Kaseya, a global provider of AI-powered cybersecurity and IT management software, announced new data centre regional support in South Africa for Microsoft 365. Through this data centre, Kaseya also supports endpoint backup, with business continuity and disaster recovery to soon be offered. The move comes amidst increasing demand from South African customers and partners in the region.
South African businesses must adhere to the Protection of Personal Information Act, POPIA. Further regulation introduced in 2024 – the National Policy on Data and Cloud – also enforces stricter data security and data sovereignty controls.
With data centres in-region, customers can rely on faster backups, which improves their recovery time objective, RTO. It also makes it easier to ship hard drives in and out of the data centre in cases where large amounts of data need to be transported.
“Our partners asked for this, and we responded,” said Dermot McCann, Executive Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at Kaseya. “An in-region data centre enables us to better serve our customers, especially with growing compliance demands.”
“With the rapid digital transformation in Africa, businesses face rising concerns regarding data security, latency, and regulatory compliance,” said Regardt Joubert, Group Chief Executive Officer at Burika Group, an MSP out of Polokwane. “Kaseya’s investment in a South African data centre provides local businesses with enhanced data sovereignty, ensuring compliance with Protection of Personal Information Act, POPIA and other global data regulations. The centre also reduces dependence on international infrastructure, improving uptime, performance and reliability for enterprises across industries.”
Kaseya plans to further invest in its data centre capabilities globally with the projected addition of 15 new data centres in 2025.
