Welcome to the digital edition of AV Integration Magazine.

The past few months have been a busy – if somewhat anxiety provoking – time for business in South Africa, with fluctuations in the rand, rising costs and depressed economic growth casting a further shadow over what has been a challenging year.  While it is tempting to feel disheartened during these tumultuous times, it is also a great opportunity to showcase what AV technology has to offer the business community in the country.

In this edition of AV Integration, we feature the award-winning installation achieved by Omega Digital for PwC, a system deployment that will span the continent on completion. We have also featured Barco’s ClickShare range and spoken to a number of end users across various verticals in South Africa about their experience with the product. In addition, we spoke with Electrosonic managing director, Bruce Genricks about the rapid expansion of the digital signage market in South Africa, and Chaz Nielsen, an AV technologist, throws some light on the factors that end users need to consider before deciding to invest in or upgrade their corporate AV systems. Finally, managing director of Peripheral Vision Wynand Langehoven recently granted us a unique opportunity to discuss some of his insights into the past, present and future of the professional AV integration industry in SA.

As always, we welcome any comments and feedback from you, and I hope that you enjoy the read.

Regards
David Cornwell and the AV Integration team