TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Box (NYSE:BOX) today announced that Waseda University, headquartered in
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, is bringing Box’s secure content platform to all of
its approximately 50,000 students and staff. With this move, Waseda
University will store and manage its students’ research documents as
well as staff files on Box.
Waseda University will leverage Box to securely share content such as
educational material and notes, reports, research data and papers that
students and staff create for classes both internally and externally.
Waseda University will also use Box to store its important information.
In addition, the university is using Box’s high level of security to
help prevent information leakage resulting from virus contamination and
smartphone, tablet and PC theft and loss.
“Waseda University’s choice of Box sets the new standard for how
universities and educational institutions will engage with content,”
said Katsunori Furuichi, president and managing director, Box Japan. “By
securely managing content on Box, collaboration between students,
researchers and external users enables a more productive environment
which improves project efficiency.”
Waseda University chose Box to enable security, collaboration, and
mobility across all teams. Box’s security features help to keep
intellectual property safe while the advanced collaboration functions
allow students to work internally and externally regardless of time or
location. The ability for students and staff to better share information
and collaborate on any device expands the university’s scope and
research quality.
Box makes it easy for more than 34 million individuals at 45,000
organizations around the world to securely share, access and collaborate
on files. Box is used by numerous international universities as well as
global customers like General
Electric, Schneider
Electric and AstraZeneca.
About Waseda University
Waseda University is a leading institution in Japan, founded in 1882 on
three principles: independence of academia, practical application of
knowledge, and the shaping of good citizens; with the ultimate aim of
producing leaders. Waseda has stayed true to these ideals, educating
seven prime ministers and countless other politicians, business leaders,
journalists, diplomats, scholars, scientists, inventors, actors, writers
and artists. Waseda’s history and tradition is to tirelessly challenge
convention, in favor of progress and innovation. By its 150th
anniversary in 2032, the University has committed to expanding its
leadership in Asia and around the world.
About Box
Founded in 2005, Box is transforming the way people and organizations
work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. As the world's
leading enterprise software platform for content collaboration, Box
helps businesses of all sizes in every industry securely access and
manage their critical information in the cloud. Box is headquartered in
Los Altos, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe and Asia.
To learn more about Box, visit www.box.com
