Comments on: Box.net Will Refocus on Business Users http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/ Mon, 27 May 2013 00:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Internet Evolution - IT Clan Editor's Blog - Box.net Takes Aim at Enterprise IT http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-600030 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:12:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-600030 [...] But Box.net is betting the addition of collaboration capabilities and other features will make cloud storage irresistible to enterprise customers. It's a tactic that Box.net cofounder and CEO Aaron Levie has been pushing for the last couple of years, since shifting his firm's focus from consumers to business customers. [...]

]]> By: Box.net will refocus on Business Users « Box.net Blog – Learn about Box.net’s latest Features, Interviews, and More http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160020 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160020 [...] Box.net will refocus on Business Users [...]

]]> By: ankara halı yıkama http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160019 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:35:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160019 They are nimble and understand the space and will continue adding services that business users will access.

]]> By: gary g http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160018 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:13:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160018 So box.net seems like it would be a great solution for somebody like my CPA friend who has an accounting practice along with one other full-time CPA and one part-time accountant. They currently have about 30G of client data stored on an in-house server, which is backed up daily.

The size of a daily back-up is relatively small, with the exception of tax season – say march1st to april 15th.

She is considering having an outside company take copies of her backups weekly and store them in an off-site location (she currently takes her nightly backups home with her on tape). But a service like Box.net’s seems like it would be a convenient way to retrieve lost data, or to access data if their internal server were unavailable.

What would you guys recommend?

Thanks!

gary g

]]> By: What Our Readers Say: Top Comment Picks | Telecom Update http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160017 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:00:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160017 [...] Patrick is very evolved in response to Box.net will refocus on business users: “The barrier all these online storage companies still face is access. The infrastructure will place an natural market cap on the number of possible users they can have.” [...]

]]> By: What Our Readers Say: Top Comment Picks http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160016 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:53:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160016 [...] Patrick is very evolved in response to Box.net will refocus on business users: “The barrier all these online storage companies still face is access. The infrastructure will place an natural market cap on the number of possible users they can have.” [...]

]]> By: Box.net Will Refocus on Business Users « Business Strategy Online http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160015 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:22:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160015 [...] Read the original: Box.net Will Refocus on Business Users [...]

]]> By: Marc Fors http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160014 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:50:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160014 Box.net is very creative about adding services that will build value for business users. They are nimble and understand the space and will continue adding services that business users will access. Their user interface is flexible, inviting,friendly and easy on the eyes.- I suggest that you add it as a shared application to your Linkedin account and see for yourself – it is an awesome combination.

]]> By: Patrick is Very Evolved http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160013 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:51:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160013 The barrier all these online storage companies still face is access. The infrastructure will place an natural market cap on the number of possible users they can have – think of it as launching youtube in 1999. No matter how great it is, it’s just not possible to get millions of viewers on 28k modems.
Similar story now in the age of GB sized files; it’s just not day-to-day practical to use online storage services…. in a mass market setting and even for most corporations. Hence this is a niche business at best, that could be snuffed out easily with the proliferation of cheap and easy on site personal data centers – the same way we’ve seen the recent proliferation of cheap portable hard drives.

Patrick
http://veryevolved.com/2009/02/why-do-things-go-viral/

]]> By: Nap http://gigaom.com/2009/02/05/boxnet-will-refocus-on-business-users/#comment-160012 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:32:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=37932#comment-160012 Very wise move as with Google’s move into data storage for personal users, these guys will have to change their business models.

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