IBM and Box to integrate products and services

IBM and Box will combine technologies and resources to transform work in the cloud. Together, the companies plan to integrate their existing products and services and develop new solutions targeted across industries and professions.

As companies increasingly seek simple, secure collaboration solutions that tap into local data and have global reach, this alliance brings together Box’s cloud content collaboration platform with IBM Analytics and social solutions, IBM Security technologies and the global footprint of the IBM Cloud. The two companies will jointly deliver these solutions to market internationally, and IBM will also enable builders and developers to integrate Box APIs into enterprise apps and web services.

Highlights of the partnership include:

Content management: Box will integrate IBM enterprise content management including content capture, extraction, analytics, case management and governance.

Watson analytics: IBM and Box will collaborate to bring insights using IBM Watson Analytics on content stored in Box.

Social collaboration solutions: IBM and Box will collaborate to integrate Box capabilities into IBM Verse and IBM Connections, the company’s business email solution and social collaboration platform respectively.

Enterprise cloud: Box will enable joint customers to store their content on the IBM Cloud. The IBM Cloud provides data resiliency, data privacy and data localisation, a key consideration for international customers who want the option to keep their data in country.

Enterprise security: Box will expand on its enterprise security offerings with IBM security technologies for threat detection, anomaly identification, mobile device management and identity protection.

Mobile apps: Box and IBM will jointly develop content management solutions and incorporate Box technology into selected IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps. IBM will also enable developers to integrate Box APIs on the IBM Bluemix developer cloud to help build enterprise Web and mobile apps.

By leveraging the power of the cloud, this partnership is expected to transform collaboration and the ability to gain insights across industries. For example, IBM and Box can offer more streamlined, secure collaboration between patients and physicians for hospitals and healthcare providers.