LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Box today announced that Eurostar, the high-speed railway service
connecting the UK with mainland Europe, is bringing Box’s cloud content
sharing and collaboration platform to its 1,600 employees. In addition
to providing mobile access to content, Box will also provide centralized
and secure management of Eurostar’s internal and external collaboration.
“We have teams working on multiple projects across three key countries,”
said Antoine de Kerviler, CIO at Eurostar. “Box provides us with a
smooth, unified, way of accessing content and a strong collaboration
platform for our disparate workforce. It is helping us to transform the
way we access information and is fundamentally changing the way we work.”
“Eurostar is a leading example in the transportation industry of
companies moving to cloud technologies,” said David Quantrell, Box
senior vice president and general manager of EMEA. “Box helps enable
secure content sharing, collaboration and mobility so that Eurostar can
more efficiently run an essential service connecting the UK with the
rest of the Continent.”
Similar to Box’s values, Eurostar places a strong emphasis on creating
environments that foster productivity through secure, user-friendly
tools. Having just celebrated its 20th anniversary, Eurostar
continues to prioritize providing employees with the platform they need
to be efficient and effective using the best technology available.
Box makes it easy for more than 32 million individuals at 275,000
businesses around the world to share and collaborate. With today’s
announcement, Eurostar joins a growing list of transportation companies
who have moved to Box, including Network Rail, Gatwick Airport, Hamburg
Airport as well as global enterprises, including General
Electric, Anglo
American, and Schneider
Electric.
About Eurostar
Eurostar is the high-speed train service linking St Pancras
International, Ebbsfleet International, Ashford International, Paris,
Brussels, Lille, Calais, Disneyland® Paris, Avignon and the French Alps.
Eurostar was established in 1994 as a partnership between three railway
companies: SNCF, SNCB and LCR (London and Continental Railways). On 1
September 2010, Eurostar became a single, unified corporate entity owned
by three shareholders: SNCF, SNCB and LCR.
The current Eurostar train was first introduced into service in 1994
carrying 750 passengers and operating at speeds of up to 300kph. Since
then, the fleet of 28 trains has carried more than 150 million
passengers between London and the Continent. Following their
refurbishment these trains will continue to form a core part of the
Eurostar fleet. The new Eurostar e320 will carry more than 900
passengers at speeds of up to 320kph.
Eurostar is a founder member of Railteam, a partnership between Europe’s
leading high-speed train operators that is developing simpler ways to
book and travel on the fast-expanding European high-speed rail network.
About Box
Box’s mission is to make businesses of all sizes more productive,
competitive, and collaborative by connecting people and their most
important information. More than 32 million people at 275,000
businesses, including 99 percent of the Fortune 500, use Box today to
share, manage and access their content globally. Content on Box can be
securely shared and easily accessed on the web, through iOS, Android and
Windows Phone applications, and extended to partner applications, such
as Google Apps, NetSuite and Salesforce. Headquartered in Los Altos, CA,
Box is privately held and backed by several leading venture capital
firms and strategic investors. To learn more about Box, visit www.box.com.
