Like other startups, including Xobni, Yammer and YouSendIt, Box.net is targeting the very-hard-to-get IT budgets at companies.
But the vast majority of Box.net revenues, some 90%, come from its enterprise products.
Sources confirm cloud storage provider Box.net did in fact rebuff a buyout offer earlier this year.
Founded in 2005, Box.net had the vision of allowing for content management via the cloud.
And yes, it will mean there will be strong demand for cloud solutions like Box.net.
The second-best alternative is to use a commercial hosting service like Box.net or Dropbox.
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After stumbling on a Box.net blog post, DFJ not only adopted the service, they invested in it.
Other notables, like the AP, Box.net, Pandora and Slacker, have been available for quite some time already.
He cites online file-sharing firms like Dropbox and Box.net, which are popular with companies, as potential competitors.
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The move for directly in the enterprise brings Dropbox more in competition with companies like Box.net.
There is also real excitement around still-private companies, including Atlassian, Box.net, DropBox, Lithium Technologies, Vurve, and Workday.
Then again, Box.net certainly made the right choice to focus on providing secure storage solutions to the enterprise market.
Instead, what struck me was that Box.net included two key strategic investors: Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) and SAP (NYSE:SAP) Ventures.
As a result, a company like Box.net will likely come up with a go-to-market roadmap for its strategic investors.
The customer list includes top operators like Box.net, Dell (Nasdaq:DELL), Informatica (Nasdaq:INFA) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM).
In other words, it could be the death of a company like Box.net.
Levie started Box.net in his dorm room at the University of Southern California.
Interestingly enough, it sounds like Box.net has also been getting some buyout interest.
Box.net started as a storage tool for employee-to-employee communication but was not focused on sending files across companies, Koon says.
Based in Palo Alto, Box.net has more than 4.5 million users and companies ranging from small businesses to large corporations.
Besides, Box.net will need to move not just against Microsoft but other entrenched players like IBM (NYSE:IBM) and EMC (NYSE:EMC).
Apple is innovating on par with the most notable startups in the personal cloud space, such as Dropbox, Box.net, and Evernote.
So far Drund integrates a handful of third-party apps: Facebook, Twitter, Freshbooks, YouTube, Pandora, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Flickr, Box.net, Dropbox and Shopify.
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So far, there's a comforting group of heavy hitters, including Skitch, Box.net, Associated Press, Evernote, eBay, StumbleUpon, Pandora and Slacker Radio.
Of course, there were top-notch venture firms in the Box.net round, such as Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth.
Box.net and others do have to spend to support free customers, but they also save on getting to them in the first place.
Business acceptance of real-time collaboration tools is moving toward becoming as universal as it is in the consumer space ( Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox).
While consumer Web freemium firms have a tough time getting 3% of their members to pay, Box.net is seeing 8% of business members pay.
In three clicks you can have your doc ported over to QuickOffice, Dropbox, Box.net, Evernote or whatever other document viewing program you like to use.
Five million people already use a startup service called Box.net.
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