IBM and Box Forge Global Partnership to Transform Work in the Cloud
June 24 2015 - 12:01AM
Business Wire
IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Box (NYSE:BOX) today announced a global
partnership that will combine the best-in-class technologies and
resources of both companies to transform work in the cloud.
Together, the companies plan to integrate their existing products
and services and develop new, innovative solutions targeted across
industries and professions ranging from medical teams working on
complex cases to individuals negotiating consumer loans by mobile
phone to engineers and researchers identifying patterns in patents,
reports and academic journals.
As companies increasingly seek simple, secure collaboration
solutions that tap into local data and have global reach, this
strategic alliance brings together Box’s industry-leading cloud
content collaboration platform with IBM Analytics and Social
solutions, IBM Security technologies and the global footprint of
the IBM Cloud. The two companies will jointly deliver these
solutions to market internationally, and IBM will also enable
builders and developers to integrate Box APIs into enterprise apps
and web services.
“Today’s digital enterprises demand world-class technologies
that transform how their organizations operate both internally and
externally,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box. “This
extensive alliance between Box and IBM opens up an exciting
opportunity for both companies to reach new markets and deliver
unified solutions and services that can redefine industries,
advance secure collaboration and revolutionize enterprise
mobility.”
“This partnership will transform the way work is done in
industries and professions that shape our experience every day. The
impact will be felt by experts and professionals in industries such
as healthcare, financial services, law, and engineering who are
overwhelmed by today’s digital data and seek better solutions to
manage large volumes of information more intelligently and
securely,” said Bob Picciano, senior vice president, IBM Analytics.
“The integration of IBM and Box technologies, combined with our
global cloud capabilities and the ability to enrich content with
analytics, will help unlock actionable insights for use across the
enterprise.”
IBM and Box will partner in three key areas:
Transformation of Enterprise Work
- Content Management: Box
will integrate IBM industry-leading enterprise content management
including content capture, extraction, analytics, case management
and governance.
- Watson Analytics: IBM and
Box will collaborate to bring in-depth enterprise insights using
IBM Watson Analytics to content stored in Box.
- Social Collaboration
Solutions: IBM and Box will collaborate to integrate Box
capabilities into IBM Verse and IBM Connections, the company’s
business email solution and social collaboration platform.
International Reach and Security
- Enterprise Cloud: Box will
enable joint customers to store their content on the IBM Cloud. The
IBM Cloud provides data resiliency, data privacy and data
localization, a key consideration for international customers who
want the option to keep their data in country.
- Specialized Enterprise
Consulting: The partnership will draw upon the specialized
Enterprise Content Management skills of IBM Global Business
Services professionals to help clients connect or integrate Box
capabilities with existing data and systems.
- Enterprise Security: Box
will expand on its enterprise security offerings with IBM security
technologies for threat detection, anomaly identification, mobile
device management and identity protection.
New Content Rich Apps and Solutions
- Mobile Apps for Industries: Box
and IBM will jointly develop content management solutions and
incorporate Box technology into select IBM MobileFirst for iOS
apps.
- Custom App Development: IBM
will enable enterprise developers to integrate Box APIs on the IBM
Bluemix developer cloud to help build content rich web and mobile
apps.
By leveraging the power of the cloud, this comprehensive
partnership will transform collaboration and the ability to gain
actionable insights across a variety of industries. For example,
IBM and Box can offer more streamlined collaboration between
patients and physicians for hospitals and healthcare providers in a
security-rich environment. A hospital can share test results with
patients securely, while maintaining a formal review with the
physicians and nurses coordinating patient care.
IBM and Box also plan to help the world’s leading retailers
manage their Omni channel experiences. For example, a fashion
retailer will be able to deliver a consistent brand experience that
extends to all physical and e-commerce stores by sharing
advertising images, promotional materials and product lines easily
through any device, while maintaining control of merchandising
consistency, pricing and packaging across all channels.
An insurance underwriter will be able to capture and review
inspection reports while mobile, to expedite the approval process;
a field worker can access up-to-date manuals to solve problems in
real time, while documenting work in a central location to drive
collaborative scheduling and planning.
For more information please visit: www.ibm.com/IBMandBox or
www.box.com/ibm
About Box
Founded in 2005, Box (NYSE: BOX) is transforming the way people
and organizations work so they can achieve their greatest
ambitions. As the world's leading enterprise software platform for
content collaboration, Box helps businesses of all sizes in every
industry securely access and manage their critical information in
the cloud. Box is headquartered in Los Altos, CA, with offices
across the United States, Europe and Asia. To learn more about Box,
visit www.box.com.
Safe Harbor Language
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding
the integration of Box’s and IBM’s technologies, solutions and
services, and the benefits that are expected to result to Box, IBM,
their customers and other stakeholders from the partnership between
Box and IBM. Statements including words such as "anticipate",
"believe", "estimate", "expect", “future” or “will” and statements
in the future tense are forward-looking statements. The achievement
or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking
statements involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which, if
they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the
results of the partnership between Box and IBM to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions
include, but are not limited to, risks associated with changes in
product plans or roadmaps; product development or integration
delays; market acceptance of the companies' combined products and
services; and changes in the relationship between Box and IBM due
to the business environment, competitive factors or other factors.
Further information on these and other factors that could affect
the partnership between Box and IBM or the financial results
derived therefrom, can be found in the documents that Box and
IBM have filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed by
each company. All forward-looking statements in this press release
are based on information available to Box and IBM as of the date
hereof. Neither Box nor IBM assumes any obligation, nor do they
intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect
events that occur or circumstances that arise after the date on
which they were made.
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