Cloud Computing: Box nails big customer win with US Department of Justice

May 28, 2015 Off By David

Grazed from CloudComputing. Author: James Bourne.

Cloud storage provider Box has announced that it is working with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to deliver secure file sharing and collaboration to its employees. The move represents a major customer win for the firm, who now has more than 40 federal customers on its books.

“Innovative government agencies, like DOJ, are deeply committed to leveraging emerging cloud technologies to better serve the American people, while ensuring the security and privacy of sensitive information,” said Aaron Levie, Box CEO. “We are thrilled to support the DOJ’s technology efforts, helping to transform the way they manage and share information,” he added…

The DOJ will be employing Box for three main reasons: to simplify internal and external collaboration between component agencies and third party organisations; seamlessly support mobile and offline access to content for employees; and reduce the complexity of infrastructure by eliminating fragmented content…

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