Seattle: Box Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will sell a version of Box’s file-sharing and storage service using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, expanding their partnership in an effort to reach more corporate customers. Box will also consider using some of Microsoft’s cloud-based artificial intelligence services for tasks such as indexing video and translating text in files. Box also offers a service called Zones, which lets customers choose where to store their data from among eight local regions. That service relies on Amazon and International Business Machines Corp. because Box doesn’t operate international data centres. “As companies look to make the journey to the cloud they are really looking for solutions that work end to end,” said Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie.

Source: Mint June 27, 2017 15:00 UTC