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SPACE SCIENCES

for high-level radiation performance, with space connectivity interfaces in a small footprint designed for high-level radiation
extreme temperatures and high reliability, performance, extreme temperatures and high reliability. The SAMRH707 enables a high
the SAMRH71’s Arm Cortex-M7 level of integration, embedding static random access memory (SRAM) and flash memory,
core is coupled with high-bandwidth high-bandwidth communication interfaces including SpaceWire, MIL-STD-1553 and CAN
communication interfaces such as FD, along with analog functions such as a 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and
SpaceWire, MIL-STD-1553, CAN FD and digital-to-analog converter (DAC).
Ethernet with IEEE 1588 generalised With space-designed MCUs, MPUs and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs),
precision time protocol (gPTP) Microchip provides critical elements for the development of new systems. Microchip’s total
capabilities. The device is fully ESCC system solutions span space-qualified, radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant power,
qualified with support from CNES and timing and clock devices, as well as connectivity and memory solutions.
compliant with MIL standard Class V and
Q high-reliability grades, allowing systems Development tools
to meet strict compliance requirements. To accelerate system design, developers can use the SAMRH71F20-EK and
Extending the portfolio of Microchip’s SAMRH707F18-EK evaluation boards. Microchip’s full ecosystem supports its SAMRH707
radiation-hardened Arm Cortex-M7-based and SAMRH71 space processors and includes MPLAB Harmony tools suite and third-party
MCUs, the SAMRH707 device provides software services for space applications.
analog functions on top of a >100 Both Microchip devices are supported by the company’s integrated development
DMIPS processor unit with digital signal environment (IDE) for developing, debugging and software libraries. The devices are
processing (DSP) capabilities, combined supported in MPLAB Harmony version 3.0. n
APPOINTMENTS
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Ukheshe appoints president of Strategic Partnerships
Ukheshe Technologies has appointed Anton Coertzen as president of Strategic Partnerships. Coertzen will be responsible for
growing the business through key partnerships which complement the company’s business development and product innovation
strategy. The appointment comes as Ukheshe continues to entrench its position as a formidable payment technology specialist
within the B2B sector.
Coertzen brings with him over a decade of in-depth experience in the financial services sector, having held positions in Deloitte
Consulting as part of its government integrated solutions team. He also held several key roles within Mastercard as a legal entity
controller and in digital sales where he was responsible for furthering Mastercard’s commercial relationships with fintechs, payment
service providers (PSPs) and government.

SoftwareONE South Africa appoints new leader
Marilyn Moodley has been appointed as South African country leader for SoftwareONE, an end-to-end cloud technology and
software solutions company operating in over 90 countries. An eight-year veteran with the company, Moodley takes over the reins
from Grant Bryce, who is now leading SoftwareONE Ireland.
“In the eight years that I’ve been at SoftwareONE, the company has grown massively both geographically and in our breadth of
services and solutions. It’s an incredibly exciting time to be taking control as we are genuinely able to act as a trusted partner to our
customers, ensuring they get the most value out of their IT spend while helping them transform in the process. The opportunity in
South Africa and Africa to use technology to grow is phenomenal and I personally look forward to being part of this success story,”
says Moodley.

Citrix appoints EMEA emerging markets channel director
Citrix has appointed Wojtek Zyczynski to the position of EMEA emerging markets channel director. He will report to Pilkku Aasma,
vice president, partner sales EMEA at Citrix. Wojtek will be part of the EMEA channel sales and ecosystems leadership team,
working closely with the team of Amir Sohrabi – area vice president and head of digital transformation, Russia, Eastern Europe,
Middle East and Africa – to further accelerate channel sales, cloud adoption and overall channel transformation.
Wojtek has worked in the IT industry for two decades. During his 13-year tenure in Microsoft he was involved in the
transformation of the distribution and partner channel in Poland, sales to small and medium business/corporate, public sector and
managing the marketing and operations of Microsoft Poland. For the last four years, Wojtek was part of the subsidiary leadership
team, leading partner organisation.
J2 appoints new national sales manager
As part of its global expansion strategy, Cybersecurity firm J2 has appointed Roy Alves as its national sales manager. He will
be instrumental in building a cybersecurity skill set that will enable African businesses to identify and address their cyber
capacity needs.
Having recently worked for Mimecast, Alves has a wealth of experience in the IT security space. He spent more than 12 years
educating and building a channel in South Africa and the rest of Africa to support the shift of moving from an analogue CCTV to a
digital IP surveillance world.
Alves aims to build a sophisticated cybersecurity skill set throughout Africa. “My vision is to further establish J2 as the partner
of choice in the cybersecurity space in Africa. I believe there is a huge opportunity in the African market to build these skills locally.”

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