Box, IBM team up to sell cloud services together

Online file-storage company Box and IT giant IBM have announced a partnership that will the two companies integrate their existing products, technology and services and jointly sell solutions to the enterprise.

The global alliance brings together Box’s cloud content collaboration platform with IBM Analytics and Social solutions, IBM Security technologies and the global footprint of the IBM Cloud. They 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.

“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.”

Under the partnership, Box will integrate IBM’s enterprise content management including content capture, extraction, analytics, case management and governance.  IBM and Box will collaborate to bring in-depth enterprise insights using IBM Watson Analytics to content stored in Box.

They will collaborate to integrate Box capabilities into IBM Verse and IBM Connections, the company’s business email solution and social collaboration platform.

Box will enable joint customers to store their content on the IBM Cloud. In addition, Box will expand on its enterprise security offerings with IBM security technologies for threat detection, anomaly identification, mobile device management and identity protection.

The companies will jointly develop content management solutions and incorporate Box technology into select IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps.

IBM will enable enterprise developers to integrate Box APIs on the IBM Bluemix developer cloud to help build content rich web and mobile apps.