Chen Xudong: X86 acquisition case was approved by Lenovo will be such a disk server

Recently, U.S. regulators approved Lenovo's 2.3 billion dollar acquisition of IBM x86 server project. Rui observation in the first time to interview Lenovo China's president, as well as Wave company, Shuguang company related personnel. In the interview with the interviewees we learned that the Chinese server market competition will be completely broken, Chen Xudong revealed the future of some of the server's ideas.

Domestic server market pattern will be broken

Take IDC data for example, we look at the latest quarter of the mainland market server rankings.

The first quarter of 2014, the global x86 server shipments of 2.3 million units. Among them, the Chinese market shipments of 427,000 units. Wave market share of 19%, ranked first, its shipments of 80929 units. Dalva and IBM Lenovo only followed. Lenovo's shipments of 45,000 units, IBM shipments of 45,300 units.

Lenovo Group senior vice president, Lenovo Asia-Pacific emerging markets and China region President Chen Xudong, said the Chinese market will be the IBM business and Lenovo server business figures superimposed, Lenovo has been China's server market first.

This means that Chen Xudong's Chinese market business, following the PC and mobile phone, has a market share ranked first business, server. It is important to note that this product is classified as Lenovo, which is helpful to Lenovo's profit margin.

The thinking of Chen Xudong to be implemented

For Lenovo, the release of US regulators is a great boon for Lenovo's acquisition of IBM servers. The biggest drag on Lenovo's acquisition of IBM x86 servers comes from the US market. Li Wu, vice president of Blue Whale media, says the US regulator has released, and Lenovo's mergers and acquisitions have little resistance in other markets around the world.

Chen Xudong to sharp observation that, has been the fault of Lenovo Server is the lack of technology, IBM x86 business acquisition came in, for the completion of Lenovo Short Board, the role is very large.

For the acquisition business to be completed, Chen Xudong revealed that in the Chinese market will still take the dual-brand operation ideas, in the high-end market flagship IBM x86 server, in the low-end market, it is the main Lenovo server. In addition, IBM X86 server to join, for Lenovo Server brand in foreign channel construction and brand promotion, has an immeasurable impact.

Future variables: To IoE rumors and waves

For Lenovo mergers and acquisitions IBM x86 business, its future is likely to encounter adverse factors, there are 2, one is legendary to IoE. In this connection, Lenovo Executive vice president, Lenovo Chief financial Officer Wong said that there is no clear to IoE news.

Another factor is the wave of attacks on Lenovo. The sniper battle is expected, because the wave server has been the leader of domestic brands, the first owners, means that the tide may be lost in many aspects of the right to speak and the initiative, so the wave launched on Lenovo's sniper can be understood.

A strong example is that some of IBM's x86 businesses are moving to the wave, and the wave has launched a series of actions against IBMx86 channels and markets.

Summary：

In August 2012, Chen Xudong said in a sharp observation session that Lenovo planned to make the server business the world's top three in 3 years. According to Yang's expected end of the 2014-year acquisition Completion time node, Chen Xudong Two years ago this goal is more practical.