https://www.thelayoff.com/lenovo (link: &lenovo )
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There is a VERY strong possibility that IBM will completely exit the HW manufacturing business. NOTE this doesn’t mean exit the design, selling, servicing, or implementing (think cloud)) business, BUT rather do a GF type of deal where someone else who has more manufacturing efficiencies will manufacture for IBM. What does IBM have to trade for that. A global “LAB” infrastructure, that is we’ll funded. They also have a steady state business (think cloud data centers) that they can guarantee a certain market share / sales. With that said, I do not believe Lenovo would be the choice, but rather a USA based manufacturer. IBM already outsources their small LINUX boxes via “open power” design to several USA/European companies (supermicro jumps to mind, but Google, Rackspace, etc etc are also in there). I would expect most if not all HW including Storage to go this way rather quickly as the money is in the design/ip and not in the manufacturing
@Zi6eMiF-1dsv the worry about buying from Lenovo happen a when IBM sold them
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-navy-dumps-lenovo-servers/
https://www.centricsit.com/lenovo-ibm-deal-sparks-u-s-navy-cyber-fears-over-china/
Friends who were sold off to Lenovo back then were offered a package less than a year in.. of
1 year pay and medical if they would leave.. a lot took it because they saw the writing on the wall.
Be careful what you wish for. Lenovo has been touring IBM storage and Power manufacturing facilities in the 1st and 2nd Q
I had no clue they had a data center group.
Given the Chinese ownership, Lenovo is hosed. They may as well close the shop - Imagine anyone buying anything tech related from the Chinese in the current political environment.
And this trade war is not going anyway, it'll stay with us for a generation or two.