The retail industry faces the challenge of delivering a consistent experience across all channels, including online and physical storefronts. It is also becoming increasingly critical to delivering tailored offerings that meet the needs and interests of individuals – a blanket approach to marketing is simply no longer sufficient. The key to both of these elements is analytics, which in turn relies on ‘always on, always...
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No business today, irrespective of size, can survive for long without access to their data. In the event of a disaster, a malware attack or even accidental loss of data, it is of the utmost importance to be able to recover quickly and get back to business as usual. For small businesses, data management consists of backup and archiving – two practices that are often...
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Gabsten’s entrenched adaptive work style and infrastructure means the 21-day lockdown will have zero impact on our support delivery. Our professional services team will continue to work remotely to ensure that projects are not adversely impacted. Our support desk is available on 087 654 1615 or log a ticket via support@gabsten.co.za If you have any concerns, reach out to us via contact@gabsten.co.za During this...
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As per the Announcement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15th, regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that we each do our best to prevent the spread of this Virus. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gabsten Technologies will refrain from onsite meetings or on-site service provision engagements to ensure the well-being of our employees, our partners and customers. We are closely monitoring developments...
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Despite hopes of a turnaround, the construction sector remains in the doldrums. Its contribution to GDP contracted slightly in 2019, continuing a slide that has been happening since 2017. The picture isn’t likely to change soon and as a result Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) companies are ‘building-in’ business optimisation to ensure continuation. Myopic mindsets have unfortunately led many to neglect managing their data. There...
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The traditional approach to data management has always been a scale up approach – when you run out of capacity you buy more. The trouble is that data is growing exponentially. In fact, according to Statista, data centre storage capacity worldwide will exceed 2000 exabytes in 2020. As the pace of data growth accelerates, the frequency with which organisations will run out of storage capacity...
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The ability to recover your entire IT environment following a disaster is absolutely imperative. Not only can it affect infrastructure and networks, but also often the most mission critical element, which is business data. The key to successful Disaster Recovery (DR) is to understand what constitutes a disaster, and how long a business can survive without their data, so that effective planning can be put...
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The general holiday season is around the corner, a time when customers flock to retail outlets and clock up a lot of sales. Such large crowds are good news for retailers, but they also create downsides and overcrowding of stores often dissuades other shoppers from going out at all. To fix this, retailers are relying on e-commerce as another channel for shoppers to reach them....
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McKinsey predicts that by 2030, global petrochemical demand may slow from 3.6% to between 2.0% and 3.0%. With this ominous outlook, the McKinsey report further explained that as different trends come to bear on the sector, the industry will be facing a new set of challenges – one of these being the impact of digital and advanced analytics on operating models and markets. However, in...
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Access to comprehensive medical records are crucial for the care of patients in the mining industry, as these documents provide a window on the clinical judgement being exercised at the time by medical professionals. As a result, the healthcare industry is heavily regulated, especially when it comes to data and records, as these need to be maintained for decades at a time in a secure,...
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