Mimecast today announced that its German data centres are open for business.
Mimecast confirmed that the services are live and the first customers had begun their onboarding. Two new replicated data centres are in separate co-located facilities in Frankfurt am Main and operate on Mimecast’s own proprietary cloud infrastructure and MimeOS software architecture. Mimecast’s advanced security, business continuity and archiving services are designed to operate in accordance with GDPR (DSGVO) and German data protection laws.
“Germany’s cautious yet pragmatic approach to cloud is exactly why Mimecast is planning for rapid growth in the region,” said Mimecast CEO Peter Bauer. “ Concerns remain over where data is stored and what happens when critical services like email fail, creating security risks and disrupting workplace productivity. Our new German data centers will allow us to help organizations adopt a cyber resilience strategy to secure, preserve and continue the flow of information via email.”
Mimecast services are engineered to support Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Google and on-premise email environments.
New Mimecast research highlights only 13% of surveyed German organisations had so far adopted a complete cyber resilience strategy, while 88% felt this was ‘crucial’ or ‘very important.’
Most German organisations had also seen more email attacks over the last 12 months. The research revealed 48% had seen a rise in malware and ransomware through email attachments, while 35% had seen more impersonation fraud asking employees to make financial transactions. Moreover, 59% of German organisations were ‘concerned’ about the implications of not being GDPR-compliant.
