Lenovo ThinkSmart Core Modular Collaboration Solution Helps Hong Kong Organizations Embrace Hybrid Working Models

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 September
2021 – Lenovo™
today announced that ThinkSmart™ Core is now available in Hong Kong. As a
collaborative solution built for the next phase of hybrid work, ThinkSmart Core
is Lenovo’s first modular room kit for meeting spaces that enables both
flexibility and scalability, powered by the 11th Gen Intel vPro® platform
designed to deliver high performance and comprehensive hardware-based security
features. As a certified solution for Microsoft Teams Rooms, ThinkSmart Core is
available in two room kit configurations:

• ThinkSmart Core + Controller: This kit is designed
  for workspaces that are already equipped with Teams-certified audio and visual devices.
• ThinkSmart Core Full Room Kit: The ThinkSmart Core
  compute device and Controller are paired with the ThinkSmart Cam and ThinkSmart
  Bar XL to offer high-quality video and
  immersive audio as well as smarter features for an improved collaboration
  experience. Supporting huddle rooms, boardrooms and home offices.

Powered by an 11^th Gen Intel® Core™ vPro processor with
256GB SSD¹, the ThinkSmart Core compute device supports almost any
meeting room, and can be placed discreetly with a clever integrated cable
management and VESA mount compatibility.

A 10.1-inch point-to-point touchscreen, the ThinkSmart
Controller is powered by USB-C through a 10-meter cable² and can
detect whenever participants enter the room with its integrated infrared sensors.
Its integrated stand offers both 30-degree or 60-degree viewing angles, while a
3.5mm headphone jack provides direct audio connection.

ThinkSmart Manager 2.0

Lenovo also unveiled
ThinkSmart Manager 2.0, a feature-rich conference room solution. ThinkSmart
Manager is a transformative tool designed to help businesses drive better
communication and collaboration in the workplace, empowering IT and operations
teams with a way to evolve the workplace itself. It gives admins the power to
deploy, manage and monitor all of their Lenovo ThinkSmart meeting room devices
from one place, enabling full visibility into device status.

New features and
updates include:

• A
  single-state dashboard of in-meeting analytics for Microsoft Teams Rooms
• The
  addition of a mobile app for iOS™ or Android™ devices allowing IT admins to
  access ThinkSmart Manager from their phone where they can check device status,
  and receive push notifications with a dashboard view of deployed services
• Visibility
  into both device status (ok/error) and state (online/offline/in meeting)
• The
  ability to create and send team notifications within ThinkSmart Manager without
  having to switch to email.
• Bulk
  claiming via simple CSV file upload so that IT admins can register all devices
  at once upon receipt instead of having to physically register in each
  conference room, saving them time and energy, especially on large campuses
  where rooms are spread out. 

Deploy, Manage and Maintain

As with all Lenovo ThinkSmart products, the components come standard with
Lenovo’s Premier Support, providing access to advanced technicians 24-hours a
day, 365 days a year. The ThinkSmart Core kits also include one year of
Lenovo’s value-added software and services:

• ThinkSmart Professional Services: Deploy
  and Maintain will help IT departments set up each kit,
  configure and integrate into existing unified communications platforms; and
  includes a one-year renewable maintenance contract that also comprises a
  redeployment option to a new meeting space if required.
• ThinkSmart Manager Premium is the
  premium version of ThinkSmart Manager. Maintaining effective collaboration
  means the technology needs to be always on, always connected and easy to use.
  ThinkSmart Manager Premium helps IT departments to configure, control and
  manage the entire portfolio of ThinkSmart solutions from a single intuitive
  interface.

ThinkSmart Core Kit comes with a year of Lenovo’s value-added software and services,
including a license for ThinkSmart Manager Premium, Lenovo’s
collaboration management software suite, and ThinkSmart Professional
Services: Deploy and Maintain.

ThinkSmart Core + Controller and ThinkSmart Core Full Room Kit are
both available now in Hong Kong at www.lenovo.com/ThinkSmart.¹
Please contact your local representative for pricing.

Specifications at a glance:

¹ Actual available capacity is less
and varies due to many factors, including formatting, partitioning and
operating system, etc. which utilize part of this capacity. The available capacity
may change with software updates.

² 10-meter cable is included with purchase.

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its subsidiaries. VESA is a trademark of the Video Electronics Standards
Association. Microsoft Teams is a trademark of Microsoft
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