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2018Top 5 tips to choosing a data management partner for your business
By Hemant Harie, Operations Manager at Gabsten Technologies Data management is a critical aspect for businesses today, given data’s status as being an organisation’s most valuable asset. As such, choosing the right data management provider is so much more than price or package – you need a partner that can be trusted to effectively manage your organisation’s data, freeing you up to focus on...
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2018What are the best practices to ensure an effective data backup strategy?
By Chris de Bruyn, Department Manager at Gabsten Technologies Insights gathered from data have the power to completely transform the way businesses operate and reach their target markets. The value of this data, coupled with the regulatory requirements imposed on business to protect personal and financial information, are compelling businesses to comprehend the importance of correctly backing up and storing their data. There are many...
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2018SMME business back-ups – a critical task made easy thanks to the cloud
Data has become a crucial asset for all types of businesses, ranging from home offices to large enterprises that have multiple locations. Losing this data can be catastrophic to any business. The good news is that effective data protection is something that can be simplified thanks to cloud-based solutions. A cloud backup solution enables a business or individual to store their electronic data in a...
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04
2018Gabsten Technologies showcases their data management solutions at MyBroadband Conference 2018
Gabsten Technologies, a data management specialist organisation, will be showcasing their services at the MyBroadband Conference on the 18th of October 2018 at the Gallagher Convention Centre. As a Commvault services, training and support partner, Gabsten Technologies handles after sales support including implementation, training and maintenance for customers and resellers in South Africa. The MyBroadband conference is the perfect platform to demonstrate how Gabsten Technologies’...
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2018Will your business survive equipment theft? The cloud could save you!
Today, data is the lifeblood of businesses, yet many individuals and businesses are clinging to outdated data security practices. Business owners therefore need to ask themselves the question ‘Will my business survive equipment theft?’ If the answer to this question is ‘no’, these businesses then need to look at other options like the cloud. It’s an easy, inexpensive and infinitely more secure option for storing...
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2018Gabsten receives Commvault Services Partner Award
Gabsten Technologies announced Service Partner of the Year at Commvault Connections Live event Data Management Solution specialist, Gabsten Technologies, won the prestigious Commvault Services Partner of the Year 2018 award at the Commvault Connections Live event held at the Hyatt Regency in Rosebank on Thursday 30th August 2018. The award pays homage to Gabsten Technologies’ longstanding partnership with Commvault, and its excellence in implementing,...
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2018PoPI compliance means more than data management and backup solutions
PoPI compliance means more than data management and backup solutions By Iniel Dreyer, Managing Director at Gabsten Technologies The legislative need to safeguard personal client information has had the effect of making businesses aware of their data. When faced with the choice of hefty punitive fines or implementing backup and recovery solutions to protect data, the only logical thing for businesses to do is take...
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2018Five SME’s that benefit most from the cloud
Globally, cloud services are on the rise and organisations large and small are either using the cloud or are planning to, according to Rightscale’s 2018 State of the Cloud Report. Closer to home, the Cloud Africa 2018 Report had similar findings, with ninety percent of South African companies saying that they had increased spending on cloud computing last year, and over eighty percent committing to...
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2018Cloud data storage as a value-added service for small accounting firms
Data management and backup is one of the biggest IT challenges facing small accounting and bookkeeping firms today. Lacking the big budgets of larger companies, these businesses have less to spend on data storage, backup and protection and often resort to storing files on their laptops or, at best, an external hard drive or two. However, accounting and bookkeeping firms – no matter how...
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12
2018Data sovereignty and security should no longer make companies hesitant about backing up data to the cloud
South African businesses are still operating under a few misconceptions when it comes to the issues of data sovereignty and security in the cloud, making organisations hesitant about migrating their data. While these misconceptions are not entirely unjustified in that there have certainly been a number of public cloud providers that have been hacked, it must be pointed out that these providers have had...
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