ThinkVantage Technologies

ThinkVantage Technologies is a set of system support utilities to reduce total cost of ownership^[1] of Lenovo brand desktop and laptop computers.

Access Connections to graphically and securely manage and switch network connections between ethernet, wireless LAN, and wireless WAN
Lenovo Mobile Broadband Activation to support mobile broadband activation for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP laptops that support it
Active Protection System to enable the accelerometer to halt a laptop's spinning-platter hard drive
Password Manager to save user login information for websites and Windows applications, and subsequently auto-fill those passwords on their respective sites and applications
Client Security Solution to manage passwords, encryption keys and electronic credentials
Fingerprint Software to manage biometric data for built-in fingerprint readers
GPS for GPS use on Windows XP, Vista, and 7 computers
LANDesk for ThinkVantage for client management. This is a Lenovo-exclusive version of LANDesk Management Suite designed to integrate with other ThinkVantage software
Productivity Center to access online documentation and tools
Power Manager to manage power usage in Windows XP, Vista, and 7 ThinkPad laptops as well as Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8 desktops
ThinkPad Help Center to access a user's guide for the ThinkVantage suite
Access Help online User's Guide to search an online database of help documents
Secure Data Disposal to shred confidential information
System Update to generate a system tailored list of updates with their respective operative descriptions, and a choice of installation methods
Base Software Administrator to customize Lenovo preloads
Lenovo QuickLaunch to provide a simplified, customized version of Windows' Start menu
Lenovo Solution Center to manage the ThinkVantage suite and certain system upkeep tasks on Windows 7 and 8
Lenovo SimpleTap for Windows 7 to provide easy access to on-screen tiles on touch-enabled ThinkPads and tablets, as well as certain ThinkCentre systems with multi-touch screens

The Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies that can also run on some other platforms are

System Migration Assistant to transfer a user's personal data and environment between PC systems.
Rescue and Recovery to deploy updates, recover from crashes, and provide remote access if the system will not boot or function while booted.

Legacy ThinkVantage software

ImageUltra Builder to create distributable software structures
Hardware Password Manager to save BIOS, disk, and motherboard passwords in one place ^[2]

IBM developed ThinkVantage Technologies. They were included with the sale of their PC division to Lenovo Group in 2005.

History

In 2002 IBM heavily promoted these tools as part of its "Think" campaign, intended to instill confidence that IBM computers were easier to use and quicker to recover from disaster.^[3]

In 2004 IBM provided two of the utilities, Rescue and Recovery with Rapid Restore and IBM System Migration Assistant as separately available software for use on non-IBM systems.^[4]

References

↑ "ThinkVantage Technologies from Lenovo". official web site. Lenovo. Retrieved June 5, 2011.
↑ "Management of Hardware Passwords in Think PCs" (PDF). Lenovo Corporation.
↑ John G. Spooner (November 4, 2002). "IBM puts on its thinking cap". Cnet. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
↑ John G. Spooner (March 26, 2004). "IBM to offer non-Blue versions of management apps". Cnet. Retrieved 2008-07-28.

External links

ThinkVantage Applications See the Related resources tab on the right hand side of the web page.
ThinkVantage Home

IBM

History	History of IBM Mergers and acquisitions Think (motto) Operating Systems

Products	Cell microprocessor Mainframe Personal Computer IBM Power Systems Information Management Software Lotus Software Rational Software SPSS ILOG Tivoli Software: Service Automation Manager WebSphere alphaWorks Criminal Reduction Utilising Statistical History Mashup Center PureQuery Redbooks FlashSystem Fortran Connections

Business entities	Cloud computing Global Services International subsidiaries jStart Kenexa Research The Weather Company

Facilities	Towers 1250 René-Lévesque, Montreal, QC One Atlantic Center, Atlanta, GA Software Labs Rome Software Lab Toronto Software Lab IBM Buildings 330 North Wabash, Chicago, IL Johannesburg Seattle Research Labs Africa Almaden Austin Laboratory Australia Brazil China Laboratory Haifa Laboratory India Laboratory Ireland Thomas J. Watson Center, New York Tokyo Zurich Laboratory Facilities Hakozaki Facility Yamato Facility Cambridge Scientific Center IBM Hursley Canada Head Office Building IBM Rochester Somers Office Complex

Initiatives	Academy of Technology Centers for Advanced Studies: CASCON Deep Thunder IBM Fellow Pulse conference The Great Mind Challenge DeveloperWorks: Develothon Linux Technology Center IBM Virtual Universe Community Smarter Planet World Community Grid

Inventions	Automated teller machine Electronic keypunch Hard disk drive Floppy disk DRAM Relational model Selectric typewriter Financial swaps Universal Product Code Magnetic stripe card Sabre airline reservation system Scanning tunneling microscope

Terminology	Globally Integrated Enterprise Commercial Processing Workload Consumability Technology dividend e-business

CEOs	Thomas J. Watson (1914–1956) Thomas Watson Jr. (1956–1971) T. Vincent Learson (1971–1973) Frank T. Cary (1973–1981) John R. Opel (1981–1985) John Fellows Akers (1985–1993) Louis V. Gerstner Jr. (1993–2002) Samuel J. Palmisano (2002–2011) Ginni Rometty (2012–present)

Board of directors	Alain Belda William R. Brody Kenneth Chenault Michael L. Eskew David Farr Shirley Ann Jackson Andrew N. Liveris James McNerney James W. Owens Samuel J. Palmisano Virginia M. Rometty Joan E. Spero Sidney Taurel Lorenzo Zambrano

Other	A Boy and His Atom Common Public License/IBM Public License Customer engineer Deep Blue Deep Thought Dynamic infrastructure GUIDE International IBM and the Holocaust IBM international chess tournament Lucifer cipher Mathematica SHARE computing ScicomP Watson

Lenovo

Products

Desktops

Business	ThinkCentre A Series M Series Edge Series

Home/home office	IdeaCentre A Series B Series Q Series K Series Essential Desktops

Laptops

Business	ThinkPad T Series Edge Series X Series W Series L Series

Home/home office	IdeaPad S Series Z Series Y Series U Series Essential Laptops IdeaPad Yoga

Servers

ThinkServer

Tablets

Workstations

ThinkStation

Software

ThinkVantage

Other

Liu Chuanzhi (founder)
Legend Holdings
Yang Yuanqing (CEO, 2009–)
William Amelio (CEO, 2005–09)

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