StarLink becomes Splunk distributor in Middle East, Turkey and Africa

Issued by StarLink
Dubai, UAE, 12 Dec 2014

Splunk, provider of the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence.

StarLink, the region's trusted security-specialised "true" value-added distributor (VAD), today announced an agreement with Splunk, provider of the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence, to become a distributor of Splunk software. StarLink will distribute Splunk products through its extensive network of channel partners to enterprise and government customers in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

Splunk Enterprise collects, indexes, monitors, analyses and visualises machine data being generated by Web sites, applications, servers, networks, sensors, mobile devices and more. Customers gain real-time visibility and insights from Splunk Enterprise in multiple use cases, including IT operations, application delivery, security, compliance, digital intelligence and business analytics.

StarLink will also distribute Splunk premium apps, including the Splunk App for Enterprise Security and Hunk: Splunk Analytics for Hadoop and NoSQL databases.

"Splunk is excited to have StarLink as a distributor in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa," said Andrew Morris, EMEA Director of Alliances and Channels, Splunk. "With StarLink's regional experience in security and IT operations, this agreement opens the door for Splunk software to help more organisations leverage machine data for deeper IT and business insights."

"Signing with Splunk is a strategic milestone for StarLink, as Splunk is the undisputed leader in providing machine data insight," said Avinash Advani, VP, Business Strategy at StarLink. "With the rapid proliferation of connected devices, and the advent of the Internet of things, monitoring and analysing everything becomes even more critical to feed security intelligence and enable smart decision-making."

StarLink

StarLink is acclaimed as the largest and fastest growing "true" value-added distributor across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa regions, with on-the-ground presence in 14 countries. With its innovate Security Framework, StarLink is also recognised as a trusted security advisor to over 1 000 enterprise and government customers that use one or more of StarLink's best-of-breed and market-leading technologies, sold through its channel network of over 250 partners. The StarLink Solution Lifecycle helps channel partners differentiate offerings, and assists customers to identify key risks and define priorities for addressing IT security gaps relating to compliance and next-generation threat protection.

For more information about StarLink, please visit http://www.starlinkme.net.

Splunk

Splunk provides the leading software platform for real-time operational intelligence. Splunk software and cloud services enable organisations to search, monitor, analyse and visualise machine-generated big data coming from Web sites, applications, servers, networks, sensors and mobile devices. More than 8 400 enterprises, government agencies, universities and service providers in more than 100 countries use Splunk software to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cyber security risk, prevent fraud, improve service performance and reduce cost. Splunk products include Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud, Hunk, Splunk MINT Express and premium Splunk Apps. To learn more, please visit http://www.splunk.com/company.

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