HP and Box Accelerate Business Collaboration in the Cloud

PALO ALTO, Calif. - HP and Box today announced they are working at the same time to provide businesses an integrated collaboration experience to a range of users - from the individual to the enterprise - for storing and managing content in the cloud.

The Box cloud content-management

HP is offering the Box cloud content-management and collaboration platform on select small and midsize business and enterprise devices, delivering greater opportunities for business clients who want added value from their critical information.

Customers who purchase select HP Compaq Elite and HP Compaq Pro business desktops will have access to special offers from Box that include increased storage capacity and enterprise sync for enhanced collaboration and content management in the cloud.

"To be successful in today's enterprise, businesses of all sizes must provide their end users with the right tools to drive technology, foster collaboration and increase customer adoption," said Aaron Levie, co-founder and chief executive officer, Box. "Box and HP are focused on helping redefine the way organizations manage and share information in the cloud. At the same time, we can empower the straightway generation of knowledge workers."

Founded in 2005, Box provides a secure content sharing platform that both users and IT love and adopt. Content on Box can be shared internally and externally, accessed through iPad, iPhone, Android and PlayBook applications, and extended to partner applications just as Google Apps, NetSuite and Salesforce. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Box is a privately held company and is backed by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Emergence Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, NEA, Scale Venture Partners, and U.S. Venture Partners, and strategic investors salesforce.com and SAP.