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Transforming productivity Dr. Chris Cooper, Director, Data Center Group (DCG), Lenovo META, shares insights into the IT-giant’s business continuity strategy in times of remote working and how the firm is helping people work smarter with innovative emerging technologies.
WHAT HAVE BEEN THE COMPANY’S BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS LAST YEAR? We haven’t released our final quarter earnings yet, but if we look back at Q3, we delivered a record-setting performance with geographical balance, operational excellence, and solid strategy execution. Both group revenue and pre-tax income reached all-time highs. These core competencies not only enable us to seize the opportunities of technology transformation and drive sustainable
growth, but also help us address the challenges we face today. We saw server shipments grow by 18 percent year-on-year. While Data Center group revenue remained flat yearon-year due to sharp component price reductions that decreased average system prices, profitability continued to improve. Nonhyperscale had its highest revenue in four years and grew nearly 16 percent, with the revenue from the China market alone up 46 percent year-on-year. Software Defined
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Infrastructure (SDI) and Storage have both seen year-on-year revenue growth of more than 40 percent. In addition to this, our major focus is around stuff that defines infrastructure and storage. We’ve had very successful wins locally in some strategic industries. Moreover, we have also performed very well in the Telco space, and have also recently secured a deal to support EXPO2021. Our HPC business is rising from strength to strength, so is our software and services group. This is because we
