Dropbox provide services in storing
data on the cloud and Microsoft also provide cloud-computing services. Although,
both are competitors of each other but they collaborated to provide services. This
will allow users to access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit office files
from the Dropbox app. Dropbox is home to over 35 Billion office documents, spreadsheets,
and presentations.
The deal has four main parts:
Quickly editing Office docs from the Dropbox mobile app, accessing Dropbox docs
from Office apps, sharing Dropbox links of Office apps, and the creation of
first party Dropbox apps for Microsoft’s mobile offerings. The capabilities
will first roll out on Dropbox and Office apps for iOS and Android Tablets and
will be available on the web next year. Dropbox will also make its application
available on the windows Phone and Windows tablets in coming months.
The joint venture brings Dropbox
the credibility in the enterprise that it has been fighting for in recent
months, while smoothing the sharp edges on Microsoft’s public image, proving that
the Redmond based firm can play nicely with others. In early 2015, the
integration will also extend to the two services web apps, and to the newly
announced Dropbox for Windows Phone app. Dropbox has 300 Million users, out of
which 70% are international, and a ton of them use Dropbox to get work done.
For Dropbox, the deal fits with its
goal of attracting customers that are more corporate. The online storage power
updated its business services in April and has sought to allay any security
concerns by companies that block Dropbox from their networks for fear of any
sensitive documents or information leaking out. In September, Dropbox announced
another partnership, this time with Google itself, aiming to make security tech
easier to use. The two firms created simply secure, which has the mandate to
improve adoption rates of security tools such as two-factor authentication in
the wake of the Snowden Revelations.
