Head of Technical Operations Middle East & Africa at Ascent Technology (Pty) Ltd - Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
Ascent Technology is carving a growing niche for itself by applying high-level skills and expertise on its clients' behalf in the Enterprise Database Management arena.The company has been around since 2003 and has built an outstanding reputation for it's expert knowledge and delivery. Both Microsoft and Oracle rate Ascent Technology in the top select handful of organisations in the country in the Enterprise Database Management area of specialisation.Our team of 40+ permanent, highly skilled Database Administrators and Consultants bring many years of experience to the table. In addition, as they interact across a range of different sites, their level of experience continues to rise, adding further value to clients.We foster a heterogeneous Database Technology and Services strategy. Our expertise covers a comprehensive range of Database Technologies – including Microsoft Azure SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, EnterpriseDB and Amazon RDS. This means that focus is always on service and suitability rather than on product.The Ascent Technology services are structured to allow clients the flexibility to choose the engagement model, which suits their needs.It is this flexibility and adaptability, which enables us to pay attention to clients' requirements to an extraordinary degree, while our specialised expertise enables us to service and support complex mixed Database Technology and VLDB environments if so required.This Flexibility and our simple mantra of Cheaper and Better has led to the adoption of Ascent Technology as the preferred Enterprise Database Management Services partner and trusted advisor by an impressive number of small, medium and large enterprises. These enterprises are cross sector and have environments ranging from single to 700+ Database Servers across the Middle East and Africa.