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GAB moves into the Cloud

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:04:00 +0200

Microsoft recently launched its newest cloud service, Office 365, delivering Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft Lync Online in a package on a monthly subscription base. This latest offering is a very attractive proposition for midsize companies and enterprises. For most companies the move into the cloud will proceed incrementally, requiring a hybrid environment in which certain services remain on-premise while others are in the cloud. The transition holds numerous challenges for the IT professionals involved. As experts for enterprise IT infrastructure migration projects and certified Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner, GAB is ideally qualified and experienced to assist companies and corporations in moving to the cloud.

inTechnology and GAB sign exclusive global distribution agreement

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:13:00 +0200

The Ekahau RTLS agent developed by GAB, works as a client for Ekahau’s Real-Time Location System (RTLS) and implements the primary functionality as well as the duress alarm features of the Ekahau T301-BD Wi-Fi tag. The GAB developed agent also supports RTLS messaging and instant notifications to and from iPhone, Android and Windows CE devices. The software installs onto the mobile device and sends signal strength measurements in the background to the Ekahau RTLS Controller (ERC) for real time personnel and asset tracking.

“The requirement for Real Time Location Tracking (RTLS) is starting to explode across all industry segments and this development and distribution agreement creates significant opportunities for inTechnology and Ekahau partners across the globe, said Mark Winter, Managing Director at inTechnology Distribution.

“We have seen a increase in the type of user deploying Ekahau’s Wi-Fi based RTLS over the last 12 months, including schools deploying RTLS for personal duress alarms for their teachers and asset tracking; Retail to track their staff and mobile barcode scanners; Hotels to track their housekeepers and porters; through to hospitals and age care facilities tracking medical equipment, patients and for personal duress alarms for their staff,” Mark said.

“We’re very pleased to be partnering with inTechnology to delivery our technology to the global marketplace. inTechnology has convinced us of their customer focus and their ability to execute what we were looking for in delivering our solution to the international stage,” said Harald Ehrl Managing Director – GAB Enterprise IT Solutions..” “inTechnology Distribution’s expertise with security solutions and reputation for strong support services make them an ideal distribution partner for GAB.”

“Apple’s iPad and iPhone platforms have triggered an incredible growth in the adoption of mobile device technology by customers around the world and across multiple industry segments”, said Mika Kouhia, Regional Director at Ekahau. “The release of Ekahau Client for Apple iOS – alongside our strong support for the Android and Windows CE platforms, opens up a whole new market for Ekahau and partners offering solutions built around the Apple, Windows and Android ecosystems,” Mika concluded.

About inTechnology
inTechnology Distribution is a specialist value-add distributor that brings "best of breed', quality technology products, both hardware and software to the Australian and New Zealand markets through its extensive reseller and channel partners.
inTechnology Distribution, a private company, has been in operation since June 1999. Its value-add distributor channel model targets those areas within IT that impact on business and show a justifiable return on investment. The company is effective in building market awareness to introduce products and supports this with specialist technology teams.
inTechnology Distribution’s reputation is based on its customer service, ethical practice and honoring commitments. It is headquartered in Currumbin Waters Queensland with sales offices in Melbourne and Auckland, New Zealand.
In particular, inTechnology Distribution has the technical and strong awareness of technologies of today and future challenges faced by many organisations, both large and small. inTechnology Distribution has a young and highly focused team of Pre/Post sales engineers that have the knowledge and expertise

GAB becomes Bronze Partner of GFI Software

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:25:00 +0200

GAB is an acknowledged expert on email environments based on Microsoft Exchange Server technology. Having migrated several hundred thousand Exchange based mail accounts in last five years, we have an intimate knowledge of the needs of our customers relating to corporate emailing. Harald Ehrl, CEO comments: "GFI suite of products, particularly products like GFI MailArchiver are ideally suited in providing complementary features not covered by Microsoft`s email solutions. For this reason we have sought a partnership with GFI." About GFI

GFI Software pioneers powerful, award-winning IT solutions for small and medium-sized businesses – making them affordable and easy to use.

GFI´s aim is for customers to access all the IT solutions they need from a single source, providing web and mail security, archiving, backup and fax, networking and security software, and hosted IT solutions

GFI Software has a strategic partnership with Microsoft. It is a Gold Certified Partner and a member of various limited access Microsoft groups such as the Exchange Server JDP program. Microsoft has presented GFI with the Winning on Windows Award as well as the Microsoft Fusion award.

www.gfi.com

GAB becomes FrontRange Certified Premier Elite Partner

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:04:00 +0200

Managing several thousand users and hundreds of servers for customers around the globe, requires a high level of skills and a good set of tools. The FrontRange Desktop Management Software is an indispensable tool for the Core Infrastructure Support team at GAB, making Frontrange a valuable and trusted partner for GAB.

New ESA Release available

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:52:00 +0100

The expert for enterprise IT solutions has enabled his innovative email signature management tool ESA to be used with the 64bit versions of Microsoft Office 2010. Furthermore the new release of ESA is now implemented as a tray icon application an no longer as an Outlook Plugin, which has improved the stability of the programme significantly. Formatting telephone numbers in different country specific formats has als been improved. ESA enables companies to comply easily to the legal requirements of corporate electronic correspondence within different countries, since the signatures of the employees are managed centrally. ESA also enables companies to utilize email signatures for different marketing purposes by adding time- or event based messages to the corporate emails. Customers can download the new release from www.gab-net.com/esa free of charge.

GAB changes it´s name

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:44:00 +0100

Together with the change in name, GAB has restructured its activities into two business divisions: Enterprise Core Infrastructure and Enterprise Business Applications.

The Enterprise Core Infrastructure division is headed by Mr. Andreas Hötzinger, a long standing member of the management team of GAB. ECI offers expert services and solutions surrounding Microsoft Core Infrastructure technology. As one of Microsoft´s most encompassingly certified Gold Partners in Europe, GAB has acquired an exceptional level of expertise with technologies such as Active Directory services, Exchange Server, server virtualization and unified communications.

ECI´s services include core infrastructure optimizations and migrations, as well as multi-level support and data center management for corporate It environments.

The Enterprise Business Applications division, which is headed by Mr. Jürgen Hoffmann, who joined the company a year ago. EBA offers a range of innovative enterprise solutions for corporations. It´s current portfolio includes:
MMM 2010 - maintenance management solution, allowing maintenance divisions of corporations to distribute their maintenance tasks to their maintenance staff electronically via handheld mobile devices. The maintenance staff in return is enabled to report back completed task directly from the point of work via the mobile device.

MAT 2011 – mobile assets tracking solutions, enabling companies to locate and track their mobile assets and monitor the operating status and condition of their assets at any given time. MAT 2011 is also available as an indoor tracking solution for use in hospitals, shopping malls and other large buildings.

Ekahau RTLS Client now available for Android Smartphones

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:31:00 +0100

The RTLS client app, developed by GAB, provides the primary functions of the Ekahau Wi-Fi Badge T301-B on an android based smartphone. Apart from reporting its exact position within the building, the app offers 2-way messaging and alert functions. Ekahau real time location system (RTLS) is the only Wi-Fi-based location tracking solution that can operate over any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network while offering sub room-, room-, floor- and building-level accuracy.
As a Wi-Fi standards-based software solution, Ekahau RTLS requires no readers, new cabling, choke-points or exciters. The system uses patented software-based algorithms to compute the location of tracked objects and can easily scale to support tens of thousands of tags on a single server. About Ekahau Inc. Ekahau Inc. is the industry leader in providing Wi-Fi-based RTLS solutions. Ekahau’s RTLS technology is routinely recognized for its superior performance in customer benchmarking and competitive evaluations of Wi-Fi-based location tracking solutions. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators and international OEM partnersdevelop and market wireless enterprise applications. www.ekahau.com