Box announces the final version of its service for creating and editing documents Notes

After launching the beta last September of its cloud service for creating and publishing documents, Box has announced its availability in final version. Knowing that all users will have access by early June. called Notes, it makes it easy to create a text document shared and see in real time the changes made by other contributors. The similarities with Google Docs - but also Word Online. It is possible to share a link via web document on which one or several people working on.

After the first backup sharing documenten line, central brick and core business of Box, it wants to address more frontally still in office suites and collaborative cloud Google and Microsoft. This may well be the case, as the synergies between the different application domains appear natural. Especially Box that could benefit from funds raised during its next IPO - postponed for a few weeks at least though - to expand its office and collaborative offer with other bricks (spreadsheets, presentations ...).

According to the Wall Street Journal and Quartz magazine in a less favorable situation now that a few weeks ago for IT stakeholders, one could think of a way to empty for Box. But the announcement of a major contract signed with General Electric for its 300,000 employees worldwide falls in no doubt at peak.