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Gett is a ridesharing app boasting drivers in over 120 cities. It is the largest on-demand car service company by revenue in Europe and is being used by more than 17,500 companies worldwide. It’s safe to say Gett is up to something big. When the company began storing data in the cloud, they chose to protect their critical data with Backupify to ensure they were safe from unexpected data loss. We’re happy to tell their story.

Grove, a cybersecurity reseller and distributor, today announced that IBL Group, a leading international conglomerate in Mauritius, has signed a deal to adopt Mimecast’s cyber resilience solutions. IBL has identified cybersecurity threats as a top business risk for the next years. “African businesses must strengthen their cyber defences in a world that is becoming more and more connected”, said IBL’s Group Information and Technology Executive Laurent Fayolle. “Future proof organisations need to secure their technology ecosystem to protect their finances and data and keep their reputations intact.”

ER24 teamed up with Grove in 2017 to run a Schedule Optimisation pilot in three of their branches in the Western Cape region. Using Grove’s advanced predictive analytics solution the objective of this project was to ensure that ER24 deploy their ambulances at the best time and at the best place to ultimately provide help faster and smarter—a first for EMS internationally! Although the project introduced a new and improved way of working, the overall ER24 business operations did not change. The results clearly showed an increase in branch performance, while maintaining the same amount of staff and shifts. This year, after a successful pilot project, ER24 decided to roll out the new roster nationally over two years. The first version of the revised rosters was implemented in Gauteng and the Western Cape and is now being tested in KwaZulu-Natal as well.

Founders Charlie Trietline and Richard Phillips, teamed up with Grove to develop their latest pioneering equestrian social media app with GPS ride tracking. The brief was to build a social media network for the equestrian community to give them riding freedom with safety in their pocket. ​ In Forge and Farrier Richard Phillips explained that this is an app for the equestrian community. “We’ve added what riders want—the aim was to give the riding community the app they deserve.” ​ Having reached out to the equestrian community for direction on what features to add, Huufe has repeatedly been described as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘the app that we’ve been waiting for’, by top equestrian publications like Horse & Hound and Horse Nation.