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2020COVID-19 and Business Continuity
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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2020Making data management do the ‘heavy lifting’ for the construction industry
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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20202020 and beyond
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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2019Data recovery times versus Business Continuity
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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2019Data Management and Black Friday e-commerce sales surge
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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2019Data Analytics is essential for the future of Petrochemicals and therefore data management is as well
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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2019Healthcare facilities at mines have vulnerable data – is it being adequately protected?
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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2019Case Study: Gabsten Technologies ensures Sasria’s data is always on and always available with managed services offering
Access to data is critical for any business, but if you are South Africa’s (SA) only short-term insurance provider of special risk cover, a data loss event could prove catastrophic. Sasria SOC Ltd provides unique cover against risks such as civil commotion, public disorder, strikes, riots and terrorism to all individuals and businesses that own assets in SA, as well as government entities. A lack...
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2019Commvault Recognized as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions for 8th Straight Time
–Commvault positioned furthest for completeness of vision in the Leaders quadrant, highest for ability to execute in the entire Magic Quadrant– Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a recognized global enterprise software leader in the management of data for cloud and on-premises environments, today announced it was positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the recently released Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions....
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2019Gabsten Technologies – A decade of world-class data management experience
A recent survey conducted by Gabsten Technologies highlights how important data is to South African businesses. 63% of respondents said their business could not function without data, while a further 14% stated that they could only survive one day without their data. “In a digital age, it is almost impossible to conduct business as usual without access to data. For the respondents that believe they...
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