Everything Lenovo sells, from devices to servers, is now a part of the consumption-based, pay-as-you-go model. Credit: Vladimir Timofeev / Getty Images Lenovo is expanding its TruScale pay-per-use model to cover all its data-center products—servers, storage—and client-side devices—laptops, tablets. This transition to a fully integrated, end-to-end, as-a-service model is part of the company’s “One Lenovo” strategy of providing its entire portfolio of clients and servers as a fully managed, on-premises cloud environment through TruScale leasing. One Lenovo simply means laptops and desktops will be sold along with data-center products together all under one sales program. Lenovo will launch a new channel program in 2022 to encompass the One Lenovo strategy. The everything-as-a-service announcement came at the company’s virtual Lenovo Tech World 2021 event Lenovo launched its flexible-consumption model two-and-a-half years ago, according to Lenovo CEO Yuanqing Yang in a video presentation, and, “TruScale, has now become our corporate brand.” While Lenovo sometimes refers to this offering as infrastructure-as-a-service, it is different from IaaS provided by cloud services like Amazon and Microsoft. Lenovo’s reference to infrastructure refers primarily to servers and storage, whereas the generally accepted meaning of IaaS is a software platform for cloud development. “We hear from CIOs every day that their organizations’ technology needs are evolving every 12-18 months,” said Ken Wong, president of Lenovo’s Solutions and Services group, in a statement. “With Lenovo TruScale, customers can expect one solution, one provider, one contract framework, and a single point of accountability for everything-as-a-service.” Lenovo also announced that its TruScale has been integrated with Deloitte’s OpenCloud Management Platform. OpenCloud is a library of automated playbooks built by Deloitte to help accelerate the time to build and configure new client environments. It serves as a single platform for managing multi-cloud environments. Lenovo made other announcements at the show, one of which is an edge partnership with VMware. Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news Omdia: AI boosts server spending but unit sales still plunge A rush to build AI capacity using expensive coprocessors is jacking up the prices of servers, says research firm Omdia. By Andy Patrizio Dec 04, 2023 4 mins CPUs and Processors Generative AI Data Center news AWS and Nvidia partner on Project Ceiba, a GPU-powered AI supercomputer The companies are extending their AI partnership, and one key initiative is a supercomputer that will be integrated with AWS services and used by Nvidia’s own R&D teams. By Andy Patrizio Nov 30, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Generative AI Supercomputers news VMware stung by defections and layoffs after Broadcom close Layoffs and executive departures are expected after an acquisition, but there's also concern about VMware customer retention. By Andy Patrizio Nov 30, 2023 3 mins Virtualization Data Center Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe