Thursday, December 31st, 2009

2009: Year in Review

By , co-founder and CEO

Well, 2009 has officially come to an end, but what a year! We’re excited that so many of you – whether new or seasoned Box users – were along for the ride. We started 2009 off with a bang, launching a completely new design and user interface. Since then, we’ve faced off with SharePoint on a billboard, launched an open mobile platform, and even been named the second fastest growing private company in Silicon Valley. Best of all, an amazing array of new customers and businesses have begun using Box to manage their content and collaborate in the cloud.

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This last year was a particularly productive (and busy) one for our ever-expanding, tireless engineering team: we introduced global folders, user profile pages, task assigning and management, full-text and quick search, a new notification preference system and better email design, and individual file collaboration. We also updated our OpenBox directory with Salesforce and LinkedIn integrations (among many others), as well as a new improved iPhone app. And that’s just the beginning. Our Enterprise functionality exploded (in a good way), with features like download statistics, new security settings, better password management, enhanced bulk user administration, and new group features. We’ve also dramatically sped up the application and improved the usability of the most important activities on Box.

We also grew our team substantially throughout the year, bringing on board incredibly talented individuals from companies like Google, LinkedIn, SuccessFactors, Yahoo, IBM, BitTorrent, and more. We even acquired a company (Increo), adding two amazing engineers who will be launching some exciting stuff in early 2010. But we’re certainly not done building our team, so if you know anyone who could be a good fit, please email us (or actually, Kenny) at kenny@box.net.

What we’re most excited about, though, is what we have coming up in the future. 2010 holds a lot of promise not only for Box, but also for cloud companies in general. Businesses are finally willing and able to leverage the full suite of web-based services provided by companies like Salesforce, Amazon and Google. We’re excited that Box is among the business applications making it possible – and advantageous – for companies to embrace the cloud. In 2010, we’ll be taking Box to the next level, reinventing how you can import content, engage with it, and beyond. We’ll continue to integrate with some of your favorite applications and devices, making sure that Box always provides the best way to share content in your business.

Thank you for being a loyal customer, and we hope Box will become an even more valuable tool for your business in 2010. We’re grateful to have you as part of our community and, as always, we welcome all feedback and ideas as we head into what will be a very exciting year.

Thanks, and happy New Year!

-Aaron

Aaron Levie

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co-founder and CEO

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