Increase server market share
So Lenovo would take on and keep the IBM patent research, design and engineering teams in Raleigh NC like they did for the Thinkpad/PC range in 2004. I read recently that Lenovo have an 11% increased market share, while the rest including Dell, Tosh and HP have all fallen.
If it happened, and if IBM and Lenovo get the right message out there, loyal IBM System x customers are likely to transition over to the same System x boxes/ roadmap / but with a Lenovo badge. Lenovo would I assume, also take on selling all the IBM system x options and spares. With lower manufacturing costs and pricing, we could then see the Lenovo owned system-x range start to take market share from HP & Dell like they have achieved in the desktop/laptop marketplace.
Not forgetting that the high-end IBM eX5 system x intel server architecture range is not a commodity product and has unmatched memory expansion when compared to HP and Dell rival products.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
