{"id":6885,"date":"2016-03-10T12:07:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T12:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:07:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T12:07:10","slug":"trend-micro-strengthens-mena-distribution-channel-with-starlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2016\/03\/10\/trend-micro-strengthens-mena-distribution-channel-with-starlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Trend Micro strengthens MENA distribution channel with StarLink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>StarLink, the region&#8217;s VAD for security, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Trend Micro. StarLink will sell, install and support Trend Micro products through its extensive network of Channel Partners to enterprise and government customers in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Trend Micro is recognised for optimising security for the modern data centre, and secure networks against breaches from targeted attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Nidal Othman, Managing Director at StarLink commented, \u201cThe technologies that make up Trend Micro\u2019s portfolio align perfectly with each area of StarLink\u2019s Solutions Lifecycle, including Datacenter &amp; Cloud, Data Governance, Risk Analytics, Threat Protection, Secure Mobility and Incident Response.\u201d He added, \u201cWith the state of the IT Security landscape in the region, combined with Trend Micro\u2019s best-of-breed portfolio, there is excellent potential for us to expand the breadth of their Channel network, while assisting enterprise and government customers protect their environments against next-generation threats. We are truly excited about this partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ihab Moawad, VP Mediterranean, Mid. East, Africa , Russia &amp;\u00a0 CIS at Trend Micro said, \u201cI would like to share my excitement about the huge business potential that can be unleashed between the 2 companies. Starlink is one of the most admired security VADs in the region, who has gained the respect of all vendors that partnered with them, due to their commitment, focus, and strong market coverage. With our leadership on data centre security, complete end-user protection, and network defence, I believe we have a lot to accomplish together and create a role model for how a partnership should be.\u201d    \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>StarLink, the region&#8217;s VAD for security, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Trend Micro. StarLink will sell, install and support Trend Micro products through its extensive network of Channel Partners to enterprise and government customers in the region. Trend Micro is recognised for optimising security for the modern data centre, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,809],"tags":[414,651,1368,515],"class_list":["post-6885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enterprise-security","category-more-news","tag-channel","tag-starlink","tag-trend-micro","tag-vad"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}