PCs solution to span more than 1500 employees across multiple departments

Cairo, Egypt - 14th June 2009: Dar Al-Handasah, one of the largest engineering and design practices in the world with 43 offices located throughout 29 countries, announced today the deployment of over 500 Lenovo ThinkStations and Workstations for its Cairo office to ensure employees have the most reliable and robust tools for the challenges of onsite and offsite design and planning. The standard workstation solution also enables Dar (Cairo office) to deliver software updates quickly to all engineers and designers, streamline back-office workflows and easily scale to support continued company growth.

The Lenovo ThinkStation and mobile workstation products were selected having had more than 400 certifications for various configurations of graphic cards and operating systems by industry leading software suppliers, including Autodesk's AutoCAD.  Backed by the power of Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad Core processors and professional quality NVIDIA Quadro graphics, Lenovo ThinkStation workstations deliver outstanding power, performance, stability and compatibility for users in these data-intensive areas of work.

"Every measurement and angle counts in our industry.  Our benchmark tests indicate that Lenovo workstations are built powerful and therefore run the certified design software faster and more reliably, so our clients receive the highest quality deliverables on time, throughout their projects," said Mahmoud Amin Ismail, Dar (Cairo office) IT Manager, Dar Al-Handasah. "The power and reliability of Lenovo ThinkStation S10 workstations ensures that our engineers and designers deliver superior work and can meet their deadlines, which not only eliminates project delay costs but helps us maintain consistent client service."

The Lenovo solution comes equipped with a range of ThinkVantage Technologies, a suite of self-help tools that enable employees to remain productive and decrease PC support costs.  Dar's employees can be confident that drawings are not lost and can be recovered if they become corrupt, through the one-button solution of Rescue Recovery.

In addition to reducing its own carbon footprint by selecting "green" technologies and materials, Dar is able to help its clients develop sustainable structures.  The ThinkStation S10 and ThinkPad W500 mobile workstation comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Energy Star® 4.0 requirements to help manage energy usage and related costs

"It is a testament to the company that a world renowned engineering firm such as Dar are migrating their technology requirements to Lenovo, we're very proud to be working with them, enabling them to deliver, the highest quality of work to deadlines," said Khaled Kamel, general manager, Lenovo Middle East Egypt & Pakistan. "Having spent a good portion of my career in the engineering industry I appreciate that the efficiency, reliability and performance of the ThinkPads are a great asset to employees in the field who require constant connectivity with the office and customers, and the ability to work on performance intensive applications from anywhere. On the other hand the reliability and power of the ThinkStations for the back office are truly essential assets for the industry and we look forward to working with Dar al Handasah regularly enabling them better quality and easier access to technology."

"Lenovo Authorized Business Partner Nile.com was instrumental in facilitating this agreement with Dar (Cairo Office) and in  providing  the Lenovo Workstations & ThinkPads," said Amr Abdelsamad, regional sales manager, Lenovo Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and Oman. "The work that Dar (Cairo Office) is doing to grow its footprint, workforce and strengthen its international reputation is phenomenal and we look forward to developing our relationship with them."

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About Lenovo
Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is dedicated to building exceptionally 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 see www.lenovo.com. 

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