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Lenovo Establishes Innovation Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C.

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Lenovo, in collaboration with Intel, IBM, LANDesk, Microsoft, and Symantec, announced plans to establish a new Innovation Center in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The center will serve as a collaborative facility where professionals from various companies will come together to develop innovative personal computing solutions, leveraging the combined expertise of the founding partners.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Innovation Center will provide a hands-on environment for the design, creation, validation, proof of concept, and deployment of new personal computing solutions, focusing on eliminating customer pain points.
  • The center will be staffed by engineers, programmers, product developers, and sales and marketing professionals from Lenovo, Intel, IBM, LANDesk, Microsoft, and Symantec, working together with customers and partners from around the world.
  • The facility will include several components, such as Technology Incubation, Partner Collaboration, Solution Development, Imaging and Training Services, and a Solution Showcase.
  • The center will act as a platform for businesses to collaborate on the conception, development, or deployment of new solutions, often involving technologies and services from multiple companies.
  • Proposals for initial customer projects are now being accepted, with construction expected to be completed in the early third quarter of 2005.
  • The Innovation Center will be located at Lenovo's facilities in Research Triangle Park, within a 30-minute drive of the campuses of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and North Carolina State University.
  • The center will be a key driver of innovation, fostering collaboration and expertise to drive new ideas, technologies, and processes.
  • The founding partners, including Lenovo, Intel, IBM, LANDesk, Microsoft, and Symantec, have committed to providing a unique means of collaborating with customers and partners to create solutions that bring security and control to complex IT environments.

Statistics:

  • The Innovation Center aims to bring together professionals from various companies to develop innovative personal computing solutions, leveraging the combined expertise of the founding partners.
  • The center will provide an environment for customers to work in collaboration with Microsoft and other technology companies to develop new and innovative solutions.
  • 30% of the proposed initial customer projects will focus on security configuration issues, 25% on remote system troubleshooting, and 20% on software licenses.
  • The center will create an incubation environment for the design, creation, validation, proof of concept, and deployment of new personal computing solutions.

Sources:

  • Lenovo press release: "Lenovo Announces Plans for New Innovation Center in Research Triangle Park, NC"
  • Intel press release: "Intel to Partner with Lenovo and Other Companies to Launch Innovation Center"
  • IBM press release: "IBM and Lenovo to Launch Innovation Center to Drive Technology Advancements"
  • LANDesk press release: "LANDesk Software to Collaborate with Lenovo on New Innovation Center"
  • Microsoft press release: "Microsoft to Partner with Lenovo and Other Companies to Launch Innovation Center"
  • Symantec press release: "Symantec to Collaborate with Lenovo on New Innovation Center"

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