Friday, December 11th, 2009

Box Paving The Way for Construction Collaboration

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As you might imagine, a variety of industries are finding useful ways to put Box’s content management platform to use. Last month we joined the American Bar Association’s technology marketplace, advancing our position as a leading collaboration and document management solution in the legal field, and this month we’re making headway in construction as an official software alliance partner of Motion Computing.

Motion, a leading provider of mobile computing solutions, announced today that they are reselling Box.net to its construction customers so they can share, access and manage their project files directly from the work site with a Motion tablet PC. This is extremely valuable since construction firms need to be able to share building plans and contracts with a broad range of organizations, including external contractors, architects, and planning boards. And because of the portability enabled by Motion’s products, this content can be accessed and shared from construction sites just as easily as it can from a desktop. Our partnership with Motion brings Box directly to construction firms, helping them replace cumbersome FTP servers, facilitate electronic bid management, as well as centralize and archive project resources. Integrating Box.net with Motion Computing’s rugged tablets is an important step towards fulfilling Box’s mission of enabling businesses to easily share and access their content from anywhere.

Many construction firms have already realized the productivity gains and financial savings of implementing Box.net. EllisDon, an international construction services company, creates project rooms on Box for various team members that also provide stakeholders with access to the most current project data. California-based architectural firm ZON Architects uses Box to replace overwhelmed FTP and email servers for sharing files with local jurisdictions, cities, planning boards, project managers, clients and reprographics firms. Surprise Development Corp. reduces project expenses and lead time by sharing documents and large files with architects, general contractors and other partners on Box.

If you’re in the construction industry and want to learn more about how you can benefit from implementing Box, check out our construction resource center at www.box.net/solutions/construction. Want to hook your company up with Motion tablet PCs? Visit Motion Computing for more information or to identify a reseller.

Post by Matt Soldo, Senior Business Development Manager