Lenovo’s Flex System can now be used to power EMC VSPEX reference architectures for private cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).†The EMC-validated solutions are designed to help address enterprise and mid-market customers’ key challenges, such as lowering total cost of ownership (TCO), faster deployments, and simplified management. †
Lenovo’s Flex System based reference architectures – along with two updated ThinkServer based offerings, tailored for SMBs and upcoming System x based offerings – together offer a complete portfolio of Lenovo x86 server-based EMC VSPEX reference architectures for private cloud and VDI.
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EMC VSPEX reference architectures offer to help reduce capital expenditures through validated and proven designs, higher system utilization, streamlined cabling, and fewer network connections. These solutions can also help to reduce operating costs by consolidating management tools and creating administrative task efficiencies. †
Lenovo will offer three solutions: EMC VSPEX by Flex System for Private Cloud, EMC VSPEX by Flex System for VDI, and EMC VSPEX by Flex System for Private Cloud and VDI.
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EMC VSPEX by Flex System for Private Cloud has been designed to support Virtual Machine (VM) environments from 200 to 1,000 VMs. Additionally, Lenovo’s Flex System chassis supports “in place” upgrades giving customers the ability to quickly upgrade with the latest technology.
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EMC VSPEX by Flex System for VDI is an end-user computing infrastructure solution that allows IT managers to deploy, manage, and maintain thousands of employee desktops from a single user interface. This solution – specified with Lenovo’s Flex System compute and networking, EMC storage, and VMware virtualization – boasts deployment in hours, reducing IT costs and improving efficiencies.
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EMC VSPEX for ThinkServer for Private Cloud and VDI solutions enable SMBs to quickly deploy an enterprise-grade scalable infrastructure. These solutions feature Lenovo ThinkServer systems with the latest Intel processors, RackSwitch networking, EMC storage, and VMware virtualization.†
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“Lenovo’s Flex System, combined with VSPEX validated architectures for private cloud and VDI, are configured and tested infrastructure offerings that are simple to deploy, easy to manage and flexible to grow with your business,” says Mike Gebele, vice president, Server Systems and Marketing, Enterprise Business Group, Lenovo. “These enterprise-ready solutions allow mid-sized and large businesses to focus their energies on strategic growth initiatives rather than resource intensive deployment, management, and configuration tasks.”
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