Reflecting its growth in the African audio-video, broadcast, and gaming markets,
Sonnet Technologies has named Touchvision as its exclusive distributor in South
Africa, Botswana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Touchvision will
represent Sonnet’s complete family of Thunderbolt™ expansion and eGFX solutions,
pro media readers; docks and adapters; and network, storage, and other interface
cards to resellers and end-user customers in those countries.
“For more than 30 years, Touchvision has provided outstanding representation for
some of the media industry’s biggest names in hardware and software — including
brands like Autodesk, AJA Video Systems, Nvidia, and Adobe that are very
complementary to our products,’ said Greg LaPorte, vice president of sales and
marketing, Sonnet Technologies. “The Touchvision team’s expertise in the southern
Africa marketplace and their extensive on-the-ground relationships will be powerful
assets as we continue to expand our presence in that vital region.’
Touchvision will provide pre- and post-sales representation of Sonnet products to
media to media professionals working in production and postproduction, gaming,
animation, and visual effects. In addition, Touchvision will work to expand Sonnet’s
network of professional resellers in the six countries.
“The Sonnet product family is a valuable addition to our portfolio because Sonnet is
well-known for helping media organisations overcome big challenges in today’s high-
pressure, bandwidth-intensive production and postproduction environments,’ said
Leigh Pearson, managing director, Touchvision. “Ranging from Thunderbolt 3-
connected external GPUs to 10GbE network interfaces and ultra-fast professional
media card readers, Sonnet solutions leverage cutting-edge connectivity technologies
to help media professionals succeed.’