Box.net News & Articles

Developers can leverage WebDAM's REST API to tailor third-party applications for their unique digital asset management needs. WebDAM Solutions provides online tools for storing, managing, archiving, searching, retrieving and distributing digital files.

The further Box.net moves into the Enterprise, the greater the need for better security and management features. Today the company aims to give its users just that with the release of three new security adds for business users. 

 It seems like cloud storage is now officially all the rage -- install a few free apps and you could have acres of gigabytes to play with, as Microsoft joins the fun by adding a SkyDrive app for Apple's iPhone.

If you had any doubts that the cloud has gone mainstream, the latest news from Hewlett Packard (HP) and Box might change your mind. The companies announced that several models of HP business PCs will have access to a free Box account.

The Agilewords Box.net app provides share, review and approve functionality for business document collaboration in the cloud.

At one time, when professionals thought of sharing and collaboration, Microsoft's SharePoint stood out as the standard solution. These days, the extensive features of SharePoint might also give its competition the upper hand, particularly in the cloud. At least that's what Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box.net, thinks.

Ask me what the cloud is you’ll hear about agility, multi-tenancy, scalability, collaboration, and even a little bit of Benioff vs. Ellison “false cloud” drama. But ask small businesses the same question and a lot of them will give you a simplified answer: The cloud is this cool thing that enables them to virtually store files that can then be accessed from any device. Super handy! This notion is the reason consumer products like Dropbox are getting so much love. 

 Box.net is hoping to make a huge difference in the quality of its enterprise applications by housing developer communities and platform partners under one roof. Today, partners include Appcelerator, Cloud Foundry, Heroku, Rackspace, SnapLogic, and Twilio.

If it's time for a change, we've got a shopping list of hot jobs in our spiffy little corner of the world. Our bi-weekly featured jobs list is a great collection of opportunities spanning specialties and continents. Here's who's hiring this week.  

There is a lot of hype around 'cloud computing' and this month's theme at CMSWire is all things cloud, so maybe we will be able to figure out whether those clouds are stormy, rain filled, or basically sat at each end of a rainbow (with the associated pot of gold, of course…).

The DAM Lowdown is back with: Latest News from Widen, Box.Net Secures Even More Funding, Taxonomies Grow in Popularity, Daydream Offers Advice on Choosing DAM Consultants, DAM Stew and the Twitter Shout-out of the Week.

Box.net is gearing up to take on bigger players in the enterprise software market. Having recently raised US$ 48 million earlier this year, the cloud storage platform startup has recently updated this Series D financing round with US$ 81 million from Salesforce.com and SAP, with Bessemer Venture Partners and NEA contributing to the round.

Today Box.net announced Box Sync, a cross-platform enterprise sync solution designed to help users get more value from their business information-- regardless of device or location. 

The Labor Day holiday may have stretched into Labor Week for the DAM Lowdown, but have no fear. Everyone's favorite weekly digital asset management column returns with: Updates from Canto, Box.net Adds Video Support, SaaS is More Than a DAM Acronym, Web Content Management Sees a DAM Future, Stock Keeper 1.0 Arrives, and DAM Stew.

Let's face it. Regardless of your preferred platform, the fact is that mobile devices are increasingly making their way -- and staying -- in the business setting. Whether you're gaining access to information en route to work, or if your work mostly involves mobility, you will be dependent on some applications to make things happen. We take a look at a few apps that help make the magic happen on your devices, whether you have an iPad, iPhone, Android smartphone or tablet, BlackBerry PlayBook, HP TouchPad or any other device.