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Redington Group

Redington Group is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Redington Group rather than just read about it. In short: Redington or Redington Group is an organization of companies offering services and products in the field of mobile handsets, mobile accessories, information technology services, artificial intelligence, big data analysis, 5G communications, Internet of Things and supply chain management. The group operates through its three subsidiary companies viz.

Key takeaways

Redington Group belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Redington Group to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Redington Group from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Redington or Redington Group is an organization of companies offering services and products in the field of mobile handsets, mobile accessories, information technology services, artificial intelligence, big data analysis, 5G communications, Internet of Things and supply chain management. The group operates through its three subsidiary companies viz. Redington India, Redington Gulf and Redington Singapore (Redington Distribution).

History

Redington India The organization officially started its operation in the year 1993 as R. Srinivasan co-founded Redington in the same year, whereas it was incorporated back in the year 1961 with its primary focus on functioning as the distributor of IT products. With the group's commencement of operation from 1993, the organization gradually started to operate in Middle East and Africa & other South Asian countries. The area of operation was expanded of logistic supply chain management system and broader IT and Telecom Products. Initially the company started to act as the distributor of IT products from Epson, Tripp Lite, Samsung etc. in India. In 1995, the company started to distribute Compaq and Philips products in India. Gradually in subsequent years Redington India started to distribute hardware and software products from Intel and Microsoft. It entered into a tie-up with IBM App Connect Enterprise and Canon in the year 1998. From 2002, the company started its operation in Call Centre segment. In 2007, Redington India started to distribute the Apple products. In 2008 Redington India became the distributor of Adobe products. In 2008, Investcorp bought 26% stake of Redington International which they later sold in 2012 Redington India via its Gulf Opportunity Fund. In 2019, Redington has acquired 90% stake in Auroma Logistics. In September 2021, Arena Bilgisayar, the Turkish arm and subsidiary of Redington India acquired Brightstar Telekomünikasyon at $35 million. In August 2023, Rajiv Srivastava resigned as the Managing Director of Redington citing personal reasons.

Redington Gulf Redington Gulf FZE started its operation in 1999 as a subsidiary of Redington Mauritius Limited. In April 2004, the Redington group acquired the Redington Gulf FZE from Redington Mauritius. During this time, the Redington group also invested significantly in Redington Distribution Pte Ltd and Cadensworth. In 2006, the Redington group acquired 100% stake in both Redington Distribution Pte Ltd and Cadensworth. Redington Gulf operates across Middle East, Africa, CIS region and, Turkey (via Arena Bilgisayar). Its core services remain around value and telecom distribution, distribution services, logistic services and support services. Redington Value is the "value-added distribution" division of Redington Gulf which is based in Dubai. In October 2015, Redington Value forged partnership with CyberArk through which Redington Value became enabled to distribute CyberArk's Privileged Account Security Platform throughout the middle east region. In November 2015, Redington group through Redington Gulf acquires 70% share of Linkplus. In September 2020, Redington Value signed partnership with CrowdStrike to distribute its falcon endpoint protection suite in the MENA region. In the same month Redington Value also entered into a tie-up with Gigamon.

Further reads Srinivasan. R., The New Indian Industry: Structure and Key Players. India, Macmillan India, 2005.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Redington Group

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Redington Group claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Redington Group before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Redington Group ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Redington Group

In research: Redington Group appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Redington Group in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Redington Group is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Distributors, Electronic component distributors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Redington Group outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Redington Group in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Redington Group means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Redington Group matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Redington Group?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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