Last week, more than 225 recent college graduates began their new jobs at Lenovo's Beijing office. During the orientation meeting, they had an unexpected visitor: Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing. (Or, as many call him, "YY.") He spoke off the cuff to the group, sharing his thoughts on the company, the future and the opportunity before them. Below are excerpts from his conversation with a future generation of Lenovians...

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25 years ago, I was as young as you are when I joined Lenovo. I had the same passion, dreams and hopes as you do today. I worked from being a sales guy all the way up to the challenging role that I have today, developing my own career while contributing to Lenovo’s success. During the same period, Lenovo grew from just an agent for foreign brands operating only in China to the global leader in the PC market.

Nowadays kids look at me and call me “Uncle” but Lenovo does not get old. Know why? Because we always have fresh blood like you joining us!

Today we live in the internet age. To us it means big changes in our lifestyle.  But to you, it’s no change at all because the internet has always been part of your life. That’s why Lenovo needs you--you can help us innovate and accelerate Lenovo’s transformation.

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Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Yunzhu Holly ZHANG

Job Title: Global Communications Manager

Hometown: Harbin, China

What I Do?

I pull together shows, including Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, to have people all around the world to see our coolest products. I translate for our Chairman and CEO Yuanqing and senior leaders, and sit in their media interviews and earnings announcements. I take international media groups to visit our worldwide campuses and generate media coverage. I’m working with passion.

Places I’ve Gone?

I grew up in China and moved to the U.S. after high school. I’ve travelled to more than 20 major cities in China and more than 30 states in the U.S. and many other countries, including Czech Republic, France, Germany, Itlay, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, etc. Early next year, I will go to Santiago and Paragonia in Chile, so excited. My Best Day @ Lenovo?

After three months joining Lenovo, I sat together with our honorable Chairman Liu for the Fast Company magazine interview, supporting his translation and PR. He was sooo nice, and after the interview, we talked about life journey and families.  

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

I attended One Young World in 2012 as the only representative from Lenovo. I ended up being on... ]]>

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Angie Yi ZHANG

Job Title: Social Innovation Specialist, MBG Social and Digital Marketing

Hometown: Beijing, China

What I Do?

I work in the MBG social and digital marketing team, responsible for global social-led campaigns to promote Lenovo Yoga products across social media platforms. I help create centralized social strategy and social content for our markets across the global to utilize. In the past 6 months, I have been concentrating on leveraging our celebrity product engineer Ashton Kutcher on social media – promoting his role as Lenovo engineer and activating his huge social fan base to convey Lenovo brand messages.

Places I’ve Gone?

Australia, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, US, Mexico, France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Hungary, Belgium.

My Best Day @ Lenovo?

I’m a huge Ashton Kutcher fan since I was I was in High School. Getting to work with him in LA and seeing him in studio acting out the script our team created was unreal. You never know what opportunities are around the corner at Lenovo!

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

OYW is a great platform to meet young leaders around the world, to share thoughts and opinions and to rethink many important issues affecting our lives. I’m excited and honored... ]]>

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Lindsey Greathouse

Job Title: NA Email Program Manager

Hometown: Darnestown, MD, USA

What I Do?

I talk to customers and build relationships through our consumer email program. Specifically, I plan and write content, determine send and segmentation strategy, analyze and report results, and look for new and engaging ways to add value to our customers’ experience with Lenovo.

Places I’ve Gone?

To bed; Too far; Fishin’; Home.

My Best Day @ Lenovo?

National Donut Day

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

I’m excited to learn more about how my peers are adding value in small and big ways around the world. I’m even more excited to work with the other Lenovo Delegates to see how we can use what we learn to positively impact our families, communities, and company.

My Passions?

My family; Cured meats; A dog named Stevie; Setting goals; Jim Dale narrated audio books; People; Puns.

Fun Facts?

My Social Media World

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Full Name: Jennifer Kefgen

Job Title: Senior Manager, Human Resources

Hometown: Troy, Michigan, USA

What I Do?

I am HR Partner supporting our Enterprise Business Group and Americas Geography Finance teams.  In addition, I am the Country HR Partner for any Finance and IT/BT teams located in the US.

Places I’ve Gone?

From farthest to closest….  China, Austria, Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland,  UK, Aruba, Dominican Republic, St. Maarten, The Bahamans, Canada, and multiple destinations within the US.

My Best Day @ Lenovo? 

I have had a lot of great days at Lenovo but if I had to pick a best day than it would my first time ever going to China. I was going to attend an HR Workshop and finally had the chance to meet face-to-face my HR colleagues I had been working with every day for almost a year. I was instantly greeted with the warmest welcomes and compliments about my blonde hair color. We had so much fun together and even had some time to play some sports together which included archery, ping pong, and shuffleboard.

Why I am excited to be an OYW Delegate? 

I am honored to be selected as an OYW Delegate because this provides me opportunity to represent Lenovo to other young leaders... ]]>

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Name: Clement Bo ZHAO

Job Title: VLB & LB Key Account Team Leader

Hometown: Yingkou, Liaoning, China What I Do?

Lead a team to win key accounts and accomplish the relationship modle market. Involved in supervising hundreds of channel distributors in Lenovo sales system.

Places I’ve Gone?

Shanghai，Beijing，Hongkong，Tokyo，Kyoto，Rome，Florence，Venice…

My Best Day @ Lenovo? 

The day I was announced to be a member of President' s Club of Lenovo China and APEM in FY13/14.

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

It will be a great honor to represent Lenovo and show us to the world.

My Passions?

I am really excited to have this precious opportunity to get to know many outstanding young talents from all over the globe and learn from them.

Fun Facts?

My Social Media World

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Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Brandi Einhorn

Job Title: ThinkServer WW Outbound Marketing Launch Manager

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

What I Do?

Change the world, one deliverable at a time. In all seriousness, I work on a great team creating collateral that educates our sales teams and raises awareness for our next-gen ThinkServer products.

Places I’ve Gone?

I studied abroad in Canterbury, England and during this time I had the opportunity to explore France, Poland, and the Christmas markets in Germany and Belgium. This only fueled my love for travel. Since then, I have honeymooned in Ireland, took a Mediterranean Cruise out of Rome, and also tried to visit a few more states in my home country USA.

My Best Day @ Lenovo?

The day I received a standing ovation from a customer. It was one of my first customer presentations when I worked on the Think Accessories team. I do not want this to sound pompous, but it was a proud moment for me!

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

I believe that we need to hold on to our passions and recognize our strengths to help fuel our workplace environment. My passion and strength is communication. We all know that there is always room for improvement in this category. So I ask myself, how can I take my... ]]>

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Andy Murray

Job Title: EMEA Digital Marketing Manager

Hometown: Basingstoke, England

What I Do?

I lead digital marketing for Lenovo across the EMEA region, encompassing video, search, social and engagement – Helping my region execute with excellence.

Places I’ve Gone?

Raleigh, San Diego, Berlin, Paris.

My Best Day @ Lenovo? 

Being recognized as a member of the UK Elite Club by the senior management after having Twitter write a case study on a project I ran.

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

I’m really looking forward to meeting so many exciting, young leaders from all walks of life, but also being able to help put forward my views on how we can help form lasting changes to improve the future.

My Passions?

Technology and Sports really sum me up, I’m a massive fan of both.

Fun Facts?

My Social Media World

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Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Rahul Jain

Job Title: Marketing Services Manager

Hometown: Bangalore, India

What I Do?

I am a part of the Global Brand Communications Team, handling Global Launch Support and Geo Alignment.

Places I’ve Gone?

Spain, South Africa, Nepal, Different places across India.

My Best Day @ Lenovo?

The day our team went for a workshop and we got to know each other personally. This made us understand each other beyond work and in turn strengthened the entire team.

Why I am excited to be a OYW Delegate?

Apart from representing Lenovo at OYW, it is an incredible opportunity for me to meet people from diverse backgrounds and a chance to hear world class keynote speakers. Together we can work towards bringing positive change and making a difference in the world we live in.

My Passions?

Travelling and Acting

Fun Facts?

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Jimmy Hui GUO

Job Title: Service Staff Engineer

Hometown: Hefei, China

What I Do?

Service Business Analysis and IT Project Implementation

Places I’ve Gone?

I have been to several places around the world. UK: London, Manchester. US: Raleigh, Washington, New York. Germany: Dusseldorf, Essen. Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, Fukui. Thailand: Phuket. Indonesia: Bali. 

My Best Day @ Lenovo?

My best day at Lenovo was when I won the CIO award in 2013. Praise from executive leader is great, but being recognized this award it not only for me, but also for the whole team. The same goal and the hard working makes it happen. I have very thankful for my manager and team.

Why I am excited to be an OYW Delegate?

One Young World is the preeminent global forum for young leaders aged 18-30 and gathers the brightest young leaders from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections and develop solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues.  In this summit, I can learn new ideas from famous people which encourage me to drive positive changes on my country. Also I can know young leaders all over the world to learn from each other and make friends.

My Passions?

Badminton

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Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Lara Maestrello Kuriki

Job Title: Marketing / Administrative Assistant II – Commercial, PR & Events

Hometown: São Paulo, SP – Brazil.

What I Do?

I work in IT segment since 2011 and have been in Lenovo for more than two years. My experience here is related to Commercial Marketing activities, such as coordination of Channel and Relational 360o campaigns (off & online initiatives) and events. I also have the important role of controlling the SMB/REL alliances’ projects to provide 100% synergy and strategy’s delivered to the main partners. The main projects in SMB are: Call center, Negotiators, Mundo Lenovo and Channel University; for Relational, it’s the Thinkers’ Club. I’m everyday connected to the agencies and partners to promote the efficient integration needed to reach the best results for the company.

Places I’ve Gone?

I love travelling and visiting new places around the world. When I was 15, I went with my family to an Eurotrip and we visited the main cities in Europe such as: Lisbon (Portugal), Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), London (England) and Paris (France). It was a great experience and the first time I travelled abroad. In the following year, 2008, I went to live in Munich (Germany) for a couple of months and I had the opportunity to visit some other cities around it.

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Full Name: Amanda Comeaux

Job Title: Product Manager, ThinkCentre North America

Hometown: Apex, North Carolina, USA

What I Do?

As a ThinkCentre Product Manager I am responsible for all aspects of driving a successful Desktop business for North America.  This includes ensuring successful product launches,  engaging with cross functional teams to conceive, design and execute winning product marketing strategies for our exciting, growing portfolio.  I educate our Lenovo sellers and Channel Partners on the ThinkCentre product line, guaranteeing that we have competitive pricing and product while developing sales and marketing strategies to achieve sales goals.

Places I’ve Gone?

A few favorites include Cinque Terre, Italy; Barcelona, Spain; and the Mayan ruins at the beaches of Tulum, Mexico.  US favorites are our East and West Coasts with San Francisco and the Big Apple.

My Best Day @ Lenovo? 

Any day I can challenge myself, get creative and engage with other teams to drive product awareness and sales is a “best day” for me.  Lenovo allows me to launch ideas and take them from conception to reality and produce results I am really proud of.  Recently, I pitched a video concept where our new Tiny-in-One 23 monitor competes against a NASCAR pit crew to show how fast our product can setup.  From concept to production,... ]]>

Get to know our One Young World Delegates!

Name: Sarah Jane Wheeler

Job Title: Think Software User Interface Designer

Hometown: Orange Park, Florida, USA

What I Do? 

I'm a User Interface Designer for the User Experience and Design team. I work on Lenovo's software applications. I mock up apps, create wireframes, discuss user stories, define ideal user experience, and create User Interface specifications. I am also part of the Virtual Design Team. This team includes designers from within Lenovo’s different Geos where we collaborate on various global design projects. The most recent project was the creation of the Software Illustration Library to be used across all software within Lenovo.

Places I’ve Gone?

As an individual that has had the travel bug since childhood, my list of travel destinations is not nearly as long as I would like it be! During my time in Japan, I was able to travel throughout the beautiful country that I was fortunate enough to call home. From there I got to visit South Korea and my mom’s hometown of Manila, Philippines, which to this day, was the biggest eye opening experience. In college I had the opportunity to study abroad in Rome, Italy, one of the most breathtaking cities I’ve EVER been to. During my summer abroad I was able to travel up and down the Italian coast. Last... ]]>

From 15 - 19 October, Lenovo will be sending 12 delegates to attend the One Young World Summit at Dublin, Ireland. Meet our delegates in this video and do follow their journey on your social media platforms via the hashtags #iamlenovo and #oyw!

Know more about our degelates here:

Sarah Jane Wheeler | Amanda Comeaux | Lara Maestrello Kuriki | Jimmy Hui GUO | Rahul Jain | Andy Murray | Brandi Einhorn | Clement Zhao | Jennifer Kefgen | Lindsey Greathouse | Angie Zhang | Holly Zhang

What is One Young World?

One Young World is a not-for-profit organization which gathers together young adults with leadership potential from around the world, empowering them to make lasting connections to create positive change. At the One Young World Summit, which has been referred to as a “Young Davos... ]]>

Well it has been nearly two months since Lenovo announced its new line of P Series ThinkStation workstations at this year’s SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver, and the overwhelming response from the industry has been...WOW! Well, the Lenovo Workstation team shows no signs of slowing down as they steam roll ahead to SEG 2014.

For those of you who may not know much about SEG, I’ll help by giving you some background on the event. Since 1930, the Society of Exploration Geophysics has brought together the very best in commercial scientific practices, academic research, and new technology to help drive innovation and efficiencies in oil & gas exploration and near surface geosciences. Each year the annual event draws nearly 35,000 commercial and academic professionals, from over 350 leading companies, government agencies, and educational and research institutions to participate in the extensive technical program, conference and technology exhibit. 

As technology and industry leaders, we at Lenovo are very proud to be part of this year’s exhibition and, as you might expect, we have a TON of great exciting technologies to show off to show goers and attendees.

So what exactly does Lenovo have planned for SEG, you might ask?  The answers is of course, lots, and lots, and wait for it…LOTS, of ThinkStation P series. That’s right, attendees at the event will actually get an opportunity to get hands on with the entire P Series line... ]]>

Guest blog by Tin-Lup Wong, Distinguished Engineer and Executive Director, Strategic Technology and Innovation Center (STIC), PC Product Group.

Today, we announced the new YOGA 3 Pro, taking another step in advancing the 360® hinge design we pioneered in 2012 with the original YOGA convertible PC. The new six watchband hinge helps make the laptop 17 percent thinner and 14 percent lighter than its predecessor and also lets you lay it completely flat at 180 degrees.

Making a strong and durable – yet extremely flexible – hinge is something we know well. In previous YOGA models, we designed a dual-hinge system made of zinc alloy. So, you might wonder, why make a new hinge?

YOGA users and consumers told us they prioritize thin and light features, so we challenged ourselves to continue to shave millimeters off the design – and to do that, we created the new watchband hinge. Constructed from steel and aluminum, the new hinge provides the same degree of flexibility and flatness of a metallic watchband due to its six flexion points. For the full specs, you can read the press release here, and see the full functionality in action in this video.

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Dual processors, 24 DIMM slots, 12 drive bays and up to three PCIe slots (plus two AnyFabric slots) in a rack form factor. I know. It sounds like a 2U rack server, right? With the Lenovo ThinkServer RD550 though, you get the performance and capacity of a 2U system in a 1U form factor. This means you can tackle more strenuous workloads while saving precious rack space.

The ThinkServer RD550 is the latest two-socket 1U general-purpose server with high performance and I/O expandability for space-constrained environments. It’s designed with up to two of the latest Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors and super-fast DDR4 memory with speeds of up to 2133 MT/s.

With the RD550, you can choose between two chassis: 12 front 2.5-inch drive bays or four front 3.5-inch drive bays with two additional rear 2.5-inch drive bays. Designed to be flexible and modular, the RD550 comes with Lenovo AnyRAID technology for advanced RAID protection and up to two Lenovo AnyFabric slots giving you enormous bandwidth potential. In fact, the RD550 can house up to eight 10 Gb Ethernet ports — without taking up any of the available PCIe slots. If you include network adapters in the available slots, that’s a lot of bandwidth in a slim 1U server. There’s even an option for four 10 Gb Ethernet ports with two 16 Gb Fibre Channel ports at the same time — without using any of the PCIe slots — an industry first. That... ]]>

Everyone remembers their first day of school jitters, right?

You have your outfit all picked out the night before – maybe you even bought a new pair of shoes.

You wake up incredibly early because you have tossed and turned all night over the excitement of what the new school year would bring. No? Just me? 

Even if last week did not bring about the same type of excitement for you as it did me, I think everyone can agree that it truly feels like the start of something new. 

Thursday, October 2 and the days leading up to last week remind me of how I felt the first day of school or starting my first “real” job. I remember vividly starting high school and being so nervous that I would be sitting by myself in the cafeteria or that I would not recognize at least one familiar face in a class. Regardless of if you are a scared 14-year-old girl sitting in a history class or a 30+ year-old woman walking the halls of a familiar company,  you still want to make sure you have a friend to sit with in the cafeteria. 

While walking into new Lenovo Building 8 last week, I was brought back to the time when the unknown was a scary place. But this time around, the unknown brought excitement and a huge smile as I walked past so many unfamiliar... ]]>

This is part of a new weekly series featuring content written by the Lenovo Companion App Content Team

Your Windows 8/8.1 Lenovo system comes packed with state-of-the-art applications that make the things you do every day faster, easier and more enjoyable. Here are four you don’t want to miss:

Our most popular app makes data sharing faster than ever. SHAREit lets you send huge files from PC to smartphone to tablet using a direct connection at remarkably high speed (up to 40 times faster than Bluetooth). And it works across Android, iOS and Windows. There's no need to carry around a USB key anymore.

With SHAREit, you can quickly transfer even your biggest files to friends’ and coworkers’ devices when they have the app installed and are within close range, without the need for a mobile or network connection. Devices connect directly without wires, and automatically find each other when in range. You can share pictures, videos, documents, contacts and more without worrying about file size limits. It’s fast, free and user-friendly.

Read more about SHAREit in this blog post.

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I was lucky enough today to catch Lenovo Executive Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, Gerry Smith, and Senior Vice President Enterprise Systems, Adalio Sanchez, to discuss the Lenovo and System x integration. Here’s what they had to say.

Q: Gerry, this is an exciting day for Lenovo and specifically the Enterprise Business Group. Can you expand on that?

A: You’re absolutely right. Today marks one of the most significant days at Lenovo. And for many of us, history is repeating itself. In 2005, Lenovo acquired IBM’s PC division and last year, we reached number one in PCs globally. Now, we’re leading the market transformation in what we call our “Plus” strategy and moving towards our goal of becoming the biggest computer maker in the world — whether the device is a laptop, a smartphone, a tablet or a server.

The acquisition of the IBM x86 server business presents an enormous strategic opportunity. The acquisition will immediately catapult Lenovo to number three in worldwide revenue market share and we will become the leading x86 server vendor in China.  This is a once-in-a-lifetime event and I am so proud to be a part of it.

Q: Adalio, what do you see as the greatest opportunities for the combined businesses?

A: First, let me say that the strengths of our two companies are complementary. True to our System x heritage, we will... ]]>