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Box.net is more than just an online backup service.
Box.net will not only store backups of all your important computer files, but it also enables you to edit those files online, alone, or in collaboration with colleagues, associates, friends, and employees located elsewhere. You can access your files anywhere, and share them with only the people you choose. In this way,
Box.net efficiently and securely replaces FTP programs as a preferred, timely method of file sharing.
Box.net helps you create an online space, called your “
Box” that you are then FREE to use, just like a secondary hard drive and desktop.
Box.net services have been embraced by a range of customers, from individuals to Fortune 1000 companies.
Box.net has over 2 million customers and serves over 1 million files served each and every day.
- Upload any type of file at all– documents, photos, videos, spreadsheets, even zip files
- File sharing - create shared folders for easy online collaboration with others of your choosing
- OpenBox Services – Box.net allows you to edit and preview your docs and images directly from the Internet through connections with other web-based apps and services like eFax, Zoho, and Picnik
- Access your files from anywhere – whether at home or work or traveling on-the-go, if you can get online through any web browser, you can access your Box
- BoxMobile – gives you access to your files on your web-enabled smartphone, including iPhones
- Advanced searching and tagging features – for organizing your files in whatever way you see fit
- Open Platform – empowers developers to tweak their Box to suit their unique needs
- Plugins – enable you to upload files to your Box directly from various supported desktop applications
- Version History – store and access previous versions of the same files
- BoxWidget – to place on your blog or web page, or profile page
- BoxEnterprise – advanced solutions for businesses, includes:
- Scalable productivity tools
- Platform services
- Access controls
Box.net secures your data with optional 256-bit SSL security. Data is stored in multiple redundant geographic facilities behind an enterprise-class firewall on secure internal storage clusters. A stringent verification protocol ensures proper authorization of anyone attempting entry into your Box.
Service with Box.net comes with a 99.9% uptime guarantee.
Despite allowing for convenient file sharing, your Box is still privacy protected to the utmost, with, for example, unique web addresses for each user. (You always maintain complete control over which files and which users have the proper permissions to access).
Quite possibly Box.net's primary benefit over its competitors is its user-friendliness. Designed to be as simple as possible, even computer novices can make Box.net work for them, as they’re sure to recognize the familiar drag-and-drop functionality of their standard PC operating system. The simple GUI looks like a familiar file folder with tabs for your files, collaborators, services, and updates, all with easy to follow, large icon-based controls and prominent buttons for uploading files, and creating new folders and windows.
Box.net support staff is available 24/7/365 by toll-FREE telephone and e-mail.
Box.net offers a number of levels of service:
- Lite: 1 GB storage, 10 MB file size limit, unlimited bandwidth, with no sub-users – FREE!
- Individual: 5 GB storage, 1 GB file size limit, 15 GB/mo bandwidth, with no sub-users - $7.95/mo (14-day FREE trial)
- Business: 15 GB storage, 1 GB file size limit, unlimited bandwidth, with 5 sub-users - $15/mo (14-day FREE trial)
- Enterprise: 15+ GB storage, 1 GB file-size limit, unlimited bandwidth, with 9 or more sub-users - $15 per user/mo (14-day FREE trial)
Enterprise customers can opt to have customized pricing developed just for them, based on a fixed price per user and the amount of storage space required, with no bandwidth fees at all.
