Lenovo and LANDesk Expand Their Integrated Software Offerings with New Lenovo Management Console

Lenovo and LANDesk Expand Their Integrated Software Offerings with New Lenovo Management Console

Las Vegas, NV— April 28, 2008 Lenovo and LANDesk today announced that Lenovo will offer LANDesk technology as the core of the new Lenovo ThinkManagement Console. The new console provides centralized inventory and reporting of Lenovo client hardware assets, Lenovo’s industry-leading ThinkVantage Technologies, as well as management of Intel vPro enabled devices. Integration tools are also provided to facilitate third party software offerings. The console will also seamlessly integrate into LANDesk’s management solutions, and will be marketed by Lenovo sales representatives and business partners.

Further integration of LANDesk solutions with Lenovo technologies will help customers reduce IT costs by secure automation of systems management functions through a single console included with Lenovo systems.

“Having these two vendors integrate their solutions provides me with the best possible tools to deliver value to my internal customers at SWBC,” said Gregory Lawler, CIO, Southwest Business Corporation. “I can easily demonstrate the time and money saved in a number of areas. For example, if we have 300 machines that need an update for one of our applications, we can now delver that update in minutes. If we had to install this update manually, it would take a team of technicians several days.”

All Lenovo notebook and desktop PC products manufactured since January 2002 are entitled to receive the Lenovo ThinkManagement Console for no additional charge. All Lenovo clients that support Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies will support this new console. Additionally, versions that support non-Lenovo clients will be made available for a fee.

Customers using Intel vPro technologies will receive additional benefits for VPro enablement and manageability. When combined with this LANDesk and Lenovo solution, Intel vPro technology helps customers reduce desk-side visits by up to by enabling IT organizations to monitor, diagnose, and repair PCs regardless of operating system or power state.

“Lenovo and LANDesk have made Intel vPro an important component in their offerings, which has helped change the face of IT by providing enhanced security, lower costs and shorter repair times beginning with the first systems implemented,” said Gregory Bryant,
vice president, Business Client Group, and general manager, Digital Office Platform Division. “In the end, IT is no longer saddled with just keeping its computer fleet running, but can now turn to strategic matters.” >>>

LANDesk® Management Suite for ThinkVantageTM Technologies is jointly engineered by LANDesk and Lenovo to provide industry-leading management tools. It includes all the features in LANDesk® Management Suite along with central management for ThinkVantage Technologies.

By delivering solid capabilities that improve productivity and reduce costs, Lenovo ThinkVantageTM Technologies help your enterprise become more competitive and on-demand. ThinkVantage Technologies help make ThinkPad/ThinkCentre PCs less dependent on IT staff or user intervention for basic tasks, such as deployment, backup, security patching and more freeing your users and IT staff to focus on the success of your business.

In addition, The new Lenovo ThinkManagement Console provides centralized inventory and reporting of Lenovo client hardware assets and Lenovo's industry-leading ThinkVantage Technologies, as well as management of Intel vPro enabled devices. Integration tools are also provided to facilitate third party software offerings. This console is available for all Lenovo notebook and desktop PC products manufactured since January 2002 at no additional charge.

* Customers using Intel vPro technologies will receive additional benefits for vPro enbablement and manageability.
* When combined with the ThinkManagement Console, Intel vPro technology helps customers reduce desk-side visits by being able to monitor, diagnose and repair PCs regardless of operating system and power state.
* IT Managers can quickly reduce costs, while helping to achieve positive top-line and bottm-line buisness results. >>>