Lenovo to Deliver Innovative ClearCube PC Blades Across EMEA

ClearCube PC Blades to Help Extend Secure Centralized Desktop Computing to Lenovo Customers

Paris, France -September 19 2006- Lenovo and ClearCube Technology, the market leader in centralized computing solutions, today announced the expansion of its existing partnership to advance the delivery of centralized computing solutions in Europe. Initially launched in the US, customers in the UK, Germany, France, Netherlands and Sweden will be able to reap the benefits of PC Blade computing.

PC blades provide users with desktop functionality from a centralised environment, an approach that can save time, space and money. ClearCube enables greater security and easier, more centralised remote PC management. By deploying the ClearCube solution, customers can consistently reduce downtime, deploy stronger data and physical security, and significantly decrease their total cost of ownership, while providing end users with the same PC experience they expect.

Commenting, Tim Cozze-Young, Software, Services and Peripherals Leader, Lenovo EMEA: "As a global leader in enterprise computing, Lenovo with ClearCube Technology is bringing to Europe a specialized function that will further enhance its ability to deliver innovative computing solutions to our business customers. The integration of PC blades from ClearCube into our product portfolio expands our solutions from the end-user's desk to the back office. This announcement demonstrates our commitment to supply our business customers with the strongest, most innovative PC solutions on the market."

The ClearCube solution enables secure wired or wireless user connections between centralized PC blades and remote access devices called User Ports. ClearCube also supports virtualized desktop computing environments enabling IT departments to increase the utilization of their compute resources without affecting the end user experience. The ClearCube solution is managed by Sentral.

ClearCube Sentral is a software package that delivers unique features such as dynamic resource allocation, virtual desktop management, active health monitoring, and blade switching and sparing. Sentral also offers these benefits across platforms, with support for other vendors' blade systems and management software as well as virtualized desktops. Designed to scale from small businesses to large enterprises, ClearCube Sentral offers total control to IT departments everywhere.

Speaking on the Lenovo and ClearCube Technology venture, Mark Norton, VP for EMEA, ClearCube Technology said, "The ClearCube solution, combined with Lenovo's strong sales and marketing presence, will enable us to jointly deliver solutions that better meet our customers' needs in Europe, particularly those in the financial services, healthcare and government sectors. It also enhances our continued leadership in the global PC Blade computing space."

Organisations will be able to select the PC blade configuration that works best for them and with the ClearCube Sentral management software users will be able to remotely manage and control global desktop deployments.

About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building the world's best-engineered personal computers. Lenovo's business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable high-quality, secure, and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

For more information, visit www.lenovo.com .

About ClearCube Technology
ClearCube Technology is the pioneer and market leader in PC blade computing solutions. ClearCube enables customers to reduce their support costs while dramatically improving availability and security throughout their computing infrastructure all while improving the end-user's experience.

For more information, visit www.clearcube.com .