But more important than all the small connections is a big one: Hony is an offshoot of Legend Holdings, a quasi-governmental investment firm, which also controls Lenovo, a computer maker.
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"In China we are jealous of our HR co-workers in the U.S., " where online recruiting platforms are more mature and can attract qualified candidates, said Willa Wang, talent acquisition director at Lenovo China, the Chinese unit of Hong Kong-based personal computer company Lenovo Group Ltd.
But the successful purchase of IBM's PC computer arm by Chinese computer company Lenovo shows another model.
American William Amelio was hired with much fanfare in late 2005 to take charge of Chinese computer giant Lenovo--and integrate that company's acquisition of ibm's mammoth but moneylosing PC business.
As the Endpoint guy, I pay attention to the outer fringe of the connection, and for that reason a new offering from Lenovo, the Chinese computer company, caught my eye.
Note: Chinese businesses such as computer brand Lenovo, e-commerce leader Alibaba, telecom hardware giant Huawei, and auto parts maker Wanxiang have looked in recent years to tap into the U.S. marketplace and resources.
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The Olympics have 12 main sponsors, from Kodak, which backed the first modern games in 1896, and Coca-Cola, part of the show since 1928, to Lenovo, a Chinese computer company that signed up in 2005.
Motorola's news follows similar announcements by Chinese computer maker Lenovo, which is building a manufacturing plant in North Carolina, and Apple, which has said it will begin manufacturing a Mac computer in the U.S. this year.
Lenovo launched its first tablet computer, LePad, on March 28.
In a similar vein IBM will sell its personal computer business to China's Lenovo Group because IBM can make more money on things like consulting than on PCs.
Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest personal computer maker, has unveiled a third straight quarterly profit.
Lenovo bought International Business Machines' (IBM) personal computer business in 2005.
Apple is primarily a consumer-oriented company with little presence in the enterprise PC sector, where computer makers like Dell, H-P and Lenovo dominate the business notebook market.
Lenovo's new C-Series AIOs reshape the affordable home computer into a smart, space-saving all-in-one PC, combining great multimedia features and performance that make these ideal PCs for family use and home entertainment.
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With all this talk about small-form-factor PCs going on, not to mention the Vista-equipped computer bandwagon that's steaming through today, Lenovo apparently figured it might as well hop on.
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While the company distributes millions of copies of its dominant Windows operating system (which holds about 90% of the PC market) through computer makers such as HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and others, the company reached a deal with Nokia to begin to expand its smartphone presence.
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In the past, Lenovo has purchased systems companies IBM PC Division in 2005, German computer maker Medion in 2011 but never a pure-play software firm.
The tablets are coming from a wide range of computer manufacturers, with the Atom-based platform being used in devices from Evolve III, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Motion Computing, Razer and Viliv.
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