Secure. Scalable. Regulation-Ready. Powered by CTERA. Distributed by StratIT Holdings.
Financial services institutions across Africa are under growing pressure to meet strict data governance standards, protect sensitive customer information, enable seamless collaboration, and reduce infrastructure costs — all while modernising legacy systems.
CTERA’s Hybrid Cloud Data Platform, distributed and supported in Africa by StratIT Holdings, delivers an end-to-end solution built specifically for the needs of regulated industries.
It empowers financial organisations to protect their data, automate compliance, streamline operations, and scale without complexity.
Global File System
A centrally governed, enterprise-class data lake for unstructured data across distributed branches, HQ environments, multicloud deployments, and hybrid infrastructures.
Financial organisations gain one management pane, simplified control, and full visibility across their data estate.
CTERA Vault
Replace ageing NAS systems and file servers with a cache-enabled, cloud-smart gateway.
CTERA Vault enables:
- Continuous handling of unstructured data growth
- Full SMB/NFS protocol compatibility
- Improved governance with centralised policy control
This is the bridge between legacy infrastructure and cloud-aligned operations.
A modern replacement for file servers across branch networks.
CTERA’s edge filers are centrally managed, caching-enabled, and built for performance in high-data environments — ideal for banking branches, insurance offices, and remote sites with limited IT resources.
CTERA Drive
Secure file synchronisation and sharing across Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.
Designed for:
- Executives
- Advisors
- Analysts
- Distributed teams
- All users gain real-time access to secure, compliant data, regardless of location.
Financial institutions face constant cyber threats.
CTERA integrates multi-layered protection, including:
- AI-driven ransomware detection
- Immutable, air-gapped snapshots
- Instant recovery/rollback
- Honeypot decoys to monitor attack behaviour
- Real-time incident dashboards
- This ensures business continuity — critical in environments where downtime equals financial and reputational loss.
CTERA Portal
Built for petabyte-scale operations, CTERA Portal enables:
- Centralised global file services
- Multi-cloud, hybrid, and private deployment
- Multi-tenant, department-level data segregation
- Regulatory compliance assurance
- Cost-efficient high-scale storage management
- This is enterprise-grade data control engineered for financial governance.
Industry-Specific Advantages
Streamlined Compliance
CTERA aligns with major regulatory frameworks, including:
- SOX
- GDPR
- POPIA
- FINRA
- Internal banking governance controls
- Features like encryption, secure disposal, offsite replication, and WORM retention simplify audits and eliminate compliance risk.
Protection of PII Against Ransomware
- CTERA’s resilient architecture protects against:
- Data corruption
- Data exfiltration
- Malware/ransomware
- Insider threats
- Immutable snapshots and anomaly detection ensure data integrity even during active attacks.
Secure Anywhere Access
- Enable authorised users to access files securely from:
- Branch networks
- Regional hubs
- Remote teams
- Cross-border operations
- External financial partners
- No more insecure transfers, no more FTP, no more productivity bottlenecks.
Instant Scalability at Reduced Cost
- CTERA reduces local storage costs by up to 80% through:
- Object storage integration
- Elastic capacity growth
- Fewer local servers
- Lower IT overhead
- Perfect for institutions expanding across Africa’s rapidly scaling financial ecosystem.
- As a CTERA-authorised distributor, StratIT Holdings delivers:
- Local technical expertise
- Certified deployment and support
- Region-specific compliance alignment
- Custom solution architecture for African financial environments
- Dedicated lifecycle management and SLA-driven support
- StratIT ensures that CTERA’s global platform is successfully integrated, optimised, and governed within Africa’s regulatory and operational landscape.
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Africa’s digital future demands resilience.
Partner with StratIT Holdings to secure your enterprise, safeguard your data ecosystem, and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
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