2006/02/23/technology/lenovo_launch/index.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Lenovo :: Online Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 Lenovo creates new unit focused on customers | InfoWorld | News | 2006-08-21 | By China Martens, IDG News Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lenovo Group Ltd. took the wraps off a new business unit Monday, aimed at helping the computer company keep a closer eye on how its operations meet the needs of customers.
Lenovo CEO Amelio is himself a recruit from Dell leaving the company in December to join Lenovo after heading Dell's Asia-Pacific operations since 2001.
Lenovo executives have publicly blamed inefficiencies in the company's supply chain as one contributing cause to several disappointing fiscal quarters.
www.infoworld.com /article/06/08/21/HNlenovounit_1.html   (1000 words)

  
 IBM Completes Sale Of PC Business To Lenovo - News by InformationWeek
Lenovo Group said Sunday that it has completed its $1.25 billion acquisition of IBM's personal computing division, making the Chinese vendor the world's third largest PC maker behind Dell and Hewlett-Packard.
Lenovo PCs and laptops will continue to bear the IBM ThinkCentre and ThinkPad logos in addition to the Lenovo brand.
For instance, Lenovo employees working at IBM's manufacturing and design facility in Raleigh, N.C., must be housed in a separate building on the campus, the source said.
www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=162100445   (512 words)

  
 WebWire® | First Lenovo-Branded Products Debut Worldwide
Both the Lenovo J100 and J105 are equipped with serial ATA drive support, 6 USB 2.0 ports and front side audio.
Lenovo’s business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets.
Trademarks: Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks of Lenovo; IBM and the IBM logo are registered trademarks of IBM and are used under license.
www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=9995   (1328 words)

  
 Lenovo's New Boss -- from Dell
Following Lenovo's May 1 acquisition of IBM's (IBM) PC division, executives from the Chinese computer maker insisted that the takeover was no reason for American consumers and corporate buyers to turn off their ThinkPads for good.
On Dec. 20, Lenovo surprised the industry with the announcement that Ward was immediately stepping down as CEO and would become a consultant for the company.
Lenovo declined to comment on any further departures, but a spokeswoman says the company feels it has a strong team of execs from both the old IBM and Lenovo in place.
www.businessweek.com /technology/content/dec2005/tc20051221_376268.htm   (1401 words)

  
 Design Matters
This is the Lenovo 3000 H100 desktop computer, aimed as a family computer.
The Lenovo 3000 Q100 desktop is very much multimedia oriented, as you can tell from its extremely sleek and stylish design.
For laptops, Lenovo China is offering a Coke co-branded PC that is red and looks hot, and the company has one of the coolest smartphones on the market in its product portfolio.
www.lenovoblogs.com /designmatters   (2110 words)

  
 The Tech Report - Lenovo to recall 500,000 Sony batteries
While this new recall hasn't been officially confirmed, it would likely be a result of an incident at LAX last week where a Lenovo ThinkPad T43 spontaneously caught fire.
A Lenovo spokesman later confirmed that the machine indeed contained a Sony battery of the same type as models that had caused similar fires in Dell and Apple notebooks.
Lenovo is expected to make an announcement about the recall later today.
techreport.com /onearticle.x/10893   (327 words)

  
 PC World - Lenovo Completes Purchase of IBM's PC Unit
Lenovo Group announced Sunday that its acquisition of IBM's PC unit has been completed, saying the process was finished ahead of schedule.
With the completion of the deal, Lenovo has officially moved its headquarters from Beijing, where the company was established as a spin-off from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, to Purchase, New York.
Lenovo also announced that IBM has named Henry Chow, the general manager of IBM China, and Robert W. Moffat Jr., an IBM senior vice president, as its representatives on Lenovo's board of directors.
www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,120670,00.asp   (603 words)

  
 Could Lenovo be sexy? - Little Red Blog - Blogs - CNET Asia
Einhorn pointed out that Lenovo's strong position in the Asia-Pacific region was due almost entirely to its walloping share of the huge China market, that Lenovo was relatively weaker in the rest of the region, and that it was cutting prices to compete with Dell and other international companies.
But the very fact that Lenovo is today discussed in terms of its competition with global giants like Dell, HP and others instead of other Chinese PC manufacturers is a leap forward for the company, and unusual in the world of Chinese companies.
Lenovo is already rated one of China's strongest brands by BusinessWeek and branding consultancy Interbrand, and I expect it to make more international waves in the coming years as well.
asia.cnet.com /reviews/blog/littleredblog/0,39056119,61952999,00.htm   (1382 words)

  
 Lenovo joins battery recall party - vnunet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lenovo and IBM are recalling 526,000 notebook batteries worldwide following reports of a potential fire risk.
As with the batteries recalled last month by Dell and Apple, the Lenovo batteries were manufactured by Sony.
Lenovo has released a software utility that helps users to determine whether their battery is affected by the recall.
www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2165294/lenovo-joins-battery-recall   (484 words)

  
 Lenovo to Load Linux on ThinkPad Laptop
Lenovo, whose ThinkPads have long been a favorite of Linux users, will become the first PC manufacturer in recent history to allow individual customers to buy one of its notebooks, a ThinkPad T60p mobile workstation model, with the operating system pre-installed, the sources said.
Lenovo has projected itself as a strong supporter of the operating system in the past—it has certified most of its ThinkPad and ThinkCentre PC models to run Novell/SUSE, Red Hat and TurboLinux distributions—but to date it has only pre-installed the operating system on a custom basis for large customers.
Lenovo pledged in June 2006 to take measures such as beefing up its Linux technical support with direct assistance in the form of things like Web-based technical support to customers who run particular versions of Linux on ThinkPads and ThinkCentre desktops.
www.eweek.com /article2/0,1895,1999060,00.asp   (1477 words)

  
 lenovo: ZDNet Australia: Hottopics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lenovo Group has hired a former Dell executive as senior vice president of its global supply chain, the sixth Dell executive it has tapped in the past month.
Chinese computer supplier Lenovo has denied a report that it is planning to stop offering Linux on its range of PCs and laptops.
Chinese PC vendor Lenovo will lock its new laptops with embedded wireless broadband connectivity so they can only be used on Vodafone's third-generation (3G) mobile network.
www.zdnet.com.au /news/hottopics/0,139024434,1230083080o,00.htm   (825 words)

  
 Stories Tagged 'lenovo' » Netscape.com
Gadgets and Tech – Lenovo is the latest laptop maker to announce a recall on its battery units, with more than half a million products in the market expected to be recalled.
Money – Lenovo Group, the world's No. 3 personal computer maker, said on Friday it has not decided whether it would acquire failed South Korean PC maker TriGem Computer.
Money – It must be the domino effect because their former boss Bill Amelio became Lenovo's CEO last December, after quitting from his position as superior suit at Dell Asia Pacific.
www.netscape.com /tag/lenovo   (882 words)

  
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In December 2005, Bill Amelio—who was head of Dell’s Asia-Pacific operations—took the job as CEO for Lenovo (see Lenovo Shakes Up Management).
Then earlier this month, Lenovo announced that it had hired away two more Dell execs.
“Turning around its [outside-of-China] operations is in itself a very daunting challenge for Lenovo,” JP Morgan Cazenove analyst Xin Zhao said in a report released Thursday, in which the firm downgraded Lenovo shares from outperform to in-line.
www.redherring.com /article.aspx?a=18150   (344 words)

  
 Lenovo denies ditching Linux - ZDNet UK
But Lenovo made strenuous efforts on Monday to set the record straight, emphasizing that Kardonski provided incorrect information to CRN and that the company plans to continue to offer Linux on ThinkPads.
Lenovo actually plans to support Linux on its ThinkPads starting in the third quarter, in partnership with Novell, Godin said.
Customers of the recently introduced Lenovo 3000 units still won't have a preloaded option, however, because the small and medium-sized business customers that are the targets for those units have many different requirements, he said.
news.zdnet.co.uk /hardware/0,1000000091,39273092,00.htm   (607 words)

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