Lenovo Collaborates with Cisco to Ignite Flexible Work and Intelligent Enterprise AI Solutions

Lenovo and Cisco today debuted the latest innovations from their strategic partnership announced in May. At the Cisco Partner Summit 2024, the two companies unveiled offerings to simplify work environments, optimize enterprise infrastructure, and clear the path to enterprise AI through leveraging aspects of Cisco’s Collaboration Devices, networking, and security. Among the solutions announced were Truscale Meeting Room as a Service (TS MRaaS), TruScale WorkSmart, Factory and Rack Integrated solutions, ThinkAgile HCI hybrid cloud, and SAP HANA solutions with Cisco networking integration. Each solution aims to simplify IT to enhance user outcomes and help organizations operate more efficiently.

“Our partnership with Cisco is a testament to delivering customer-centric innovation. These new solutions represent our joint commitment to providing businesses with the tools they need to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital and AI landscape,” said Brian Connors, Worldwide VP & GM, Enterprise and SMB Segment & AI, Infrastructure Solutions Group, Lenovo.

“Cisco and Lenovo’s strategic collaboration allows us to bring the power of our portfolios together to create solutions for our customers’ most complex problems. Whether accelerating hybrid and flexible work strategies, or preparing their infrastructure for AI, our customers can trust Cisco and Lenovo to deliver simplified, fully supported and future-proofed solutions,” said Shannon Leininger, VP of Global Partner Sales, Cisco.

TruScale Meeting Room as a Service (MRaaS)

TruScale Meeting Room as a Service (TS MRaaS) is a fully managed solution designed to transform collaboration spaces with Cisco’s suite of Collaboration Devices and Lenovo’s end-to-end support and monitoring services. The new meeting room services leverage Cisco’s award-winning video solutions and expand Lenovo’s ThinkSmart portfolio of solutions and Collaboration as a Service (CaaS) offering.

TruScale MRaaS simplifies the complexity of modernizing meeting rooms by offering a scalable, single-point solution for better employee experience from interoperability for streamlined user interface to consistent and equitable experience for all users. By combining Lenovo's proactive monitoring with Cisco's collaboration devices, businesses gain a seamless conferencing experience that is simple to deploy. Service options are designed to meet different enterprise needs, ensuring swift deployment, proactive issue resolution, and increased cost efficiency.