dropbox - News, Features, and Slideshows

News

• Dropbox launches Spaces, its ‘smart’ collaboration workspace

  Dropbox hopes to become a central tool for employee productivity with Dropbox Spaces, which launched alongside several other updates.

• A CSO’s tale: Moving security from the department of ‘no’ to ‘how’

  Simon Burson of Paymark explains how a technology deployment can shift the perception of the business to the security function.
  

• Why Box’s CEO is so cloud crazy

  Aaron Levie, the outspoken founder and CEO of enterprise file sharing and storage powerhouse Box, talked to Network World ahead of the company’s news about its Zones and Accelerator projects. Levie also discussed start-ups, the march of the public cloud, and even his past work as a professional magician.

• Dropbox aims for enterprise with new team and IT admin features

  Continuing its effort to better appeal to enterprise users, Dropbox today announced a series of new features aimed at making its cloud-based storage and collaboration platform easier for teams of workers to use and IT administrators to centrally control.

• Dropbox enhances its productivity tools across the board

  Dropbox just dumped a ton of new productivity features on users of its file storage and collaboration service that are all aimed at making it easier for people to get work done within its applications.

• Revealed: The top 10 apps that companies hate

  Companies are wary about what employees are doing on their smartphones. Be it data loss or time-wasting, a growing number of employers are actively stopping staff from using certain apps on company-controlled devices.

• Dropbox adds U2F support for better security

  Two-factor authentication is often held up as a best practice for security in the online world, but Dropbox on Wednesday announced a new feature that's designed to make it even tougher.

• File sync services provide covert way to control hacked computers

  File synchronization services, used to accommodate roaming employees inside organizations, can also be a weak point that attackers could exploit to remain undetected inside compromised networks.

• Dropbox adds team-communication muscle with Clementine buy

  Dropbox took in a fresh infusion of team-collaboration technology and talent on Wednesday with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Clementine.

• AT&T, WhatsApp get low marks from EFF for data disclosure policies

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation released the latest version of its annual "Who Has Your Back" report on tech companies' data disclosure policies Wednesday afternoon, giving perfect five-star ratings to companies including Apple, Adobe, Dropbox and Yahoo.

• Dropbox for Business to get mobile management boost

  Security remains a big concern for businesses considering cloud storage, but Dropbox hopes to further calm their fears by integrating its service with enterprise mobile management products.

• Dropbox adds new features to woo enterprise users

  Dropbox wants to gain a stronger foothold in the enterprise, and on Thursday it rolled out several new Dropbox for Business features that sweeten the deal for corporate users.

• Dropbox unleashes 'universal app' for Windows phones and tablets

  Early this year, Dropbox released its cloud storage service on Windows phones and tablets, and on Tuesday the company followed up with a universal app that fleshes out the features for both types of devices.

• Dropbox to pay security researchers for bugs

  Dropbox said on Wednesday it will pay rewards to independent researchers who find software flaws in its applications, joining a growing list companies who see merit in crowdsourcing parts of their security testing.

• AeroFS makes cloud collaboration free for up to 30 users

  When it comes to sharing data in the cloud, there's more than one way to deliver security. There's encryption, for instance, which is used by services such as Dropbox to keep data safe. There's also technology such as Box's new Encryption Key Management tool, which aims to give users additional control.