Lenovo Debuts at Microsoft IoT Conference, Driving Business Intelligence Innovation with Smart IoT Devices

On December 3, the highly anticipated 2019 Microsoft Internet of Things Conference (IoT In Action) officially kicked off in Shenzhen. As a leader and enabler of intelligent transformation, Lenovo was invited to attend the conference to showcase its strategic planning and industry accumulation in the field of IoT. At the same time, Lenovo brought its intelligent IoT combination of smart IoT gateways, embedded computing devices, industrial computing devices, and face recognition solutions to the conference, laying a solid foundation for industry transformation with innovative achievements and driving the evolution and implementation of business intelligence.

Lenovo presents its smart IoT product portfolio at Microsoft IoT Conference

In recent years, driven by technologies such as 5G, sensors, and cloud computing, the development of the Internet of Things industry has entered a new stage, and various Internet of Things applications and solutions have developed rapidly. It is estimated that by 2025, the demand for smart Internet of Things in the fields of smart manufacturing, health care, logistics and transportation, chain retail, and public utilities will reach at least US$175 billion.

Lenovo, with its rich experience in the enterprise market, has keenly captured this industry trend, taken the lead in initiating intelligent transformation, and laid out the field of intelligent Internet of Things. Today, Lenovo has formed a complete product portfolio layout, covering the three major areas of data collection, data transmission, and data processing - from the ECS series of data collection terminals based on a general sensing and communication architecture, to the ECG series of Lenovo's self-developed intelligent Internet of Things gateways with super performance and ultra-small size in the transmission field, and then to the data processing link, including industrial computing devices ECI, embedded computing devices ECE, integrated computing devices ECP, computing boards ECB and other customized terminals... Lenovo's intelligent Internet of Things devices always play the core competitive advantages of "small, fast, and smart", providing support for the implementation of intelligent transformation.

Lenovo Smart IoT Product Portfolio

Among them, Nano-IoT, which was unveiled at the conference, is a powerful representative of Lenovo's intelligent IoT terminals. This intelligent IoT gateway based on the X86 architecture has outstanding performance in terms of stability, reliability, flexibility, and security. Nano-IoT adopts a fanless design, can work stably in an environment up to 50°C, and can maintain 7*24 hours of operation under harsh conditions such as vibration and impact. In terms of flexibility, Nano-IOT has an ultra-small volume of 0.5L and strong scalability. It can add more interfaces through I/O expansion modules and support 4G/LIE functions, which is enough to meet the growing demand for smart device access in application scenarios such as manufacturing, retail, smart buildings, and smart education. In addition, Nano-IOT is also fully equipped in terms of intelligent software. It not only supports Win10 IoT Enterprise, but also has obtained Azure IoT and Ubuntu certification, laying the foundation for expanding software application innovation in different industries.

Lenovo Smart Gateway Device Nano-IoT

At the same time, Lenovo's ECE series of embedded computing devices, the ARM-based P710A in the ECG series of smart gateways, and the SFR-101HX facial recognition solution based on WeChat Pay were also unveiled at the conference. By providing customers with end-to-end solutions with devices + platforms + applications as the core, it realizes innovation in digital business scenarios in different industries and helps the digital transformation of many industries.

In practice, Lenovo's outstanding performance in intelligent IoT has also been recognized by the market. Not only did it achieve an 858% year-on-year growth in intelligent IoT devices and solutions in the second quarter of fiscal year 2019, but it has also been successfully implemented in more than 30 industries including manufacturing, education, retail, transportation, and medical care. At the Great Wall Station of the Antarctic Polar Research Center, Lenovo built a "smart scientific expedition" working environment for the scientific expedition team members in Antarctica with the IoT ecological layout and intelligent device management; in the energy field, Lenovo effectively improved the performance and efficiency of the computer management and control system of Sinopec gas stations through ECI industrial computing equipment; at Everbright Bank, Lenovo tailored the first new type of outlet "Ban Ke Yi" with a supermarket form; in smart retail, Lenovo effectively combined facial recognition with intelligent settlement to launch a new species of "unmanned supermarket".

In the future, Lenovo will go further in the field of intelligent IoT. As Liu Zheng, Vice President of Lenovo Group and General Manager of Commercial Key Customer Business in China, said, "Intelligent IoT is becoming the forefront and center of intelligent transformation in all walks of life, and is accelerating its integration into our lives and production processes. We will give full play to our own technology research and development and flexible manufacturing capabilities, establish a broad intelligent IoT application ecosystem, and work together with customers and ecosystem partners to create a new era of intelligent IoT application innovation."