Case Study: JD Group achieves compliant, bottomless email archiving and reduced email risk with Mimecast Unified Email Management

JD Group chooses powerful Unified Email Management™ platform to reduce complexity and risk in its corporate messaging

JD Group, a JSE‑listed mass consumer financier and South Africa’s leading furniture and appliance retailer, faced growing complexity across its email estate: internal collaboration ran on SOGo while corporate mail flowed through Exchange and Mimecast for 1,500 users. With FAIS requiring five‑year email retention and the need to standardize signatures and reduce operational risk, the group needed a compliant, centrally managed archiving and messaging solution.

JD Group deployed Mimecast’s Unified Email Management SaaS gateway to centralize control, provide practically bottomless, compliant archiving, and remove the need for additional on‑premises hardware. The implementation delivered quick restores, reduced spam and bandwidth costs, enforced standardized branding, and significantly lowered the risk of lost or non‑compliant emails—delivering immediate impact and high customer satisfaction.

JD Group

Gerrie van Niekerk

Group IT Executive