Lenovo Flex Systems Powering EMC VSPEX Reference Architectures

Lenovo Group Ltd. announced that its Flex System can be used to power EMC VSPEX reference architectures for private cloud and VDI.

These two EMC-validated solutions – VSPEX by Flex System for Private cloud and VSPEX by Flex System for VDI – are solutions that address enterprise and mid-market customers’ key challenges, such as lowering TCO, faster deployments, and simplified management.

Flex System based reference architectures – along with two updated ThinkServer-based offerings, tailored for SMBs and upcoming System x based offerings – together provide a portfolio of Lenovo x86 server-based VSPEX reference architectures for private cloud and VDI.

VSPEX reference architectures are simple, efficient, and flexible, and 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 expenditures by consolidating management tools and creating administrative task efficiencies, freeing IT engineers and architects to focus on more critical business needs. Additionally, these VSPEX solutions are delivered by EMC and Lenovo channel partners and acked by EMC who supplies a single-point of technical support, consolidating IT support processes.

VSPEX by Flex System for Private Cloud specifies a tested combination of EMC storage with Lenovo’s Flex System compute, networking, and virtualization components to provide an enterprise-ready private cloud solution that reduces the time needed to setup and deploy cloud workloads. This flexible and scalable private cloud solution has been designed to support VM environments from 200 to 1,000 VMs, for businesses large and small. Additionally, Flex System chassis supports ‘in place’ upgrades giving customers the ability to upgrade with the latest technology.

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 Flex System compute and networking, EMC storage, and VMware virtualization – can be deployed in hours, reducing IT costs and improving efficiencies.

VSPEX for ThinkServer for Private Cloud and VDI solutions enable SMBs to deploy an enterprise-grade scalable infrastructure. These solutions feature Lenovo ThinkServer systems with the latest Intel Corp.www.intel.com processors, RackSwitch networking, EMC storage, and VMware virtualization, providing SMB customers with benefits previously available only to enterprise business.

“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,” said Mike Gebele, VP, 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.“

“EMC continues to provide greater choice to our customers through our expanded ecosystem of partners. We are excited to add the innovative Lenovo Flex System to the VSPEX family of proven infrastructures.” said Gil Shneorson, VP, GM, VSPEX solutions, EMC. “VSPEX brings a simple, proven solution to businesses who want a private cloud infrastructure, and with Lenovo, VSPEX becomes even more flexible.”