Online Storage News & Articles

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 What do you get when you mix an online storage service with customer relationship management superstar Salesforce.com? Integration that allows customers to access their files from directly within their CRM platform, that’s what.

Box.net (news, site) recently announced the launch of their handy new application, which also includes support for their OpenBox platform, granting users access to integrated services such as Zoho and eFax. Voila: 

Integration with Salesforce.com is nothing new, and Box.net's announcement demonstrates the growing trend toward providing applications on existing Software-as-a-Service platforms.  

Box.net is currently offering unlimited storage for companies that sign up for the service, and an Enterprise level account will run you about US$ 25 per month. 
 

In February, Box.net (news,site) released a new interface that let users utilize activity streams and user profiles to view participants' file history. Then they added an online text editor so that users could create and edit documents directly on the Box.net website. Today, they have announced that Box business users can conduct full-text searches.

This online document storage service is becoming about much more than just storage.

Online storage options are numerous and plentiful. If you want to store your files in the cloud, you have many options that are very inexpensive and highly-useful. Box.Net, an established player in the cloud-based storage market, recently released a feature to help further differentiate themselves from the competition.

With a new user interface called Web Documents, Box.net users can now create and edit documents directly on the Box.net website.

Web-based sharing and storage provider Box.net has released a more socially-minded version of its storage and collaboration product. The new interface allows users to utilize activity streams and user profiles to view a participant's file history. These new features will very likely appeal to small teams and work groups looking for a more intelligent centralized file store for team collaboration.