Lenovo is not only the world’s largest PC brand, it is a global technology powerhouse, with a “bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all” via server, storage, mobile, solutions and services that are more inclusive, trustworthy and sustainable. AP Storage Director Nigel Lee joined TechAdvice.Life TV to look at all of this and much more – please read on, and watch!

Lenovo is a Chinese technology company that grew to global status a long time ago, having purchased IBM’s legendary ThinkPad business back in 2005, and Motorola Mobility in 2014.

Fast forward to 2023, and not only is Lenovo the world’s largest PC company, but it is far larger than that, with several divisions you can learn more about here, spanning PCs, smart devices, mobiles, infrastructure, storage, servers, cloud computing, analytics, AI, solutions, services and more.

Today however, we are focusing on Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), and specifically Nigel Lee,, the AP Director of Storage at Lenovo ISG.

The video interview is embedded directly below, after which there is more information on the Lenovo ISG, where you can download the Smart Data Management Playbook, and more, so please watch and read on!

The ISG division states its “technology and insight power the data-centred heart of smarter retail, smarter manufacturing, smarter cities, smarter healthcare, smarter finance, and beyond”, and does this “through edge and cloud computing, analytics and artificial intelligence, and Infrastructure-As-a-Service via TruScale”, while being what Lenovo claims is “the only data centre provider with end-to-end manufacturing.”

Indeed, the ISG group has some impressive accolades, proudly noting at its site that it is #1 on Top500 Supercomputing list, with 162 of the TOP500 systems, as well as being #1 in Lenovo ThinkSystem server reliability for 7 consecutive years. Other accolades include delivering products to 6 of the top 10 hyperscalers in the world, shipping more that 12,000 SAP HANA systems worldwide, with 17 of the top 25 research universities in the world running Lenovo, 1 in 3 supercomputers running Lenovo and with Lenovo also being a leader in liquid cooling for those servers. Most recently, they attained #1 position, leading the under 25K (entry-level) storage category and #5 overall storage worldwide.

Lenovo ISG also recently commissioned, via IDC, the Lenovo ISG Smarter Data Management Playbook 2023,, a detailed 33-page report which looks at the sates of Data Management in the APAC region, surveying 554 IT and business decision makers from a select organisations across Asia Pacific, including Australia, providing insights into the challenges that organisations face in managing data, their priorities in investing in Data Management, and the key imperatives for transforming their data infrastructure.

So, to learn greater detail about all of this and more, I spoke with Nigel Lee, AP Director of Storage for Lenovo ISG, who answered a range of question in a great chat that you can see embedded above.

Below is a summary of the topics we spoke about, so please watch, and read on!

  • In the video interview above, I started by introducing Nigel, and asking him to recap the Lenovo business in 2023.
  • Next, we looked at the broad IT picture for technology companies today, especially in light of the IT skills shortage.
  • After that, Nigel took us through Lenovo enhancing the education market, and how companies can help employees and job steers to upskill based on market need.
  • We explored how businesses can prioritise amid a shortage of talents, and then move onto Australia’s top priorities are, from an APAC perspective, based on Lenovo ISG’s Data Management playbook.
  • We veered into the world of AI and ML, how complex IT environments can be simplified, the work Lenovo is doing in the Indigenous Reading Project, what else Lenovo is doing with digital transformation, and how Nigel sees Lenovo evolving over the next couple of years.
  • Then we ended with my with Nigel sharing a memory of his first computer, what a day in the life of his work as Director of Storage in the AP region looks like, great advice Nigel has received in life, and his final message to viewers and readers, and to Lenovo ISG’s current and future customers and partners.

So, to learn a lot more about Lenovo ISG, Nigel, the work he does with customers and plenty more, please watch the video interview above!