Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Productivity Reinvented: Introducing CollabVille

By , Social Media Manager

Although there are many reasons to love working at Box, my favorite is working with a bold, innovative team that truly believes in revolutionizing the way people access and share content online. Our product managers work tirelessly to figure out how to make sharing and collaboration in the cloud more accessible for everyone.

That’s why we recently conducted user experience tests to see how people really work in the office. Contrary to our team’s predictions, it turns out that most employees don’t even bother to open documents while at their desks – instead, they interact with their colleagues through Facebook, Twitter, and social games. With more than 60 million people playing games on Facebook and in their browsers, we believe that the next revolution in the enterprise won’t happen in excel spreadsheets or word documents – it will happen in social gaming.

Today, we’re proud to announce the #NewNewBox, CollabVille.

Available immediately, CollabVille is a best-of-breed GaaS solution with baked-in, transformative, web2.0 collaboration tools. CollabVille also lets users virtually explore top Silicon Valley companies and interact with coworkers at faster than real-time speeds – all while allowing them to share data on-the-fly. Getting started with your CollabVille account couldn’t be simpler. Just visit CollabVille.com, pick your avatar and start being productive! Need to work on a lengthy word doc with a friend? Simply type the copy (all 500 words) in the chat bar and press ‘enter’ to send your work to the cloud. Still not convinced that CollabVille is right for your business? Read what our Collab Converts have to say about this revolution in productivity:

Spencer O’Malley, VP of Marketing, Congregate.net

I used to spend countless hours trying to get my team off Facebook, Twitter and Angry Birds. CollabVille lets them waste time while getting work done.

Shelly Smith, Professional Blogger

“Working” from home at my favorite coffee shop has never been easier. Thanks CollabVille!

Kim Lim, Party Planner, Gregorgeous Inc.

Since we no longer need files, programs, servers or storage, my entire team has switched to using CollabVille from our mobile devices while in the field. We don’t get anything done, but at least people think we look cool. My dog Rufus loves it!

 

This is truly a game-changer for the enterprise. In the next few years, we expect to see rapid grassroots adoption of CollabVille at the department level, which will, of course, lead to global deployments in large enterprises. Collaboration just got easier, more efficient – and most importantly – more fun. Just look at how much more productive we’ve become at Box HQ:

See you in CollabVille!

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Larry Hawes April 1st, 2011

OMG! I haven’t chosen an avatar or played (er, worked in) CollabVille yet, but I can already tell that it’s going to change my life forever! Of course, I’m not sure how, but let’s not sweat the details…

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Minna April 1st, 2011

Hahhahahaha let’s do a version for The Network Hub – sounds like coworking online to me

Laura April 1st, 2011

Ohhhh I am sooooo looking forward to a game like this! I have been waiting so long for something to fill this emptiness in my life….lol.

Rose April 16th, 2011

More reasons not to work while I am at work ;)