There is an overall recognition by organisations that substantial bottom line benefits can be gained by focusing on their core business and Co/Outsourcing non-core business processes.
Ascent Technology is carving a growing niche for itself by applying high-level skills and expertise on its clients’ behalf in the Enterprise Data Platform Management arena.
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Executive Team
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Careers at Ascent Technology
We seek motivated and experienced Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database Administrators and Consultants.
Consulting
Ascent Technology offers end-to-end, cost effective, Enterprise Data Platform and Azure, Consulting and Support Services.
These services are structured to allow clients the flexibility to choose the engagement model which suits their needs.
Data Platform Modernisation
Modernise your data platform to reduce cost, take advantage of latest features and technologies, and to meet growing demand.
Database Consulting Services
From performance tuning to Cloud migrations, ensure your databases are running efficiently, scale, are secure, and support your business goals.
BI Consulting Services
Empower your business with advanced analytics, reporting, and data visualisation, driving better decision-making and efficiency.
Azure Consulting Services
Leverage the full power of Azure, whether you’re migrating to the cloud, optimizing performance, or building data-driven applications.
Proposed as a fixed monthly cost, this 24/7 service is implemented on a remote basis, to ensure a reliable, robust, and optimally performing Database Environment.
Database System Health Check Service
A Database System Health Check assesses if your Database is running optimally, and can help diagnose challenges before performance issues, and/or down time affect your users.
Database Security and Compliance with DB Shield
Proposed as a fixed monthly cost, this 24/7 service protects Databases on your network with a set of preconfigured defences, and helps you build a custom security policy for your Database Environment.
Migrate your SQL Server(s) to Azure
Bring scalability, flexibility, security, and performance to your SQL Server Database workloads, while reducing the cost of infrastructure, maintenance and support when you deploy on Azure.
Run your MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL Database in Azure
Bring scalability, flexibility, security, and performance to your Open Source Database workloads, while reducing the cost of infrastructure, maintenance and support when you deploy on Azure.
Prepare for SQL Server 2012 End of Support
On July 12, 2022, support for SQL Server 2012 ended. That means the end of regular security updates. Don’t let your infrastructure and applications go unprotected.
Lift and Shift your Oracle Database to Azure
Bring scalability, flexibility, security, and performance to your Oracle workloads, while reducing the cost of infrastructure and Oracle licensing when you deploy on Azure.
Ascent Technology fosters a heterogeneous Database Technology and Services strategy. Our expertise covers a comprehensive range of Database Technologies.
Trellix Database Security
Trellix Database Security finds and protects sensitive information in databases from accidental leakage and intentional exposure while maintaining security, optimizing performance, and managing access.
SQL Server 2019 brings innovative security and compliance features, industry-leading performance, mission-critical availability, and advanced analytics to all your data workloads, now with support for big data built-in.
Join Ascent Technology and Microsoft at Emperors Palace on the 14th of February, as we demonstrate how our DB Shield Service and Microsoft Azure can be leveraged to create value, and be secure as you embark on your journey to digitally transforming your company.
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness.
Azure StorSimple addresses massive data growth, empowering you to take advantage of economical cloud storage for your inactive data, while keeping your mission-critical data on-premises for the highest levels of performance.
Welcome to the first Ascent newsletter for 2011. As we reach our financial year end, and close what has been a successful year for Ascent, we are never the less reminded of the many challenges both we and our customers face. Notable amongst these are the issues that can have a particular impact on an organisation’s financials, such as security and compliance
Ascent Technology is pleased to announce that leading South African technology enterprise, First Technology Group, has invested in the company by procuring a significant equity stake. The investment will create closer ties between the two entities and will mean that...
Ascent Technology’s strong pool of highly skilled Database Administrators and Consultants allows the company to engage in Expert Database Consulting while ensuring that its Database Co/Outsourcing clients have excellent service. The company is often brought in...
Ascent Technology receives the Microsoft Data Platform Partner of the Year Award Four Years Running! Ascent Technology continues its strong showing in the Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards, having won the 2014 Data Platform Partner of the Year Award. “We are...
Key Questions: Where is my crucial Data? What is happening to the Data? Who is accessing the Data? Is the Data private and secure? Can I report on this? Every year at audit time, CIOs and IT managers are faced with the headaches created by the need to report...
SQL Server 2014 enables customers to build mission-critical applications and Big Data solutions using high-performance, in-memory technology across OLTP, data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics workloads without having to buy expensive add-ons or...