In TBR’s view, HCLT AI Force’s advantages play well for different buying and decision-making personas. Procurement, IT operations and even the CFO can appreciate a single solution with simplified management. Business unit leaders can find and deploy uses cases suitable to their specific needs. And the inherent stickiness of AI Force can appeal to executives looking to gain advantages from deploying AI-enhanced solutions and not simply paying for another round of new technologies.

Underneath the enthusiasm for hybrid AI, Lenovo’s mission remains unchanged: It is driving transformation to become a technology leader in global devices, infrastructure solutions and services worldwide. Lenovo positions itself as having an end-to-end technology portfolio, a user-centered approach and an immense emphasis on open innovation. The company offers its customers choices thanks to its partnerships across semiconductor, AI platforms and ISVs; and it leverages its Solutions and Services Group to accelerate solution development between its own portfolio and partner ecosystem.

6G will ultimately happen, and commercial deployment of 6G-branded networks will likely begin in the late 2020s, but it remains to be seen whether 6G will be a brand only or a legitimate set of truly differentiated features and capabilities that bring broad and significant value to the global economy. Either way, the scope of CSPs’ challenges is growing, while new value continues to be created outside their purview or goes over the top of their pipes.