Mimecast

Mimecast
Type Private
Industry Information security
E-mail archiving
Headquarters London, England, UK
Key people Peter Bauer (CEO)
Neil Murray(CTO)
Peter Campbell(CFO)
Products Unified Email Management
Website www.mimecast.com

Mimecast is a software as a service[1] company specialising in unified email management, which includes e-mail archiving, 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.[2]

History

Mimecast was founded in 2003 by Neil Murray. It is headquartered in London and maintains offices in Cape Town, Boston, Johannesburg, Stockholm and Dubai[3].

In 2009, the company was awarded "Online Product of the Year" by the Legal Technology Awards[4] and named a ‘cool vendor’ in archiving by Gartner.[5]

In January, 2010, the company raised $21 million in Series B financing[6] from Index Ventures and Dawn Capital.

References

  1. ^ "Interview with Peter Bauer and Neil Murray". SC Magazine. http://www.scmagazineuk.com/interview-peter-bauer-and-neil-murray/article/123508/. Retrieved 2009-12-14. 
  2. ^ "Mimecast and file server destruction". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/25/mimecast_fileserver_destruction/. Retrieved 2009-12-14. 
  3. ^ "About Mimecast". Mimecast. http://www.mimecast.com/about-us/. Retrieved 2009-12-14. 
  4. ^ Mimecast Announced Winner in Legal Technology Awards 2009
  5. ^ "Cool vendors in archiving 2009". Gartner. http://www.mimecast.com/gartner-cool-email-archiving/. Retrieved 2009-12-14. 
  6. ^ Mimecast Raises $21M for Cloud-based Email Management System