Lenovo unveils new hybrid AI platforms to boost enterprise adoption
Lenovo has expanded its Hybrid AI portfolio to include new services, solutions, and platforms aimed at accelerating the adoption and deployment of artificial intelligence in business environments.
The newly announced updates encompass Lenovo AI Services designed to support businesses in building and scaling AI capabilities, refreshed edge and infrastructure offerings targeted at enterprise customers, and the introduction of the Lenovo AI Centre of Excellence. These measures form part of a broader strategy to deliver a complete framework for enterprises to create, scale, and operate AI factories, utilising high-performance servers, enhanced computing, and collaboration with technology partners.
Responding to adoption challenges
Lenovo cited findings from its Global CIO Playbook which indicate that two-thirds of organisations have yet to see a return on investment from AI deployments, with challenges in scaling often tied to training, adoption, and technical gaps. The company referenced industry forecasts that anticipate AI budgets will triple to account for nearly 20% of total IT expenditures in 2025. Lenovo said it is positioning its infrastructure and services to address these challenges.
Ashley Gorakhpurwalla, President, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Lenovo, said:
"Lenovo is leading hybrid AI with groundbreaking advancements in integrated solutions that are driving industry-wide innovation and making enterprise-level AI attainable for every business. With these solutions and trusted partnerships, Lenovo is turning AI into reality with use cases and services that have been tested and proven to drive measurable productivity gains, boost satisfaction, and unlock data for real business value faster."
Services for scalable AI integration
New Lenovo AI Adoption and Change Management Services have been introduced in response to ongoing challenges around AI training and employee engagement. These services include assessments of workforce readiness, persona-based training programmes, integration support for generative AI applications such as Copilot, and frameworks for AI governance and culture change within organisations.
Key features for enterprises include the Lenovo AI People Readiness Assessment, tailored training and engagement based on staff roles, targeted change planning for generative AI tools, and strategies to help align leadership with responsible AI usage. These initiatives aim to accelerate adoption, reduce resistance, and track productivity outcomes.
Ken Wong, Executive Vice President and President, Solutions and Services Group, Lenovo, commented:
"AI adoption demands a clear strategy, trusted expertise, and the right technology mix that can accelerate time to value. With the Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage, we are helping customers turn AI potential into real performance gains, enabling every part of the organisation to work smarter, faster, and with greater confidence."
Lenovo reported measurable impacts from these services across various industries, including a recent project that saw the company assist a leading airline with digital workplace transformation through a three-month advisory, planning, and design programme. Other deployments referenced improvements in medical diagnosis, scientific research, and manufacturing outcomes.
Validated solutions for enterprise deployment
Lenovo is also delivering new hybrid AI platforms built in collaboration with companies such as Cisco, IBM, and NVIDIA. These platforms focus on providing performance-tuned, tested solutions across sectors including manufacturing, hospitality, retail, and public safety.
Highlighted solutions include hospitality platforms leveraging data and real-time personalisation with Centific AI Data Foundry and NVIDIA, workplace safety monitoring systems using Avathon Visual AI and NVIDIA for hazard detection, and retail analytics utilising WaitTime and Intel technologies. In manufacturing, the partnership with Trifork and NVIDIA supports defect detection and sensor data analysis on the factory floor.
New infrastructure and ecosystem partners
An updated portfolio was also announced. The new Lenovo ThinkSystem SR680a V4 aims to meet the computational needs for large model development and simulation workloads and is specified with Intel Xeon 6 CPUs and eight NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, offering significant improvements in inferencing and computational power over previous systems. Additional enhancements include support for NVIDIA SuperNICs and the BlueField-3 DPU, aimed at accelerating network operations and securing AI deployments.
In partnership with IBM, Lenovo is offering a validated hybrid AI platform based on IBM watsonx, Red Hat OpenShift, and NVIDIA, supporting generative AI model development and governance. The enhanced collaboration with Cisco adds support for Nexus switches with NVIDIA Spectrum-X, aiming at improved network performance and data centre efficiency for AI factories, notably in environments using the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR675 V3 server and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 GPUs.
The combined approach is designed to provide enterprises with integrated, trusted infrastructure adaptable to their stage in the AI deployment journey, whether at the outset, in scale-up mode, or seeking to optimise operations.
Lenovo states that the latest extensions to the Hybrid AI Advantage portfolio offer businesses the opportunity to integrate AI across devices, at the edge, and in the cloud, reflecting a shift towards more accessible and personalised AI deployment.
