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The EU-US Privacy Shield agreement explained

The EU-US Privacy Shield agreement explained

The History of the “Safe Harbour” Problem. On October 6, 2015 an essential legal agreement for the global movement of  data, Safe Harbour, was brought to its knees in a ruling by the European Courts. In their judgement on legal case by an Austrian citizen (Maximilian Schrems) against Facebook, the European Court... Read More »

Microsoft adds real-time collaboration for Office Online docs

Microsoft adds real-time collaboration for Office Online docs

Real-time co-authoring with Office Online for docs stored in partner cloud services  Business users who utilise cloud storage providers like Box, Citrix ShareFile, Dropbox now have some improved tools in their collaboration toolkits, thanks to a new set of additions that Microsoft announced on 27/1/2016. Office Online users can now work in real... Read More »

Microsoft releases new OneDrive for Business sync client & developer kit

Microsoft releases new OneDrive for Business sync client & developer kit

On Wednesday 16th December, Jeff Teper, corporate vice president of Microsoft for OneDrive and SharePoint, announced the availability of their Next Generation Sync Client and several other new capabilities, not to mention the much talked about and already reported updates to their OneDrive for Business storage plans. Next Generation Sync Client for Windows and Mac... Read More »

Microsoft limits unlimited OneDrive for Business storage

Microsoft limits unlimited OneDrive for Business storage

Microsoft announced on the 16th December 2015 that only the most expensive enterprise Office 365 subscription plans will be eligible for an unlimited OneDrive for Business storage allocation. Coming so soon after last month’s decision to remove unlimited storage from all consumer grade Office 365 plans, Microsoft’s latest move was... Read More »

Box partners with Salesforce to allow seamless content sharing

Box partners with Salesforce to allow seamless content sharing

Box has just announced an all-new set of ways that Box customers can interact with and share content from Salesforce. Starting with a pilot today, they will let customers seamlessly take any of the content they have stored in Box and access it throughout multiple Salesforce experiences, including mobile apps, customer... Read More »