Despite some shadows cast by Lenovo and Cisco earnings, IT stocks have had a strong week overall, with Nasdaq tech stocks reaching their highest point since the third quarter of 2000, during the dot-com bust.
Two leading hardware vendors, Dell and Lenovo, are quietly selling laptops without preloaded Microsoft Windows to Linux customers who know where to look, says Lincoln Durey, CEO of EmperorLinux, Inc., an Atlanta reseller that customizes, installs and supports Linux on the major-brand laptops it sells.
Not all are fans of Lenovo's recent plan to buy IBM's x86 server business. Since Monday, close to 1,000 workers at an IBM factory in China have been protesting the proposed acquisition, fearing they may lose their jobs if the deal goes through.
Lenovo Group has signed a five-year deal with IBM to provide services and support to its customers. The deal, outlined in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange Tuesday, could be worth up to $245 million for IBM over the term of the contract.
Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo takes over the factory.
Lenovo on Tuesday announced a hosted applications service that can detect the hardware capabilities of an end user's laptop and tailor the service accordingly.
Lenovo will send a memo to its server sales team on Tuesday, urging them to ignore the "uncertainty and doubt" its rivals are sowing over its acquisition of IBM's server division.
Lenovo will open its Reach consumer cloud service beta to anyone who wants to sign up later this quarter in North America, which could boost the Chinese company's hardware sales by tying that portfolio to the cloud service.
After a closed beta for a few months, Lenovo has opened for public preview its Reach consumer cloud service, which is a "cloud desktop" service through which applications can be launched without downloading and installing them locally on mobile devices and PCs.
The PC market is changing rapidly, with emerging markets expected to account for much of the industry's growth in coming years, Lenovo Group's top executive said Tuesday.
Lenovo took the wraps off a new business unit Monday, aimed at helping the computer company keep a closer eye on how its operations meet the needs of customers.
Chipmaker Intel recently launched three business bundles - each consisting of an Intel-powered desktop, notebook and a server - targeted at the small and midsize market in partnership with hardware makers like Lenovo and local software vendors
Lenovo Group Ltd. will immediately begin selling and supporting a high-end model of its ThinkPad laptop with Novell Inc.'s latest desktop version of SUSE Linux installed, the two companies announced Tuesday. The new laptop is aimed at electronics engineers and chip designers.
Lenovo is bringing a unique design to Chromebooks with the N20p Chromebook, which has a touchscreen that can rotate roughly 300 degrees to a "stand mode."
Google reported a healthy 17 percent increase in revenue for the fourth quarter, even as sales by its Motorola mobile unit, which the company is selling to Lenovo, dropped again from the same period last year.
The ability to come up with cohesive cloud offering has eluded Lenovo for years, but the company is taking steps to offer more services that it can wrap around its mobile devices and enterprise products.
A Department of State decision last week to back away from its plan to use Lenovo computers on a classified network shows a lack of understanding of the global nature of PC manufacturing, security experts say.
One year after announcing plans to acquire IBM's PC division, Lenovo Group Chairman Yang Yuanqing is ready to take the enlarged company on the offensive and push into new markets.