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South Africa based Headset Solutions has taken distributorship rights for Radvision and Knoftel to expand its product portfolio from Plantronics and Aastra to audio and videoconferencing with cutting-edge technology. Radvision has been an innovator and leading provider of products for videoconferencing and telepresence technologies over IP and wireless networks, since 1992. Radvision propels the unified communications evolution forward with unique technologies that harness the power of video, voice and data over any network.Read More…

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Leading South African distributor Esquire Technologies bagged the distribution rights for leading PC and Personal Audio brand SonicGear for the Southern Africa market. SonicGear provides a range of innovative audio products that consistently stay ahead of consumer trends and demands. In the process quality and superb styling remain top of mind while ensuring that the products are targeted to mass markets and remain affordable.Read More…

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NETCB, has recently been appointed as the authorised distributor for Telos Identity Management Solutions (Telos ID) to distribute Telos ID’s identity-related event management and personnel deployment solutions in southern and Eastern Africa. The Telos ID Mobile Authentication and Authorization Control (MAAC) system co-ordinates the efforts of multiple organisations and verifies credentials and identities of employees, contractors, suppliers and vendors during any type of event.Read More…

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South African IT distributor, Esquire Technologies recently announced that it has signed up a distribution agreement for Southern African region with a leading gaming brand Antec. The agreement will allow Esquire to entire range of Antec accessories for the gaming enthusiast, and high-performance computer components, it also targets PC upgrades and those who ‘do it yourself.’ Asgar Mahomed, Managing Director at Esquire, said, “Antec is recognised in the industry as a pioneer provider of quality and award-winning products, which has maintained a position for its continual development of cutting-edge innovations that clients have welcomed over the last 25 years.”Read More…

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Epson recently announced the expansion of its team in South Africa to grow the highly potential Southern Africa market. Epson appointed a new channel sales manager, Hennie Crous, and he will be responsible for Epson’s Tier 1 distributors, and will be working hard with them at developing expansive business development strategies that reflect Epson’s growth aspirations in both South and southern Africa. Crous joins Epson from Fujitsu Technology Systems, where he brings with him a wealth of channel management experience. He has held senior positions within both vendors and distributors and was with HP for many years.Read More…

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Avnet Technology Solutions, a global distributor leader and part of Avnet, Inc has extended its focus on the fast growing African market by investing heavily in the resources with a dedicated team of highly skilled sales, technical, financial and marketing professionals to expand its footprint across the continent. Avnet is also expanding its portfolio of products, solutions and services for solution providers on the African continent. A recent IDC forecast states that IT spending on the African continent will grow by 10% to touch US$ 25 Billion in 2011. South Africa is expected to grow by 7.5% in 2011, while Egypt will continue to grow rapidly at over 15% and the spending in the rest of Africa will grow at 12% to go past US$ 10 Billion in 2011.Read More…

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Network Platforms, the distributors for the advanced DrayTek product range in Southern Africa, announced the release of the DrayTek Vigor 2830 Series ADSL Router Firewall. The series provides users with secure uptime and greater bandwidth capacity through triple connections, as well as tough security features. Bradley Love, MD, Network Platforms, said, “One of the main functions of this series is its ability to handle three WAN connections to enhance your Internet connectivity.
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ProScan Media Products (PMP), a provider of labelling, coding and marking solutions to the southern African market, has introduced the latest Matthews I-Mark C84e continuous inkjet printer with touchscreen control, which is designed for fast and effortless operation in a multitude of applications. The new I-Mark C84e codes and marks intricate bar codes, expiration dates, logos and a wide range of other products, regardless of shape or texture. It allows for easy set-up and has a single control automatic shutdown.Read More…

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Comztek expanded its relationship with HP by bagging the rights to distribute HP Networking beyond South Africa to across the Southern Africa region. This new move has come after few months when Comztek was first awarded the distribution rights only for South Africa, now with the extension of the distribution rights Comztek will now be able to serve its resellers as well as its customer base in all the countries of the South African region like Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Blue Turtle Technologies recently signed up an sole distribution agreement with Nolio to distribute its products and services across southern Africa. Apart from sales, Blue Turtle will also offer sales support, training and implementation of Nolio Application Service Automation Platform (Nolio ASAP) in Southern Africa region. Nolio ASAP automates release deployment processes of multi tier, distributed applications and their configuration settings across the application life cycle in different environments.
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