Mimecast is a software as a service

Software as a Service

Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

 company specialising in unified email management, which includes e-mail archiving

E-mail archiving

Email archiving is a stand-alone IT application that integrates with an enterprise email server, such as Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Domino. In addition to simply accumulating email messages, these applications index and provide quick, searchable access to archived messages independent of the users...

, continuity, security, policy management, data leak prevention and marketing and attachment management. The company uses a massively-parallel grid infrastructure for email storage and processing.

History

Mimecast was founded in 2003 by Neil Murray. It is headquartered in London

London

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 and maintains offices in Cape Town

Cape Town

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, Boston

Boston

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, Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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, Stockholm

Stockholm

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 and Dubai

Dubai

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In 2009, the company was awarded "Online Product of the Year" by the Legal Technology Awards and named a ‘cool vendor’ in archiving by Gartner

Gartner

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In January, 2010, the company raised $21 million in Series B financing

Venture round

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 from Index Ventures

Index Ventures

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 and Dawn Capital.