Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) announces the expansion of the Lenovo ThinkEdge portfolio with the introduction of the new ThinkEdge SE450 server.
Intelligent edge capabilities
The ThinkEdge SE450 advances intelligent edge capabilities with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-ready technology that provides faster insights and leading computing performance to more environments, accelerating real-time decision making at the edge and unleashing full business potential.
“As companies of all sizes continue to work on solving real-world challenges, they require powerful infrastructure solutions to help generate faster insights that inform competitive business strategies, directly at edge sites” said Charles Ferland, Vice President and General Manager, Edge Computing and Communication Service Providers at Lenovo ISG. “With the ThinkEdge SE450 server and in collaboration with our broad ecosystem of partners, Lenovo is delivering on the promise of AI at the edge, whether it’s enabling greater connectivity for smart cities to detect and respond to traffic accidents or addressing predictive maintenance needs on the manufacturing line.”
The rise of edge computing
Gartner estimates that 75% of enterprise-generated data will be processed by edge computing systems by 2025 and 80 percent of enterprise IoT projects will incorporate AI by 2022. The technologies offer a wide range of opportunities, and Lenovo’s complete ThinkEdge portfolio is designed to deliver a complete edge computing experience.
Enhanced compute power
The ThinkEdge SE450 delivers real-time insights with enhanced compute power and flexible deployment capabilities that can support multiple AI workloads while allowing customers to scale. It offers a unique, quieter go-anywhere form factor, featuring a shorter depth that allows it to be easily installed in space constrained locations. The GPU-rich server is purpose-built to meet the requirements of vertically specific edge environments, with a rugged design that withstands a wider operating temperature, as well as high dust, shock and vibration for harsh settings. As one of the first NVIDIA-Certified Edge systems, Lenovo’s ThinkEdge SE450 leverages NVIDIA GPUs for enterprise and industrial AI at the edge applications, providing maximum accelerated performance.
Lenovo secures the edge-to-cloud frontier using resilient, better secured infrastructure solutions that are designed to mitigate security risks and data threats. The ThinkEdge portfolio provides a variety of connectivity and security options that are easily deployed and more securely managed in today’s remote environments.
AI and analytics
The ThinkEdge SE450 is built on the latest 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor with Intel Deep Learning Boost technologies, featuring all-flash storage for running AI and analytics at the edge and optimized for delivering intelligence. It has been verified by Intel as an Intel® Select Solution for vRAN. This pre-validated solution meets strictly defined hardware and software configuration requirements and rigorous system-wide performance benchmarks to speed deployment and lower risk for communications service providers.
The ThinkEdge SE450 is automatically installed and managed with Lenovo Open Cloud Automation (LOC-A) and configured with Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator software. Remote access to the server, via a completely out-of-band wired or wireless access, avoids any unnecessary trip to the edge locations.
Compatibility
The AI-ready server is designed to enable an ecosystem of partners, making it easier for customers to deploy edge solutions and acts as an extension of on-premise cloud systems currently supporting Microsoft, NVIDIA, Red Hat and VMware technologies.
Lenovo offerings are also available as-a-Service through Lenovo TruScale, which extends workloads from the edge to the cloud in a consumption-based model.
