OREANDA-NEWS. Lenovo announced it will invest approximately USD 100 mln in a state-of-the-art software research and development (R&D) center located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The facility, which will provide an estimated 100 jobs, is Lenovo's first R&D center dedicated to software development for Lenovo's Enterprise Product Group (EPG).

The Lenovo R&D center will be installed at the University of Campinas (Unicamp) Science and Technology Park located roughly 100km (60 miles) from Sao Paulo City.The project was supported by Investe Sao Paulo, the states' investment promotion agency, affined to the Secretariat for Economic Development, Science and Technology.

"This is an exciting move for Lenovo as it affords us the opportunity to expand our global enterprise product group footprint, while investing heavily in research and development," said Roy Guillen, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Product Group, Lenovo. "Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the latest addition to our diverse global footprint of enterprise design centers located in the United States, Taiwan and China. Lenovo is committed to building the premier R&D organization in Enterprise and our strategy to invest in local talent pools is fundamental to this commitment and is the right approach to improve innovation."

The Sao Paulo R&D center is the first of its kind for Lenovo and will focus on innovation in enterprise software solutions and high-end servers, storage and cloud technologies. The center will greatly expand Lenovo's global footprint while providing innovative, high-value software solutions and services to global markets.

In the coming years, the facility has the potential to generate an estimated 220 high-level development jobs, supporting both the Enterprise Product Group as well as Lenovo's storage offering - LenovoEMC. Operations are scheduled to begin as early as January 2014.

The support offered by the Government of Sao Paulo State, through Investe SP, and other agencies dedicated to funding research and development, largely impacted Lenovo's decision to invest in Sao Paulo State.