Lenovo rolls out new products for SMBs

CEBU, Philippines - Addressing the need of small and medium businesses (SMBs) for portable, handy and affordable laptops, Lenovo launched two new products from its Thinkpad portfolio in Cebu recently.

Acknowledging the huge role of SMBs in the community and particularly in Lenovo’s success in the Philippines in the recent years, the company shared that the two new products they have is a way to give back to the sector and give them the support they need which could be a big help for their business operations.

Maria Victoria Agorilla, country general manager of Lenovo Philippines, together with the rest of the Lenovo team introduced two new exciting products, the Thinkpad Edge and the Thinkpad X100e, which boast of quality performance, good design and affordable price.

Agorilla said that they have realized the market segment that the SMBs play for Lenovo and shared that over the time, they have realized that SMBs are subdivided into three sectors,   Micro, Small and Medium .

She said that they needed to come up with products that could address the need of the small enterprise which is usually made up of 10 to 99 personnel.

Francis Ivan Judan, PH Commercial- 4P Manager, shared that the Thinkpad Edge is a new line in their Thinkpad products that has a powerful AMD dual-core processors and a windows 7 operating system. Lenovo reportedly was the only one who has made an exclusive partnership with Windows for Windows 7 after it was launched. 

Thinkpad Edge has 13.3 inch, 14 inch, and 15-inch models that have a contemporary keyboard with redesigned function keys and is spill resistant.

Battery life reaches up to seven hours while it also has a low-light-sensitive Web camera, three USB ports, 5-in-1 media card reader and HDMI.

Meanwhile, Judan explained that the Thinkpad X100e is an 11 inch full-pledged laptop best for SMB players as it is Lenovo’s “professional-grade ultraportable laptop.”

The X100e has professional-grade features with the powerful AMD processor good for multitasking and it supports corporate operating system such as the Microsoft Windows 7 Professional.

It is available in three colors --- Midnight Black, Heatwave Red and Arctic White. 

Catering to the SMB sector, the two new products are offered at affordable prices starting at P28,990 for the X100e model and a round P36,000 for the Thinkpad Edge.