Johannesburg and New York –-June 14,2013 – Global Micro, a Johannesburg-based managed services firm and the country’s most experienced hosted infrastructure IT provider, has partnered with Vaultive, a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. This partnership will enable South African businesses, organisations and financial institutions to migrate with confidence their messaging infrastructure to the cloud – whether Hosted Exchange or Microsoft Office 365 – while addressing critical data security and governance requirements.

The service is aimed at addressing the needs of risk-conscious organisations within the enterprise market, where security is a mission-critical concern alongside service resilience and availability. By tackling cloud data residency, privacy and unauthorised disclosure requirements as well as supporting security best practices as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance, Vaultive complements the managed services and implementation expertise delivered by Global Micro.

With the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill expected to be signed into law later this year, South African businesses will for the first time be expected to comply with a set of data protection regulations.  The Bill also outlines a set of requirements for transborder information flows that mandate similar protections for offshore datacenters.

The Vaultive gateway encrypts data before it leaves the trusted network to the cloud, ensuring that were the data inadvertently exposed or hacked in the cloud, or even subpoenaed by a law enforcement agency, the data would appear as useless gibberish. Vaultive’s persistent encryption ensures that by retaining the encryption keys, data owners maintain direct control over private data even when stored and processed in the cloud.

“The introduction of POPI will amplify the privacy, security, legal and regulatory compliance challenges that companies have faced when they look to take advantage of the business benefits and operational efficiencies of Hosted Exchange and Office 365,” said JJ Milner, MD and Chief Cloud architect at Global Micro.  “Ultimately, our partnership with Vaultive will ensure customers successful cloud migration and implementation alongside complete ownership and control of their cloud data, removing all of the afore-mentioned concerns,” says Milner.

With Vaultive in place, businesses can maintain full control over their data regardless of where it is transmitted, stored and processed. This functionality set supports and addresses the responsibility related to the custody of personal information in two key ways:

• — Firstly, by encrypting all personal information before it traverses a trusted boundary
• — And, by retaining the encryption keys to data resident on a third-party service, organisations can point to system controls to demonstrate fulfillment of the protection and security safeguard requirements

“Our partnership with Global Micro is aimed at resolving the concerns that have seen businesses and other organisations maintain services in house due to stringent security requirements and that have limited them from taking advantage of the benefits of cloud-based services – Microsoft Office 365 and hosted Exchange in particular,” said Vaultive CEO Elad Yoran. “We look forward to working with the Global Micro team with our unique approach tailored specifically to these environments to deal with cloud privacy regulations,” he added.

About Global Micro

www.globalmicro.co.za
Global Micro is a Johannesburg-based managed services firm that specialises in providing cloud computing services to small and medium-sized enterprises. The company was formed in 1990 by JJ Milner and a group of highly-skilled, passionate, and tech-savvy entrepreneurs. Today, it is one of most experienced providers of cloud services to businesses in South Africa. Global Micro has proudly been awarded as Microsoft’s ‘Hosting Partner of the Year’ for the last three consecutive years – 2010, 2011 and 2012.

For additional information, contact:

Globalmicro@waggeneredstrom.com

+27 11 550 5400

About Vaultive

Vaultive is a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. Vaultive’s encryption secures data at rest, data in transit and data in use in a format that can be searched, sorted and indexed — while the organization’s IT department retains control of the encryption keys. This addresses the principal business challenges of migrating data to the cloud including data security, regulatory compliance, unauthorized data disclosure and access, and international privacy/ data residency regulations. Optimized for Microsoft® Office 365, the Vaultive platform supports best practices for the control and ownership of corporate data in the cloud as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance. Vaultive has raised more than $10 million from leading venture capital firms .406 Ventures, New Science Partners, Harmony Partners and Security Growth Partners. For more information, visit www.vaultive.com or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vaultive.

For additional information, contact:

Jordan Bouclin or Jill Colna
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
jordan.bouclin@svmpr.com
jill.colna@svmpr.com

Partnership is focused on cloud enablement for South Africa businesses contending with data security and residency concerns

Johannesburg and New York –-June 14,2013 – Global Micro, a Johannesburg-based managed services firm and the country’s most experienced hosted infrastructure IT provider, has partnered with Vaultive, a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. This partnership will enable South African businesses, organisations and financial institutions to migrate with confidence their messaging infrastructure to the cloud – whether Hosted Exchange or Microsoft Office 365 – while addressing critical data security and governance requirements.

The service is aimed at addressing the needs of risk-conscious organisations within the enterprise market, where security is a mission-critical concern alongside service resilience and availability. By tackling cloud data residency, privacy and unauthorised disclosure requirements as well as supporting security best practices as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance, Vaultive complements the managed services and implementation expertise delivered by Global Micro.

With the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill expected to be signed into law later this year, South African businesses will for the first time be expected to comply with a set of data protection regulations.  The Bill also outlines a set of requirements for transborder information flows that mandate similar protections for offshore datacenters.

The Vaultive gateway encrypts data before it leaves the trusted network to the cloud, ensuring that were the data inadvertently exposed or hacked in the cloud, or even subpoenaed by a law enforcement agency, the data would appear as useless gibberish. Vaultive’s persistent encryption ensures that by retaining the encryption keys, data owners maintain direct control over private data even when stored and processed in the cloud.

“The introduction of POPI will amplify the privacy, security, legal and regulatory compliance challenges that companies have faced when they look to take advantage of the business benefits and operational efficiencies of Hosted Exchange and Office 365,” said JJ Milner, MD and Chief Cloud architect at Global Micro.  “Ultimately, our partnership with Vaultive will ensure customers successful cloud migration and implementation alongside complete ownership and control of their cloud data, removing all of the afore-mentioned concerns,” says Milner.

With Vaultive in place, businesses can maintain full control over their data regardless of where it is transmitted, stored and processed. This functionality set supports and addresses the responsibility related to the custody of personal information in two key ways:

• — Firstly, by encrypting all personal information before it traverses a trusted boundary
• — And, by retaining the encryption keys to data resident on a third-party service, organisations can point to system controls to demonstrate fulfillment of the protection and security safeguard requirements

“Our partnership with Global Micro is aimed at resolving the concerns that have seen businesses and other organisations maintain services in house due to stringent security requirements and that have limited them from taking advantage of the benefits of cloud-based services – Microsoft Office 365 and hosted Exchange in particular,” said Vaultive CEO Elad Yoran. “We look forward to working with the Global Micro team with our unique approach tailored specifically to these environments to deal with cloud privacy regulations,” he added.

About Global Micro

www.globalmicro.co.za
Global Micro is a Johannesburg-based managed services firm that specialises in providing cloud computing services to small and medium-sized enterprises. The company was formed in 1990 by JJ Milner and a group of highly-skilled, passionate, and tech-savvy entrepreneurs. Today, it is one of most experienced providers of cloud services to businesses in South Africa. Global Micro has proudly been awarded as Microsoft’s ‘Hosting Partner of the Year’ for the last three consecutive years – 2010, 2011 and 2012.

For additional information, contact:

Globalmicro@waggeneredstrom.com

+27 11 550 5400

About Vaultive

Vaultive is a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. Vaultive’s encryption secures data at rest, data in transit and data in use in a format that can be searched, sorted and indexed — while the organization’s IT department retains control of the encryption keys. This addresses the principal business challenges of migrating data to the cloud including data security, regulatory compliance, unauthorized data disclosure and access, and international privacy/ data residency regulations. Optimized for Microsoft® Office 365, the Vaultive platform supports best practices for the control and ownership of corporate data in the cloud as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance. Vaultive has raised more than $10 million from leading venture capital firms .406 Ventures, New Science Partners, Harmony Partners and Security Growth Partners. For more information, visit www.vaultive.com or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vaultive.

For additional information, contact:

Jordan Bouclin or Jill Colna
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
jordan.bouclin@svmpr.com
jill.colna@svmpr.com

Partnership is focused on cloud enablement for South Africa businesses contending with data security and residency concerns

Johannesburg and New York –-June 14,2013 – Global Micro, a Johannesburg-based managed services firm and the country’s most experienced hosted infrastructure IT provider, has partnered with Vaultive, a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. This partnership will enable South African businesses, organisations and financial institutions to migrate with confidence their messaging infrastructure to the cloud – whether Hosted Exchange or Microsoft Office 365 – while addressing critical data security and governance requirements.

The service is aimed at addressing the needs of risk-conscious organisations within the enterprise market, where security is a mission-critical concern alongside service resilience and availability. By tackling cloud data residency, privacy and unauthorised disclosure requirements as well as supporting security best practices as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance, Vaultive complements the managed services and implementation expertise delivered by Global Micro.

With the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill expected to be signed into law later this year, South African businesses will for the first time be expected to comply with a set of data protection regulations.  The Bill also outlines a set of requirements for transborder information flows that mandate similar protections for offshore datacenters.

The Vaultive gateway encrypts data before it leaves the trusted network to the cloud, ensuring that were the data inadvertently exposed or hacked in the cloud, or even subpoenaed by a law enforcement agency, the data would appear as useless gibberish. Vaultive’s persistent encryption ensures that by retaining the encryption keys, data owners maintain direct control over private data even when stored and processed in the cloud.

“The introduction of POPI will amplify the privacy, security, legal and regulatory compliance challenges that companies have faced when they look to take advantage of the business benefits and operational efficiencies of Hosted Exchange and Office 365,” said JJ Milner, MD and Chief Cloud architect at Global Micro.  “Ultimately, our partnership with Vaultive will ensure customers successful cloud migration and implementation alongside complete ownership and control of their cloud data, removing all of the afore-mentioned concerns,” says Milner.

With Vaultive in place, businesses can maintain full control over their data regardless of where it is transmitted, stored and processed. This functionality set supports and addresses the responsibility related to the custody of personal information in two key ways:

• — Firstly, by encrypting all personal information before it traverses a trusted boundary
• — And, by retaining the encryption keys to data resident on a third-party service, organisations can point to system controls to demonstrate fulfillment of the protection and security safeguard requirements

“Our partnership with Global Micro is aimed at resolving the concerns that have seen businesses and other organisations maintain services in house due to stringent security requirements and that have limited them from taking advantage of the benefits of cloud-based services – Microsoft Office 365 and hosted Exchange in particular,” said Vaultive CEO Elad Yoran. “We look forward to working with the Global Micro team with our unique approach tailored specifically to these environments to deal with cloud privacy regulations,” he added.

About Global Micro

www.globalmicro.co.za
Global Micro is a Johannesburg-based managed services firm that specialises in providing cloud computing services to small and medium-sized enterprises. The company was formed in 1990 by JJ Milner and a group of highly-skilled, passionate, and tech-savvy entrepreneurs. Today, it is one of most experienced providers of cloud services to businesses in South Africa. Global Micro has proudly been awarded as Microsoft’s ‘Hosting Partner of the Year’ for the last three consecutive years – 2010, 2011 and 2012.

For additional information, contact:

Globalmicro@waggeneredstrom.com

+27 11 550 5400

About Vaultive

Vaultive is a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. Vaultive’s encryption secures data at rest, data in transit and data in use in a format that can be searched, sorted and indexed — while the organization’s IT department retains control of the encryption keys. This addresses the principal business challenges of migrating data to the cloud including data security, regulatory compliance, unauthorized data disclosure and access, and international privacy/ data residency regulations. Optimized for Microsoft® Office 365, the Vaultive platform supports best practices for the control and ownership of corporate data in the cloud as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance. Vaultive has raised more than $10 million from leading venture capital firms .406 Ventures, New Science Partners, Harmony Partners and Security Growth Partners. For more information, visit www.vaultive.com or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vaultive.

For additional information, contact:

Jordan Bouclin or Jill Colna
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
jordan.bouclin@svmpr.com
jill.colna@svmpr.com

Partnership is focused on cloud enablement for South Africa businesses contending with data security and residency concerns

Johannesburg and New York –-June 14,2013 – Global Micro, a Johannesburg-based managed services firm and the country’s most experienced hosted infrastructure IT provider, has partnered with Vaultive, a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. This partnership will enable South African businesses, organisations and financial institutions to migrate with confidence their messaging infrastructure to the cloud – whether Hosted Exchange or Microsoft Office 365 – while addressing critical data security and governance requirements.

The service is aimed at addressing the needs of risk-conscious organisations within the enterprise market, where security is a mission-critical concern alongside service resilience and availability. By tackling cloud data residency, privacy and unauthorised disclosure requirements as well as supporting security best practices as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance, Vaultive complements the managed services and implementation expertise delivered by Global Micro.

With the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill expected to be signed into law later this year, South African businesses will for the first time be expected to comply with a set of data protection regulations.  The Bill also outlines a set of requirements for transborder information flows that mandate similar protections for offshore datacenters.

The Vaultive gateway encrypts data before it leaves the trusted network to the cloud, ensuring that were the data inadvertently exposed or hacked in the cloud, or even subpoenaed by a law enforcement agency, the data would appear as useless gibberish. Vaultive’s persistent encryption ensures that by retaining the encryption keys, data owners maintain direct control over private data even when stored and processed in the cloud.

“The introduction of POPI will amplify the privacy, security, legal and regulatory compliance challenges that companies have faced when they look to take advantage of the business benefits and operational efficiencies of Hosted Exchange and Office 365,” said JJ Milner, MD and Chief Cloud architect at Global Micro.  “Ultimately, our partnership with Vaultive will ensure customers successful cloud migration and implementation alongside complete ownership and control of their cloud data, removing all of the afore-mentioned concerns,” says Milner.

With Vaultive in place, businesses can maintain full control over their data regardless of where it is transmitted, stored and processed. This functionality set supports and addresses the responsibility related to the custody of personal information in two key ways:

• — Firstly, by encrypting all personal information before it traverses a trusted boundary
• — And, by retaining the encryption keys to data resident on a third-party service, organisations can point to system controls to demonstrate fulfillment of the protection and security safeguard requirements

“Our partnership with Global Micro is aimed at resolving the concerns that have seen businesses and other organisations maintain services in house due to stringent security requirements and that have limited them from taking advantage of the benefits of cloud-based services – Microsoft Office 365 and hosted Exchange in particular,” said Vaultive CEO Elad Yoran. “We look forward to working with the Global Micro team with our unique approach tailored specifically to these environments to deal with cloud privacy regulations,” he added.

About Global Micro

www.globalmicro.co.za
Global Micro is a Johannesburg-based managed services firm that specialises in providing cloud computing services to small and medium-sized enterprises. The company was formed in 1990 by JJ Milner and a group of highly-skilled, passionate, and tech-savvy entrepreneurs. Today, it is one of most experienced providers of cloud services to businesses in South Africa. Global Micro has proudly been awarded as Microsoft’s ‘Hosting Partner of the Year’ for the last three consecutive years – 2010, 2011 and 2012.

For additional information, contact:

Globalmicro@waggeneredstrom.com

+27 11 550 5400

About Vaultive

Vaultive is a provider of persistent encryption gateways to retain ownership and control of cloud data. Vaultive’s encryption secures data at rest, data in transit and data in use in a format that can be searched, sorted and indexed — while the organization’s IT department retains control of the encryption keys. This addresses the principal business challenges of migrating data to the cloud including data security, regulatory compliance, unauthorized data disclosure and access, and international privacy/ data residency regulations. Optimized for Microsoft® Office 365, the Vaultive platform supports best practices for the control and ownership of corporate data in the cloud as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance. Vaultive has raised more than $10 million from leading venture capital firms .406 Ventures, New Science Partners, Harmony Partners and Security Growth Partners. For more information, visit www.vaultive.com or follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/vaultive.

For additional information, contact:

Jordan Bouclin or Jill Colna
SVM Public Relations
401-490-9700
jordan.bouclin@svmpr.com
jill.colna@svmpr.com