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Instead, what struck me was that Box.net included two key strategic investors: Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) and SAP (NYSE:SAP) Ventures.

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Having already saturated much of Europe's market for enterprise software, SAP could find its new business ventures stifled in a U.S. recession.

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