Dropbox adds an extra layer of security in its cloud-based platform while Quadient consolidates individual BPA apps for document management onto a single platform.
Dropbox Adds New Features to Cloud-Storage Platform
Dropbox introduced a host of new features, both for home and business as a part of their two-pronged approach to allow customers to further leverage cloud storage and hosting services to manage remote workOpens a new window requirements.
Holly Muscolino, Research VP, Content Strategies and the Future of Work at IDC said, “According to IDC survey data, 31% of workers are concerned about lost productivity due to shifting to work from home. However, a recent poll shows that 70% of organizations would be investing in content sharing and collaboration over the next 12 months to support at-home workers.â€
Dropbox certainly isn’t leaving any stone unturned to address this demand. The company also pushed their partner programOpens a new window for organizations seeking to ease streamline remote work before Tuesday’s releases.
In 2012, Dropbox suffered a breach Opens a new window that affected 68 million user accounts (email and passwords). Since then, the cloud storage major ramped up its security protocols like two-factor authentication and now aims to protect user account passwords.
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Dropbox introduced password management, an online vault and computer backup for personal organization, along with an app center and a native eSignature for business users.
Check out the new features below:
1. Dropbox Passwords features zero-knowledge encryption, which can ensure passwords remain accessible only by the user.
2. Dropbox Vault is essentially an online version of an actual vault where users can store important documents for device-agnostic accessibility via a 6-digit PIN.
3. Backup continuously synchronizes computer data i.e., all files and folders with Dropbox when turned on.
4. Workflow update to send, sign and store paperless documents through a new native integration with HelloSign for eSignatures.
5. Dropbox App Center brings all third-party apps to a central location. This is a move away from the previously tedious process of searching within the account settings.
Availability of new features:
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Dropbox Password
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Backup
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Select Users- Coming weeks
Everyone else- July
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Dropbox will also introduce Dropbox Family as a means to enable families to share moments, documents etc. One Dropbox Family subscription will be available for upto 6 users, where each user will get a private as well as a shared space for storage, totalling 2 terabytes. Dropbox Family is slated for availability for Plus users in the next few weeks, and for everyone else later in the year.
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Quadient Unifies Its Document Management Capabilities
While Dropbox is making strides in the enterprise and individual needs for storage servicing, Quadient is forging ahead in document managementOpens a new window for small and medium sized businesses. The company announced the general availability of the cloud-based Quadient Impress.
Quadient Impress is a multi-channel outbound document automation platform for business processes that can help in eliminating the redundancies associated with manual activities and tasks. It can help streamline the customer communications across print and digital channels, or an outsourced one.
Quadient Impress’ business process automationOpens a new window capabilities are enabled via its suite of applications which previously existed as individual solutions. The are now consolidated under a single platform, which includes the following:
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1. Impress Automate: Streamlines repetitive tasks for the automated creation, distribution and output of business docs such as invoices, statements, notices, correspondence etc., supported by a personalized touch.
2. Impress Portal: Is a document portal for rapid communication, paperless document sharing and retrieval between users and customers.
3. Impress Dispatch: Centralizes business communication for consistency and compliance for the preparation, review and approval of outgoing ad hoc documents through a mail production center.
4. Outsourced Hybrid Mail: Takes care of physical outbound mail with just a few clicks from the desktop.
Dropbox and Quadient’s services remain integral to several organizations’ remote working needs.
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