Posts Tagged ‘Box.net’

New ECM Cloud Connect Tool

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

http://www.iphone-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/box_logo.pngThe new ECM Cloud Connect offers a bridge between content and the Box.net cloud server.  Box.net, the owner of ECM Cloud Connect acts as a bridge between on-premise enterprise content management systems and Box.net’s cloud platforms.

Here’s how it works. Box is partnering with EntropySoft to offer businesses a peice of software will sit behind firewall and will connect to both on-premise solutions and Box, acting as a bridge between the two platforms.  Once you connect the box ECM Cloud Connect will automatically synchronize data between any enterprise content management system (like SharePoint) and Box. Businesses can then migrate specific content to the cloud, and seamlessly archive it back to any internal infrastructure, all while keeping the same folder structure, permissions, and version history
(metadata support will be coming soon, says Box).

According to the Box.net website they have 60,000 companies using its cloud platform, including 73 percent of the Fortune 500. EMC Cloud Connect could bring in a number of new enterprise customers who are on the fence about moving data to the cloud.  At box.net you can store and share your content with confidence. 99.9% up-time guarantee, SSL encryption, redundant storage, configurable permissions, and more.

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Box.net Raises $48M For Cloud Storage Platform

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Box.net has raised $48 million in new funding to enhance and grow it’s cloud storage platform.  The new round of funding was led by Meritech Capital Partners with Andreessen Horowitz, Emergence Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Scale Venture Partners and US Venture Partners. This brings the company’s total funding to $78 million.

Box started as a simple cloud storage platform to a collaborative enterprise offering with mobile and social capabilities. The company now stores 300 million documents on its platform (more than the Library Of Congress) and has accumulated 5 million users (up from 4 million last year).

Enterprise customers include DreamWorks, Cisco and Dell and 60,000 other companies, or 73% of the Fortune 500, use Box to share, access and collaborate on business content online, as well as from iPads, iPhones and Android devices. In fact, Box has seen 400,000 downloads for its iOS and Android apps.

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Box.net Using Cloud Servers

Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Cloud server storage and sharing application Box.net is changing the rules with an upgrade to its free and paid plans today. They are increasing the data storage limits for its personal, business, and enterprise plans.

Box’s current subscription plan come with 5GB of free web storage. Box’s business plan is being changed so that companies don’t pay by the individual user (businesses were given 15GB per users previously). Now businesses will automatically receive 500GB of data storage, tripling the amount of storage the average business subscriber has access to. Enterprise customers will have access to an unlimited amount of data storage,, says Box.net’s CEO Aaron Levie, allowing companies to manage terabytes of data in the cloud (Box charges enterprise customers $35 per user per month).

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