Dropbox and Microsoft have agreed to provide primary cloud storage support

Donews November 5 News (reporter An Hong) is the so-called No eternal enemy, Microsoft today announced with online http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/18450.html "> File-sharing company Dropbox a native cloud storage partnership that allows Office software users to manage and share files through Dropbox Web sites and mobile applications, while the latter will provide native cloud storage support for Microsoft to strengthen the PC, mobile, and cloud applications that integrate office.

Under the agreement, Dropbox users will be able to associate with the Microsoft Office ipad via their existing accounts, enabling fast file views, editing, and saving to the cloud. Also, by default, file edits implemented through Dropbox Web applications can be implemented through the Microsoft Office Web application, and documents stored in the cloud do not need to be stored back to Dropbox.

It is understood that this feature will be added to the next update of the Office mobile application, which will be launched in the coming weeks, while online access will be implemented in the first half of 2015.

A few days ago, Microsoft announced that it will provide all Office 365 customers with unlimited amount of cloud storage, which Dropbox and other competitors a major blow. And the new features of Microsoft and Dropbox, which make it easier for corporate users to enjoy Office 365 services, mean more mobile computing and cloud users will be paid subscribers to Microsoft's products.

For Dropbox, choosing to work with Microsoft is in line with the company's goal of attracting more corporate customers. Corporate users have been blocking Dropbox services for fear of leaking sensitive files or information. Ilia Forschmann, head of Dropbox product business, says two companies need to work together to provide better services for mobile and network users, given that more than 35 billion Office documents are stored on Dropbox.

Microsoft already has a file-sharing service OneDrive, but partnering with Dropbox will allow the software giant to reach more than 200 million users of Dropbox. In fact, Microsoft has previously seen Dropbox as a strong competitor in the area of cloud storage and file consolidation.

Microsoft has long been with Dropbox. As early as the end of 2009, Ballmer, then Microsoft's chief executive, tried to buy Dropbox, but was rejected. Dropbox received about $250 million trillion in a new round of funding this January, and valuations soared to $10 billion trillion.

Data show that Dropbox has more than 300 million users and 4 million enterprise users, and its service platform stores up to 35 billion Office documents. Finish）