Box Fills Hole for Mac Users
December 18, 2013
A number of good enterprise solutions are on the market. An organization usually decides between them based on their individual needs. For some, usage of iOS and Mac OS platforms means that SharePoint is not a viable option. CITE World expands on this idea in their article, “How Box is replacing SharePoint and custom software at Scripps Networks.”
The article explains:
“Now, people throughout the company ‘use it for exchanging everything,’ he said. ‘I use it the way I used to use SharePoint.’ Box ended up solving an additional problem for Scripps: Filling a hole that SharePoint left for Mac users. SharePoint isn’t very Mac friendly, Hurst said, which became an issue for the 35 percent of Scripps workers who are on Macs.”
Box is touted as user-friendly and enterprise ready. For those reasons, it may just give SharePoint a run for its money. Add to this the fact that Mac OS and iOS users are on the rise and Box has something that SharePoint can’t offer – agility between operating systems. Stephen E. Arnold of ArnoldIT covers the latest in SharePoint and enterprise search. He has recently and often said that SharePoint may be in trouble, and this type of stiff competition adds to that argument.
Emily Rae Aldridge, December 18, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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