Hambisana recently started a new relationship with NestLife (a 100% black-owned and managed life assurance company).
 
Hambisana will be offering Solution Architecture, Project Management, Software Development and IT Support Services. The project will focus on complying with the Financial Services Board (FSB) regulations while expanding the current infrastructure and in-house software product. Development will be done to enhance the interaction between NestLife and the brokers. Focus will also be placed on reducing the paper consumption and automating the claims process as far as possible.
    

A roadshow was held at the end of 2011 in Kenya to offer the local fibre Telco's the opportunity to look at the Hambisana product suite. One of the potential customers Frontier - Optical Networks Limited was visited to show the full capability in the IPTV area.
The presentation covered head-end hardware and the configuration software, Video on demand (VOD) hardware, VOD encryption, content injection, gaming, Set-top Box hardware and full end to end monitoring of the solution. The Altech group will set up an agency in Kenya for local representation purposes. This enables the group of companies to offer a turn key solution for the customers.  

Hambisana in partnership with Altech MultiMedia is currently implementing the DVB Monitoring Wall Software for DigiTurk in Turkey. Digiturk is a Turkish Satellite television provider, founded in 1999, with services starting in mid-2000. They offer, both national cable TV channels and their own channels, national radio, and music streams of different genres. The software will be deployed to monitor for DVB stream quality and video wall monitoring purposes. 

Hambisana is from time to time contracted by Leapfrog Investments to do a technical due diligence on companies in South Africa and Africa, focusing on short term loans and insurance products.

LeapFrog invests in businesses that extend and enhance security to the poor and financially excluded, partnering with local and international players to support down-market growth and expansion of insurance products and inclusive financial services. 

Hambisana's product range and solutions are gaining traction on the international market. With market knowledge, a more maturing technology and reduced costs, Hambisana is taking full benefit of the conditions by offering superior products for the industry. Our DVB Monitoring Software and DVB-IP/IPTV Portals are being sold across the world with projects currently running in:

• Sub Sahara Africa
• Kenya
• Mauritius
• Turkey
• UK
• Middle East
• Sri-Lanka 
• Australia 

 

The biggest problem facing the DVB-IP Market in Africa is the cost of the head-end equipment. Hambisana and International Datacasting is busy on a project to reduce the complete end-to-end equipment cost and thereby making the technology affordable and accessible to a larger market. For more information please contact us. 

Hambisana in Partnership with Altech Multimedia attended the yearly IBC Exhibition in Amsterdam. This year more than 50 000 visitors attended from around the world. Hambisana showcased the DVB Monitoring and IPTV / DVB-IP Solutions with great success. Opportunities arose from Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Kenya and many more.
A great thank you to the whole team that made this such a great success. 

Hambisana in partnership with UEC will take part in a road show in Australia this July where all of Hambisana's products will be on display to the key role players of Australia’s Telco and broadcasting industries. 

Hambisana has recently signed a value added reseller’s agreement with Altech Media Verge. This promising partnership will allow Hambisana to expand significantly on their product range.

The two companies possess a wide range of skills which can now be combined to provide a larger variety of products in less time and with greater efficiency.

Their market scope expands internationally with a global sales force and a global support team.

 

Hambisana is working closely with Samsung on a project that aims to provide technology which will manipulate and deliver smart IP content to the new Samsung LH46BVTMBC/XY series. The technology will allow users to manipulate screens from a centralized location and monitoring in real time. This technology could be used in stadiums, airports and on highways.

 

Since inception of Hambisana, the main focus was to build the company on Microsoft’s strong foundation and market experience. The Microsoft Gold Partnership has enabled us to support our client’s needs by having access to the Microsoft knowledge base and software suite.

With the development tools provided Hambisana has grown from strength to strength and now have a host of products build on Microsoft’s platforms. Please contact us for any licensing, infrastructure support or development needs.

 

One of the requirements of any media content provider is that all content must be protected to eliminate the possibility of piracy.
To meet this requirement, MultiChoice configured equipment to do mass encryption of video on demand (VOD) content. Hambisana was contracted to create a software solution to automate the encryption process.

This is done by allowing system integrators (Si’s) to upload clear unencrypted content to a service. The application then takes over performing standards testing, file encryption and notifying the SI that the file(s) are encrypted and available for download. The IS will then distribute the asset to hospitality customers.

Only a MultiChoice hospitality set top box will then be able to play out the encrypted VOD file. 

ABSA Energy Baseline Calculation 2010 - Thursday, February 17, 2011 Hambisana has been involved for many years in the energy optimization industry and has been doing work for Telkom (through TFMC) since 2004.

Because of the great successes achieved, Hambisana was contracted by ABSA to create a full energy consumption baseline for 2008, 2009 and 2010. The contract started September 2010 and after obtaining all information: technical, financial and metered data, Hambisana created a baseline out of all the different dataset. 

Hambisana in partnership with MultiChoice started developing a new product to do provide full viewing, monitoring and alarming solution for the IS7 and W7 Satellite platforms. Across the DSTV platforms more than 300 channels are simultaneously monitored, analysed and displayed in the fully revamped new command centre. In the MultiChoice quest of "Enriching Lives" they replaced old equipment with 28 state of the art rear projection screens. Hambisana's new DVB Monitoring software is the driver behind this great hardware and gives this world class broadcaster full flexibility with regards to their monitoring needs. The system works by firstly converting the standard DVB stream into IP and then multiple agents (up to 49 per screen) individually analyses every single packet and alarms if any anomalies are detected.

With the flexibility of IP, monitoring is not restricted and different technologies can also be added to the process. This give the system the ability to monitor DVB-S, DVB-H, DVB-C, DVB-T and even decoded VGA, SVGA and composite streams. Another great benefit of IP is that the solution becomes mobile and remote monitoring and alarming can now also be achieved.

With the partnership, Hambisana was able to provide a DVB Monitoring Solution that is a fully flexible and efficient system that can compete on an international level. 

Smart Village a MultiChoice Accredited System Integrator was awarded the contract in 2010 to implement a new IPTV solution. Wild Coast Sun refitted all their rooms with state of the art technologies, ranging from energy optimization censors, lighting, air conditioners, more eco-friendly bathroom accessories, VOIP and a new IP enabled TV system.

Combining the MultiChoice IP enabled decoder or set top box (STB) with new full HD screens, Sun International can now provide the same experience for the guest as what they can experience at home. Hambisana managed to further enhance this feature by developing an application that is integrated with the STB. The application is a known as a portal that enhances the TV with interactivity between the screen and operator, being IP enabled, the portals provide a platform that can be utilized for any application or process directly on the biggest screen in the room. Guests are now able to view block buster video on demand (VOD) content, retrieve internet content such as currencies and weather and view their bill on the TV. This is all made possible by our IPTV backend server that acts as a gateway between different sources. The most important component for Wild Coast Sun was the integration with the hotel billing system, Micros Fidellio. With the integration, a personalized welcome message can be displayed and all the Micros features can now be exposed to the guest.

Future features might include marketing and advertisement opportunities, games, room service, reminders, messages, booking of golf and spa’s, access to a camera overlooking the ocean and much, much more. 

The contract is the first that Oghma Services has secured with Hambisana as part of its Digital Broadcast and IPTV global solutions service portfolio. read more ...