In-region data center storage now offered to support Microsoft 365 backups
Miami, FL – March 31, 2025 – Kaseya, the leading global provider of AI-powered cybersecurity and IT management software, announced today new data center regional support in South Africa for Microsoft 365. Through this data center, 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 centers 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 center 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 center 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 center provides local businesses with enhanced data sovereignty, ensuring compliance with Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and other global data regulations. The center also reduces dependence on international infrastructure, improving uptime, performance and reliability for enterprises across industries.”
Kaseya plans to further invest in its data center capabilities globally with the projected addition of 15 new data centers in 2025.
About Kaseya
Kaseya is the leading global provider of AI-powered cybersecurity and IT management software. Through its customer-centric approach and renowned support, Kaseya delivers best-in-breed technologies that empower organizations to seamlessly manage IT infrastructure, secure networks, backup critical data, manage service operations and grow their businesses. Kaseya offers a broad array of IT management solutions from industry-leading providers: audIT, ConnectBooster, Datto, Graphus, ID Agent, IT Glue, Kaseya, RapidFire Tools, RocketCyber, SaaS Alerts, Secure Payments, Spanning Cloud Apps, TruMethods, Unitrends and Vonahi. These innovative solutions fuel Kaseya’s IT Complete platform, which addresses the challenges of multifunctional IT professionals. IT Complete empowers them to centrally command hardware, software, security, data, compliance, operations and more from within a comprehensive, integrated, intelligent (AI utilization-optimized), and affordable platform. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Kaseya is privately held with a global presence in more than a dozen countries. To learn more, visit https://www.kaseya.com/.