SECURITY
NEWS
Redington signed as Kaspersky Lab’s distributor for the Gulf region
We continue to look at new ways
to empower our customers to
protect their data from all sorts
of cyberthreats.
As a value-added distributor, it
is our core responsibility to offer
advanced solutions that effectively
address our customers ever-
evolving security concerns.
Amir Kanaan, Managing
Director for META region
at Kaspersky Lab
K
aspersky Lab, a global cybersecurity
solutions provider, has partnered
with Redington Value, a value-added
distribution division of Redington Gulf, to
provide its wide range of industry leading
products and services to organisations
across the gulf market.
Through this strategic agreement,
Dubai-based Redington will act as the
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vendor’s dedicated partner and leverage its
strong network reach to provide advanced
cybersecurity services and products to
organisations and enable them to develop
new capabilities in mitigating cyberattacks.
With an extensive network of stock-
points and sales offices, Redington Value has
embarked on a journey to help partners in
the channel ecosystem to deliver the most
optimal IT solutions to their customers.
Through its strong partner network,
Redington is committed to meeting the
length and breadth of customer demands
through fast and efficient product and
service delivery, easy support access,
prompt dispatching of relevant information
and optimised distribution operations.
According to a report by
MarketsandMarkets, the Middle East
cybersecurity market size is expected to
grow to US$22.14 billion by 2022.
IT security is assuming a strategic
role across the business community as
business leaders give IT security a larger
portion (24%) of their overall IT budgets
to minimise the risk of being exposed to a
cybersecurity risk.
Amir Kanaan, Managing Director for
META region at Kaspersky Lab, said: “The
cybersecurity market is changing rapidly as
threats and attacks become more targeted
and complex. Reflecting this dynamic nature
of the cybersecurity landscape and the
continuous threats to businesses, Kaspersky
Lab expects investment in strengthening the
IT security infrastructure to increase by 18%
for both enterprise and small business for
the next three years.”
He added: “We continue to look at new
ways to empower our customers to protect
their data from all sorts of cyberthreats.
Hence, we are delighted to announce
our new distribution partnership with
Redington and make them a part of our
journey to not only meet our customers’
needs but exceed it.”
Ramkumar Balakrishnan, President,
Redington Value, said: “We are very excited
to join forces with Kaspersky Lab. This
partnership will enable us to lead the
frontlines of cybersecurity innovation.
“As a value-added distributor, it is
our core responsibility to offer advanced
solutions that effectively address our
customers ever-evolving security concerns.
We are proud to announce this agreement
and look forward to developing a strong
partnership with Kaspersky Lab.”