Lenovo won the U.S. State Department PC orders worth over $13 million

Sina Technology News Beijing on March 21st news, according to foreign media reports, Lenovo in the United States successfully obtained a value of more than $13 million in government PC orders, providing more than 16 thousand desktop computers and related equipment to the state of the United states.

It is reported that Lenovo reached a supply agreement by an American government IT integrator and supplier CDW-G and the State Council according to the agreement, CDW-G will provide 15 thousand Lenovo to the ThinkCentre M51 desktop, large screen LCD display and 1 thousand units equipped with high-performance mobile hard disk drive Lenovo ThinkCentre M51 (mini-towers). From mid August, CDW-G will supply more than 500 units per week to the State Council PC.

CDW-G, associate vice president of Lenovo Americas - Smith (Scott Smit), said: this agreement highlights the value of the United States and other public services in the field of government and lenovo. Lenovo PC through the stable platform, built-in security features and automatic data backup tool, the State Council has the most innovative, the most cost-effective, safe PC technology."

Lenovo last year to $13 billion acquisition of IBM's global PC business, under the leadership of the new CEO William - Amelio (William), the company last week launched a large-scale restructuring plan and new channel policy. In addition, the company also moved its headquarters to North Carolina, and announced layoffs in the global 5%. At the same time layoffs, Lenovo also introduced a new channel policy, plans to recruit about 5 thousand partners.

According to Lenovo's acquisition agreement with IBM, the company has the right to continue to use IBM brand until 2010, but Lenovo is rapidly implementing the global market promotion plan, hoping to improve their own brand awareness. Lenovo is currently ranked third in the global PC market, the company hopes to win in 2008 the global PC and notebook market share of 10%.