Box goes international with AWS- and IBM-powered Zones feature
Box is trying to make it easier for companies outside the U.S. to comply with regulatory requirements on where their data is stored. A new feature that lets customers pick a variety of new countries in which they can house their data.
Starting next month, companies will be able to pay for a new Box Zones feature that will let them store data in Germany, Ireland, Japan and Singapore, while using Box's content and management services as though they had kept that information in the company's U.S. data centers.
That's important for companies that have to meet data sovereignty requirements to comply with their country's laws.
Later this year, companies will also be able to purchase Box Zones for the IBM Cloud in Europe and Asia. While the company has announced integrations only with AWS and IBM at the moment, it's not opposed to working with other cloud providers like Microsoft, Box vice president Rand Wacker said in an interview.
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