Dropbox expanding into the business sector
Cloud storage has been extremely trendy in the tech world for several years now. Many services including Google Drive and Dropbox have been competing for customers in this valuable industry. While cloud storage can be very valuable for personal use, it has just as many valuable uses for business purposes. By ensuring that files are stored securely and are readily accessible, no matter where you are, cloud storage is transforming the nature of business computing. Dropbox is one of the leaders in cloud storage and they recently decided to expand the business side of their cloud storage company.
The head of the business side of Dropbox is Rob Baseman and he stated that his goal was to make Dropbox for Business one of the best places to get work done, but in order to do this he had to give IT the tools they need to be successful. One of the most important tools Dropbox has rolled out is tiered administrative roles. This has allowed businesses to give people varying levels of access to the files in Dropbox. This is an extremely helpful tool that makes it possible to keep people working on their projects.
Dropbox has also made it much easier to launch Dropbox from a Windows PC. This ensures that no matter what computer you are on. By also integrating several shared folder options, Dropbox has made it extremely easy to ensure that your files are available when you are offline and when you travel throughout the world. This helps to ensure that your files are saved at all times.
Dropbox is growing in success, but it has to get more and more people to sign up for their service. Storage is becoming cheaper and cheaper, as more companies enter the market, and thus storage has started to become a volume business. If Dropbox is going to be successful, then it must manage to gather more customers. Currently, Dropbox has 300 million customers, but many of these customers are subscribing to the free version of the Dropbox service.
Dropbox has made considerable improvements to their business service and they are growing, but many obstacles face this young company. The company must continue to find a way to innovate so that more people want to sign up for their services and they must get more companies and people to pay for their service. Hopefully the next year will be a good one for Dropbox.
