19 October 2016

Dubai, UAE - Redington Value today announced an agreement with Splunk Inc., provider of the leading software platform for real-time Operational Intelligence, to become a distributor of Splunk® solutions. Redington Value will distribute Splunk products through its extensive network of channel partners to enterprise and government customers throughout the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

“Redington Value is excited to announce its distribution partnership with Splunk. The Splunk Platform delivers real-time Operational Intelligence, which is essential for businesses needing to make analytics-based decisions,” said Ramkumar Balakrishnan, President, Redington Value.

“With data being generated everywhere, from the IT estate to the Internet of Things, it has become increasingly important to monitor, analyze and drive value from data. Our collaboration with Splunk represents a strategic addition to our existing portfolio and supports one of our key initiatives: enabling the channel to provide cutting-edge technology to the market,” added Balakrishnan.

“Splunk is pleased to work with Redington Value, one of the leading distributors in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa,” said Cheryln Chin, Vice President, Global Partners, Splunk. “Redington Value’s regional experience, technical expertise and strong relationships across our ecosystem will help organizations leverage machine data for deeper IT and business insights.”

Through the agreement, the following Splunk products will be available to Redington Value resellers:

  • Splunk Enterprise, the platform for Operational Intelligence, makes it simple to collect, analyze and act upon the untapped value of the machine data generated by technology infrastructure, security systems and business applications—giving customers the insights to drive operational performance and business results.
  • Splunk Cloud delivers the features of award-winning Splunk Enterprise, as a cloud-based managed service. The platform provides access to Splunk Enterprise Security, Splunk IT Service Intelligence and the Splunk App for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and enables centralized visibility across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments.
  • Splunk Enterprise Security is a security information and event management (SIEM) solution that provides insight into machine data generated from security technologies such as network, endpoint, access, malware, vulnerability and identity information. It enables security teams to quickly detect and respond to internal and external attacks to simplify threat management while minimizing risk and safeguarding your business. Splunk Enterprise Security streamlines all aspects of security operations and is suitable for organizations of all sizes and expertise.
  • Splunk IT Service Intelligence is a next-generation monitoring and analytics solution that uses machine learning and event analytics to simplify operations, prioritize problem resolution and align IT with the business.

·         Splunk Light is a comprehensive solution for small IT environments that automates log search and analysis. It speeds tactical troubleshooting by gathering real-time log data from your distributed applications and infrastructure in one place to enable powerful searches, dynamic dashboards and alerts, and reporting for real-time analysis—all at an attractive price that will fit any IT budget.

About Redington Value
Redington Value is the Value Added Distribution division of Redington Gulf, the largest distributor of IT products in Middle East and Africa.  Established in 2006, Redington Value has been growing exponentially on its offering of products and solutions addressing IT requirements across the entire Middle East, Egypt and parts of Africa.

Redington Value’s product and solution offerings span across technology domains such as Compute, Storage, Network, Software, Security, Virtualisation, High Availability, Business Continuity, Cloud and the Voice and Unified Communications.

The business model is purely channel oriented and empowers channel partners with technology through trainings and joint engagement is at the core.

About Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) is the market leader in analyzing machine data to deliver Operational Intelligence for security, IT and the business. Splunk provides the enterprise machine data fabric that drives digital transformation. More than 12,000 customers in over 110 countries use Splunk in the cloud and on-premises. Join millions of passionate users by trying Splunk for free: http://www.splunk.com/free-trials.

Splunk>, Listen to Your Data, The Engine for Machine Data, Splunk Cloud, Splunk Light and SPL are trademarks and registered trademarks of Splunk Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2016 Splunk Inc. All rights reserved.

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