Event Report: BoxWorks 2018 the road to Cloud Content Management

This week Box held their annual conference BoxWorks, with the 2018 theme being "The blueprint for the future of work".

In the two videos below I provide my thoughts on the key themes and product announcements.

Part 1: Three Key Themes in Box's evolution to Cloud Content Management

• Evolution from Cloud File Storage to Cloud Content Management
• Digital Workplace - A seamless Employee Experience for content and collaboration
• Content Intelligence - Automating tasks and extracting insights

Part 2: News and Overall Thoughts

• Lots of integrations, including GSuite
• Box Feed
• Activity Stream and Recommended Apps
• Box Skills, Metadata, Tasks and Automations 

My Analysis

• Box continues to hold their own and grow in a market could have easily been commoditized by Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive
• They continue to improve the user experience, solving common ECM issues like finding content
• Until now, Box was more of a service than a destination. With Feed, Activity Stream, Recommended Apps, Automation and other features, the amount of time people spend in Box itself will increase.
• Customers would like better clarity and a more specific roadmap around ”announced features” versus shipping.
• Business Partners are unsure of which features will remain 3rd party add-ons and what areas Box will add with native functionality