Box also competes with companies like Microsoft, Google and Egnyte, all targeting the enterprise
with online file storage and sharing products.
In the wake of the Megaupload raid a couple of
other online file storage sites voluntarily closed their doors and several others have scrambled to revise their policies and procedures.
The market has been waiting for its next hot tech IPOs, and they now look likely to come from Dropbox and Box, two rivals
in online file storage.
During one of his keynote demonstrations, Ballmer showed how students could use Blio eReader or
SkyDrive online file storage software running on Windows 7 PCs to browse digital textbooks and share information.
According to the ABA's most - recent technology survey, 58 % of lawyers use Dropbox, making it the most
popular online file storage option among lawyers.
Alternatively, if you are confident the recipient is fairly tech savvy, you can link to a shared file on DropBox, Google Drive, Box or
other online file storage / sharing site.
This opinion from the Arizona Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct reviews the use
of online file storage and retrieval systems and how they relate to the Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (Competence) and 1.6 (Confidentiality of Information).
Although DropBox has been on top of
the online file storage game for a while, Google Drive has proven to be a worthy alternative.
The online file storage provider handles all this for you.
In the random «Really Useful Stuff» Department, I recently started using DropBox,
the online file storage / backup / syncing service.
«Lawyers providing
an online file storage and retrieval system for client access of documents must take reasonable precautions to protect the security and confidentiality of client documents and information.»
When a new e-mail hits your inbox, slap a label on it and archive a copy of the e-mail to
your online file storage service.
There are a wide variety of services you can activate and link to but the two that this example uses are Google Mail (GMail) and Dropbox,
the online file storage service.
For instance, I use
an online file storage app called «Dropbox» to give my clients access to the complete file of documents on the property they are buying or selling.