Lenovo Accelerates Telco Transformation with Subsequent-Technology Edge AI Improvements at MWC ‘24

• New built-in Edge AI options deliver customized AI functions to world telco trade, delivering highly effective and environment friendly computing for AI at scale and propelling AI for All 
• Deutsche Telekom, Orange and Telefonica amongst rising ecosystem of shoppers and companions serving to companies effectively deploy new AI use circumstances and switch knowledge into sooner insights with Lenovo AI-ready infrastructure  
• Collaborations allow telcos to create and ship a broad array of AI workloads for purchasers with automated deployment of edge-to-cloud AI infrastructure, networking, software program, orchestration and administration 

Barcelona – Feb. 26, 2024 – At MWC 2024, Lenovo unveiled next-generation Built-in Edge AI Options for Telco that assist enterprises transcend the info middle to harness huge our bodies of information on the far edge for transformative AI functions at scale whereas lowering vitality consumption. The improvements are a part of a complete pocket-to-cloud portfolio of Lenovo hybrid AI options designed to simplify the trail to clever transformation for all industries.  The options are attracting new buyer collaborations with trade leaders, like Telefonica, to unlock the ability of AI wherever knowledge is created and ship it to companies on the far edge in real-time. 

Because the telecom trade continues its dramatic evolution to allow the rollout of 5G and an AI-powered future, improvements in IT networks, cloud infrastructure and edge computing are important to connecting today’s digital financial system. Edge computing permits companies to research knowledge in real-time, enabling sooner actionable insights for extra environment friendly operations and companies.  

Bringing AI to the Edge at Scale  

To help the large quantity of computing shifting to the sting, a strong lineup of latest Lenovo Built-in Edge AI Options for Telco is on show at MWC in Barcelona with Lenovo’s ecosystem of companions. Highlights Embody: 

• New multi-cloud edge computing structure with Telefonica tackles mission important functions for sensible cities, making it easy to leverage knowledge all through metropolis streets in a wide selection of AI use circumstances, together with utilizing video analytics and pc imaginative and prescient to establish smoke and hearth, help public security and enhance emergency response instances. Leveraging its personal Telco Cloud with the vary of Lenovo ThinkEdge servers and Motorola’s push-to-talk know-how, Telefonica is demonstrating through a proof of idea the capabilities of multi-cloud on the edge, AI and pc imaginative and prescient to alert public security officers of hazard. The brand new resolution orchestrates the whole edge-to-cloud ecosystem, seamlessly weaving infrastructure, connectivity and functions collectively to reliably help public security and improve emergency response with real-time AI.  

• Expanded joint innovation partnership for telecom and cloud companies helps Orange Group deliver excessive efficiency, availability and vitality effectivity to telco shoppers worldwide. In help of continued telecom development, Orange and Lenovo are additionally extending the partnership for 3 extra years and launched a shared Sylva mission validation middle, addressing telco and edge use circumstances. This system will cowl areas important for future-proofing telecommunication infrastructure, together with supporting operational effectivity, new open radio entry and automation. Collectively, the businesses will assist worldwide telecom suppliers help sustainability targets and enhance companies.  
• Collectively validated end-to-end deployment and orchestration for Open RAN with the Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 demonstrates the confirmed supply of a cloud-based, software-defined networking strategy that accelerates fashionable telecommunications and can contribute to a discount in Time-to-Market (TTM) for introducing new options in telco networks. Because the trade invests in Open RAN to scale back prices and enhance innovation, the Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 server demonstrates decrease whole price of possession on the edge, reaching new vitality effectivity breakthroughs with double the orchestrated workloads per socket and greater than a 50 p.c discount in general ORAN energy consumption based mostly on third social gathering testing.  
• Infrastructure options help cloud companies with pace and ease. Primarily based on rigorous testing carried out by Orange Enterprise, Lenovo infrastructure options are lowering energy consumption of cloud companies deployments for Orange Enterprise by as much as 25 p.c, serving to to deliver excessive efficiency, availability, and vitality effectivity to Orange Enterprise shoppers.  
• Transformation to cloud-based voice telephony for Deutsche Telekom’s subsequent era NIMS mission leverages Lenovo and a large ecosystem of trade companions. By means of cloudification and automation, new functionalities within the voice community could be launched with the clicking of a button. The transformation helps over seventeen million buyer connections.  
• Intel’s Edge Platform with Lenovo ThinkEdge permits enterprises to develop, deploy, run and handle edge functions at scale with cloud-like simplicity. Leveraging the Lenovo ThinkEdge SE350 V2, SE360 V2 and SE450, the platform helps to take away key limitations to broad edge AI adoption throughout vertical markets and incorporates Intel’s learnings from over 90,000 edge deployments to assist companies construct and scale vertical-specific AI workloads. Intel’s Edge Platform offers particular optimizations inbuilt for straightforward coaching of AI fashions and quick inferencing to proliferate new AI workloads throughout any trade. Leveraging Lenovo’s Open Cloud Automation (LOC-A) software program, builders can deploy worldwide AI functions on the edge in a matter of minutes with one-touch provisioning from a single system, resembling a PC, sensible cellphone or pill. Collectively, these capabilities overcome distant computing complexities to speed up time-to-scale-deployment of AI workloads for enterprises on the edge whereas enhancing whole price of possession. 
• The Telco Cloud and Orchestration Resolution with Lenovo and Rakuten operates with the award-winning Rakuten Cloud Native Platform to assist rapidly orchestrate and deploy functions on the edge, lowering working prices and complexity whereas accelerating time to supply for a decrease whole price of possession. The answer delivers extra energy to securely automate massive stateful edge workloads for telecom service suppliers, resembling pc imaginative and prescient, voice AI and generative AI.   

Buyer Adoption  

Combining AI-optimized infrastructure with its ecosystem of companions, Lenovo’s complete vary of far edge-to-cloud options transcend the info middle to allow key service suppliers to rapidly deploy a whole community of high-power computing to drive revolutionary effectivity and intelligence for their very own clients and past.  

“Along with Lenovo, Telefonica is demonstrating how edge AI applied sciences can be utilized in a multi-cloud setting in on a regular basis life, seamlessly bringing the ability of the cloud to the scene of information and opening the door to new functions, like utilizing pc imaginative and prescient on the edge for smoke and hearth detection to be able to scale back emergency response time,” stated Felipe Jose Vicens Gonzalez, {Hardware} and Virtualization Infrastructure, Cloud and Infrastructure for Telefónica World IT (GCTIO). “With Lenovo edge-to-cloud AI infrastructure, we’re reimagining the chances and constructing the way forward for telecommunications.” 

With purpose-built AI-ready infrastructure that goes past the info middle to the sting, Lenovo is accelerating the brand new period of AI and serving to companies securely unlock the ability of their knowledge.  

“Lenovo is concentrated on driving a brand new period of Hybrid AI and delivering an AI-powered future now by unlocking the ability of information wherever it’s created,” stated Charles Ferland, Vice President and Normal Supervisor, ThinkEdge and Communication Service Suppliers, Lenovo Infrastructure Options Group. “The ThinkEdge portfolio improvements are ushering a brand new period of edge automation that allows our ecosystem of companions and clients to simplify their path to AI and harness it for revolutionary functions.”  

Availability and Assist  

Lenovo’s full portfolio of edge servers, AI-ready storage and options are additionally supported by the brand new Lenovo AI Skilled Providers Apply, which helps clients quick monitor AI implementation from idea to outcomes and permits knowledge administration for prime efficiency workloads to be consumed through a pay-as-you-go mannequin. Moreover, the Lenovo AI Innovators Program helps organizations achieve entry to enterprise AI by partnering with greater than 50 of the industry’s main software program suppliers. 

Additionally, at this time at MWC 2024, Lenovo launched new PC {hardware} and software program options that showcase its deal with AI-driven innovation and dedication to a extra sustainable future. These embrace model new ThinkPad and ThinkBook enterprise laptops and a shocking proof of idea. Discover out extra within the press launch. 

Visit www.Lenovo.com/Telco to be taught extra concerning the Lenovo edge ecosystem, obtainable options and buyer adoption.