Amsterdam, 11 oktober 2005 - Computerfabrikant Lenovo bekrachtigt een voortdurende partnerrelatie met wereldwijd 35.000 business partners. Samenwerking met partners blijft essentieel voor Lenovo.
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Carina van Vlerken
Lenovo
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Lenovo Spells Out Commitment to 35,000 Business Partners
Continued dedication to enable channel to grow together with Lenovo to lead the PC Market
Amsterdam, October 11, 2005 - Lenovo has today underlined its continuing commitment to more than 35,000 business partners throughout the world.
Building on the strong history of innovation and ground-breaking products, Lenovo has reiterated plans to keep business partners at the cornerstone of the business, through both dedicated partner initiatives and continual investment in the ThinkCentre and ThinkVantage brands. This will ensure business partners can offer the right technologies at the right price and at the right time, helping them achieve higher margins and more sales opportunities. In addition, continuous development will always ensure unique design features and technologies, giving business partners a competitive edge and high value services opportunity.
The continued alliance with the IBM Business Partner programme ensures Lenovo Business Partners receive consistent and industry-leading marketing and sales resources, training and technical support, while the ongoing communication with the channel community has lead to a commitment from Lenovo on new programmes being introduced, based on business partner demand and feedback.
In recognition of the importance of the channel, Lenovo has further committed to the TopSeller programme. This initiative can offer more sales opportunities for partners through a monthly selection of Lenovo's very latest products, all heavily advertised and competitively priced. TopSeller products will be available exclusively through business partners, while Lenovo ensures all marketing is aimed at driving sales to the business partners at all levels of the market to give them maximum opportunities.
Vincent Fauquenot, Director of Marketing & Channels Lenovo EMEA, commented "Lenovo is proud of the relationships we have with our business partners. As a company, we have a great commitment to providing our customers with innovative and world-class products and it is very rewarding to see the loyalty and passion from the channel community. We are pleased that they recognise that Lenovo will provide them with great opportunities to grow their business."
The company hopes that by creating further scope for the channel community to build their business using Lenovo, they will be able to help more partners achieve the great successes already seen recently. Lenovo will continue to lead the field in all aspects of personal IT and highlight to existing and future business partners that partnering with Lenovo will be sure to help their business succeed, regardless of size or market.
About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992)(ADR: LNVGY) is the world's third-largest personal computing company, with a business model built on innovation, operational efficiency and investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina, and develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure, and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.
About ThinkVantage Technologies
ThinkVantage Technologies are available on ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops and help make PCs less dependent on IT staff or user intervention for basic tasks such as deployment, backup, maintenance and security. They free up users and IT staff to focus on competitive advantages in their business. According to industry analysts, costs associated with deployment, support and disposal account for approximately 80 percent of the entire PC lifecycle cost. More information is available at www.thinkpad.com/uk.
Notes
ThinkPad and ThinkVantage are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Lenovo Group Ltd.
For further information please contact:
Carina van Vlerken
Lenovo
Tel: 020-513 4776
E-mail: carina.van.vlerken@nl.lenovo.com