Seagate has won one of Lenovo’s top awards for supplier quality and technology innovation.
Seagate captured Lenovo’s “Diamond Award” at the computer maker’s recent Global Supplier Conference. The award—the fifth time Seagate has earned it—is given to key suppliers that have strategically supported Lenovo and its corporate goals over the past year.
Lenovo’s new Y50 laptop uses a 1TB SSHD drive from Seagate
Winners were selected based on criteria such as: technology leadership, quality, service and cost. Seagate was the only hard drive manufacturer to receive the award. Other Diamond Award winners included Intel, Liteon, MEDNtek and Boe Technology Group.
Rocky Pimentel, president of global markets and customers, accepted the award on behalf of Seagate. “We’re delighted to be recognized by Lenovo with this important award,” Pimentel said. “The partnership we have with Lenovo has been incredibly successful, and we’re glad to be able to contribute to their amazing growth.”
Lenovo is the world’s largest PC manufacturer, with a 19.5 percent global market share. In its most recent quarter, Lenovo posted fourth-quarter revenue of $11.3 billion, up 21 percent year-over-year, with net income of $100 million, or 91 cents per share. For the full year, Lenovo reported sales of $46.3 billion, up 20 percent from a year ago, with net profit of $829 million, up 1 percent.
Nearly all Lenovo business units, including desktop, notebook, server, digital and MIDH (mobile Internet and digital home) utilize Seagate’s storage products.
Sandy Sun, Seagate’s VP and GM for China, said Lenovo is placing a stronger emphasis on solid-state hybrid drives to help differentiate its mobile and laptop products. SSHDs offer faster performance and lower power consumption, along with the capacity and cost benefits of a hard drive. Lenovo’s Y Series laptops, U Series and Flex Series two-in-one systems are among its products that utilize a Seagate SSHD.
“With our rich and innovative experience in SSHDs, Seagate is a perfect fit for Lenovo’s needs in this category,” Sun said.
“We worked closely with Lenovo to launch our first SSHD into the marketplace,” added Liang Shao, a Seagate customer technical support manager in Shanghai. “We’ve been very focused on meeting Lenovo’s requirements for this product, working closely with their engineering teams to monitor its field performance and quickly address any issues that came up. Our current product really shows that focus on quality; it’s now shipping with best-in-class performance for Lenovo’s client products.”
