Trend Micro Appoint Redington Gulf as the First Authorized Training Center in the Region to Conduct Certified Training Courses

Customer and Channel Eco System to Significantly Benefit from New Training and Certification Initiative

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - 13 March 2016: Trend Micro, a global leader in security software solutions has appointed Redington Gulf as the first Authorized Training Center(ATC) to conduct certified training courses here in the region. Redington Gulf trainers are now able to offer courses to industry professionals looking to be Trend Micro Certified on Office Scan, Deep Discovery, and Deep Security products.

Redington Gulf (a subsidiary of Redington India) is a value added distributor for Trend Micro, and amongst the leading supply chain solution providers in Middle East, Africa, Turkey (via Arena Bilgisayar) and CIS region for over 40 leading manufacturers of Information Technology, Telecom and Lifestyle products. With a market presence in more than 24 countries, supported by a distribution network of more than 12,000 channel partners and over 16 stock points across the region; Redington Gulf is firmly positioned as a leading supply chain solutions provider in the region for IT/Electronic producs & services.

“Working with Redington Gulf, we are now able to offer our partners and end-users a more flexible timeframe to be Trend Micro certified.  We are confident that industry professionals will quickly benefit from this new channel initiative. In Redington Gulf we have a trusted distributor who has all the right requisites to offer a robust training program. We are always looking to encourage and support our channel partners to be able to sell and service Trend Micro’s security suite to their customers in the best possible way, and in the process increase their revenue stream,” commented Ihab Moawad, VP Mediterranean, Mid. East, Africa, Russia & CIS at Trend Micro.

Redington Gulf has a new state-of-the-art training facility in their new office in Dubai, where majority of the training will be taking place. The company also has certified trainers in other countries ensuring that Trend Micro certification can be locally achieved.

“We are extremely proud to be the first Authorized Training Center here in the region to be able to provide Trend Micro certification. We have a new dedicated facility, and our trainers are highly skilled. As a distributor we are always looking to enhance our relation with our Vendors, and in Trend Micro we have an industry heavyweight. We can now add another layer to our existing relationship and offer the wider eco system a more flexible training program and schedule,” said Ramkumar Balakrishnan, President, Redington Gulf Value Distribution

Interested professional can register at http://trendmicro.redingtongulf.co/atc/ for the many training dates that are now available to them. This web portal is also directly linked to Trend Micro’s education initiative https://education.trendmicro.com for classroom based worldwide scheduled training, which helps provide more visibility. The education portal also provides the self-paced courses for registered customers and partners.