Emirates sets Lenovo standard for employee laptops

This contract comes hot on the heels of Emirates also deploying Lenovo technology on board its flights to support information flow between cabin crew and ground systems.

Adel Al Mulla, Vice President, Procurement, Emirates Airline said:

"As part of our growth and expansion strategy, we are empowering our employees by providing them with the right technology to help improve the efficiency of their performance. For our mobile workforce, whether that's the sales team or airport ground staff, Emirates employees use technology not just for technology's sake, but to transform the way they work. So we've looked at a number of options, and decided that standardizing the notebook computers used by our employees would be an ideal route to take, as it would minimize maintenance or service logistics, as well as simplify training and adoption for future employees."

The ThinkPad X60 will help Emirates staff move away from the office, connecting remotely with embedded wireless wide area network (WWAN) antennas and operating without a power cord.

This notebook is built to improve productivity and multitasking allowing users to run multiple high-performance applications such as medical or engineering software, virus scan or system backups - that might otherwise paralyze the PC.

With an integrated fingerprint reader, the ThinkPad X60 makes security simple, enabling users to access password-protected personal and financial information, web sites, documents and e-mail with a swipe of their finger while helping to protecting data from unauthorized access.

"The Lenovo ThinkPad X60 notebooks merge one of Lenovo's hallmarks - productivity technology - in new thin and light designs to give users improved performance in whatever environment they work", said Hashem Mansy, country manager, Lenovo UAE. "The work that Emirates is doing to grow its footprint, workforce and strengthen its international reputation is phenomenal. Also using the Lenovo ThinkPad X41 notebooks on board its flights enabling connectivity between the cabin crew and the customer service centre ground systems, Emirates' adoption of the Lenovo standard of pervasive computing makes it a very key customer for us both on the regional and international levels."