About us
Hosted Microsoft Exchange, BlackBerry Enterprise, email archiving and email branding for South African businesses and individuals. We also offer inexpensive web, DNS and POP/IMAP email hosting. Databias is South Africa's premier email service provider (ESP) delivering sophisticated and reliable electronic messaging solutions.
Whether you want to outsource your Exchange hosting, archive all your internal and external email or put clickable banners on individual senders outbound mail, we're committed to making your internet experience personal, professional, affordable and effective. Try any one of our products free of charge for the first month, no strings attached!
Need help? Please browse our knowledge base for resolutions to common Outlook setup issues, mailbox or calendar configurations and BlackBerry tips and tricks. Feel free to contact our knowledgable support and sales team now for any question left unanswered.
Quick, painless setup and excellent after sales service
- Client: Nicole
Why choose our service?
We're passionate
We love what we do and want our customers to feel the same way. Our products are always up to date with the latest features in order to ensure the best end-user experience.
Local is lekker
We're South African and proud of it. Our core infrastructure is based at Internet Solutions in Cape Town which ensures maximum responsiveness to all our fellow South Africans.
No contracts
Get the first month free and thereafter only pay for what you use. No contracts involved and you can cancel at any time and not pay for the current month.
We'll fit your budget
A fully functioning Microsoft hosted Exchange 2010 2GB mailbox with BlackBerry Enterprise for only R50 per month. Upgrade the size of your mailbox only when you need to to our 5GB or 10GB packages.
Rock-solid stability
Driven by our 99.9% uptime SLA we guarantee that you will not be left in the dark when the lights go out. With 9 years of experience and support from the biggest software and hardware vendors in the world, you and your business are in good hands.
Plug-in your addons
Need an email archiving or email branding service? Bespoke bulk mailing? There is no need to use a 3rd party service provider; Databias provides all your required services under one roof. With your dedicated account manager you will never have to deal with anyone else.
Let's get started!
Step 1: Enter your domain name
Step 4: You're Done! Your account manager will contact you within 24 hours
Domain configuration tool
Microsoft Exchange relies heavily on a properly functioning DNS configuration. System administrators can now use the below tool to check that their DNS zone file has been configured correctly for use with Databias' hosted Exchange.
Enter your domain name
Lately on our radar
7th June 2013
Databias would like to assure customers that the American government (or any government or other organisation for that matter) has no access to our infrastructure in any way. Your data is safe with us, unlike other companies. More on this matter can be read here.
4th June 2013
Hosted Exchange pricing: Due to the recent steep decline in the Rand / US Dollar exchange rate Databias will be increasing to pricing of it's Bronze (2GB) Exchange package by R10. This is the first increase in pricing since the product launched in 2010 and (for what you get) we still believe we are the cheapest Exchange provider in South Africa. View the updated pricing here.
28th May 2013
An interesting article on the Pearson Group's move to the cloud which reads like a warning to all other companies intending on doing the same.
24th April 2013
Exchange 2013 CU1 released! Let the migration testing begin.
4th March 2013
We've just introduced a Platinum Exchange package which allows for 25GB of email storage.
21st February 2013
iPad and iPhone customers are advised to upgrade to iOS version 6.1.2 due to iOS bug documented here, here and here. The upgrade will reduce your network traffic and lengthen your battery life when using an Exchange email provider.
15th February 2013
Databias receives COZA EPP accreditation.
9th November 2012
Databias is now a member of the ISPA.
We're hiring!
Join our fast growing team today. Send a copy of your CV to info at Databias and we will let you know if you make the short list for any of the below available positions.
Johannesburg, South Africa
Sales Director
Cape Town, South Africa
Senior Exchange Engineer / Administrator
Cape Town, South Africa
Junior Exchange Administrator
Cape Town, South Africa
Client Support Specialist
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