On a quick pre-event visit with Box in San Francisco I had the chance to catch up with my 'better half' on the Constellation Research theme of 'Future of Work' - Alan Lepofsky.
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So take a peek:
Here are Alan's key points
Here are Alan's key points
- Improved collaboration, people create content, where is Box going using all the collaboration works (check out Alan's report on the verbs of collaboration here).
- Task Management is key for people to get things done - if Box wants to be a collaboration platform - how does Box enable better task management.
- MetaData - has Box improvements and plans in store here
- More Analytics and Dashboards - how does Box create value (e.g. recommend content) to people
- Will Box open up its repository for 3rd party content?
And here are my key points
- It's too hard to deal with documents, why do we even have folder structures... what is the next generation of content management?
- How can Box create the next generation of content management, leveraging Analytics, BigData and Cloud to server content.
- What platform would Box build on today, if they started from scratch. Or in other words: Does Box do enough and what are the plans to eliminate technical debt?
- We heard earlier from Box executives that Box wants to become the platform to create applications, so it is how Box wants to compete with the popular PaaS offerings in the market.