Value Journal | Issue 14 | August 2017

Issue 14 // August 2017

MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES PARTNER-FIRST STRATEGIES The technology giant introduces Microsoft 365 and new ISV Cloud Embed program along with updates to the Azure stack.

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icrosoft Inspire, the company’s annual partner gathering, which has been rebranded from Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this year, took place in Washington, DC, last month. One of the biggest announcements the technology giant has made is the introduction of Microsoft 365. The new offering draw the best across Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility and Security.

Judson Althoff, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Commercial Business organization, Microsoft, said, “Microsoft 365 is designed to empower all companies and all workers, recognizing that

people are at the heart of digital transformation. It puts people at the center, giving them flexibility to work where and how they want and giving them new ways to collaborate with others — all while

Redington Value wins Microsoft ‘Distributor of the Year’ award for MEA The distributor was awarded for driving the company’s CSP business.

Redington Value has announced its achievement of being recognized as the Microsoft ‘Distributor of the Year

Award’ for highest revenue attainment as an indirect Cloud Service Provider (CSP). The award was announced at Microsoft’s annual partner conference, Microsoft Inspire, which took place in Washington DC, USA. “We are honored to recognize Redington Value as this year’s winner of the Microsoft ‘Distributor of the Year’ award, and commend their transformational efforts on driving the CSP business,” said Tareq

Hijazi, Director of Commercial Partner Group, Microsoft Gulf. “Redington Value is a prime example of the excellent talent we see in our Microsoft partner community to deliver innovative and transformative solutions to our mutual customers.” As a Microsoft CSP, partners can go beyond reselling licenses and being more involved with customers. “We at Redington Value are thrilled to be named Microsoft’s CSP

protecting company data.” Partners will soon have access to two Microsoft 365 offerings – one for enterprises and the other for small to medium sized businesses. Microsoft 365 Enterprise is the evolution of the vendor’s Secure Productive Enterprise offering, and includes Office 365 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise, and Enterprise Mobility and Security. Microsoft 365 Business, available in public preview beginning from 2nd August, is designed to give small-tomedium sized businesses a complete productivity and security solution, while streamlining IT management. It includes Office 365 Business Premium, security and management features Continued on page 3

Distributer of the year for the MEA region; an honor that underscores our commitment to driving innovation and business transformation across the cloud ecosystem,” said Ramkumar Balakrishnan, President, Redington Value. “The Microsoft CSP program offers us an excellent platform to function as a comprehensive provider for customers’ complete cloud requirements. In our role centered on the emerging cloud era, we look forward to continuing this momentum of empowering our partners with innovative services and tools; and accelerating the cloud business with Microsoft in this everchanging IT market.”

Redington Value is a value added distributor for the following brands in parts of Middle East & Africa:

For more information, please write to sales.value@redingtonmea.com