Cibecs, founded in 2004, is a company located in

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. Cibecs develops enterprise endpoint data backup, protection and security

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. The company was co-founded by Richard Dewing, Neal Dewing and Ilze Dewing. In early 2016 Cibecs released Cibecs Version 8.0, their latest data backup and recovery software for laptops and desktops. In 2016 Cibecs extended its offering in South Africa with a cloud based endpoint data backup and protection solution called Cibecs Cloud.

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In December 2008

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Ventures Africa, personal investment vehicle of Prof. Dr. Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP, acquired a stake in Cibecs. In 2009 Cibecs partnered with

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listed managed services enterprise Gijima in a deal worth in excess of $30 Million.

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