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  • New Box Governance tool helps companies manage sensitive data

    Continuing its efforts to woo enterprise users in heavily regulated industries, Box on Monday announced a new add-on tool for its cloud storage service that's designed for managing sensitive data.

    Written by Katherine Noyes23 June 15 03:51
  • Box wins DoJ contract in latest federal coup

    As part of its push into specific industry verticals, Box is targeting the government sector, where agencies are particularly sensitive about the security of cloud software. On Wednesday, the company announced a significant customer win in this vertical: the U.S. Department of Justice.

    Written by Katherine Noyes28 May 15 04:07
  • Box snaps up Subspace for heightened BYOD security

    Hard on the heels of debuting a cloud storage service for financial services firms, Box announced Tuesday that it has acquired Subspace, a startup focused on cross-device collaboration security.

    Written by Katherine Noyes04 March 15 09:44
  • Box woos financial services firms with a tailored cloud offering

    It was just about two weeks ago that Box set out to remove a major barrier to the cloud for security-minded organizations with its Encryption Key Management capability. Now, it's taken that focus a step further with a full-fledged cloud storage service aimed squarely at financial services firms.

    Written by Katherine Noyes27 Feb. 15 02:05
  • Box launches new service for security-conscious enterprises

    Few would deny the appeal of the cloud for enterprise file storage and sharing, but for some organizations -- particularly those in heavily regulated industries -- security concerns can outweigh those potential benefits.

    Written by Katherine Noyes11 Feb. 15 04:02
  • Box has high hopes for iOS 8 doc picker extension

    Box foresees a significant jump in usage of its iPad and iPhone app resulting from one of the new extensions Apple will launch with the new iOS 8.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez18 Sept. 14 02:35
  • Aaron Levie doesn't want his company to get boxed in

    When Aaron Levie co-founded Box in 2004, he envisioned how businesses would benefit from cloud storage and file sharing -- improved data access and collaboration -- and, since few vendors grasped this, Box cashed in when this technology got popular years later.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez10 Sept. 14 01:22
  • Box to beef up cloud storage with workflow engine

    Box is developing a workflow engine for its cloud storage and file sharing service that will automate the routing of documents and files, as well as the actions that people need to take on them.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez04 Sept. 14 06:14
  • Box buys cloud storage startup for streaming technology

    Box has acquired Streem, a cloud storage and file-sharing startup that specializes in large media files and that has developed innovative technology for streaming that type of content.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez17 June 14 05:53