Seagate Partners With Redington Gulf

Seagate
Technology, LLC has partnered with Redington Gulf, a Middle East supply chain solution and service provider, to distribute
its portfolio of retail products in the region.

Redington
Gulf will distribute Seagate’s GoFlex and Expansion
ranges of external hard drives and the company’s BlackArmor network attached
storage solutions for small and medium enterprises across the region.

Sofocles Socratous, Seagate’s sales director for the Middle
East, said: "Teaming up with a distributor as well-entrenched as Redington
Gulf is a strategic move in this high growth market.
Redington’s strong business relationships, its in-country infrastructure and
its impressive network of offices and warehouses will help strengthen our reach
within the Middle East. The continued growth
in demand for digital storage by consumers and businesses, presents a
significant window of opportunity for us. This partnership is a great fit given
Redington’s experience of successfully working with global technology
brands."

Ashish Bharti, senior vice president (IT Volume ME
Business), Redington Gulf, said: "Partnering with
Seagate provides us with a great opportunity to reinforce our commitment to our
customers by bringing them world-class storage products. Seagate has a strong
local sales and marketing team on the ground in the Middle
East, and we look forward to working with them. Seagate’s range of
retail products covers the spectrum of users’ needs whether they are in the
home, on the move or at work."

The Middle East market for
hard drives is estimated to be worth around US$380 million a year with retail
products accounting for a quarter of total sales.