Waseda University Deploys Box Secure Content Platform

Box, Inc. announced that Waseda University, headquartered in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, is bringing its secure content platform to all of its approximately 50,000 students and staff.

With this move, the university will store and manage its students’ research documents as well as staff files on Box.

Waseda University will leverage Box to securely share content such as educational material and notes, reports, research data and papers that students and staff create for classes both internally and externally. Waseda University will also use Box to store its important information. In addition, the university is using Box’s high level of security to help prevent information leakage resulting from virus contamination and smartphone, tablet and PC theft and loss.

“Waseda University’s choice of Box sets the new standard for how universities and educational institutions will engage with content,” said Katsunori Furuichi, president and MD, Box Japan. “By securely managing content on Box, collaboration between students, researchers and external users enables a more productive environment which improves project efficiency.“

Waseda University chose Box to enable security, collaboration, and mobility across all teams. Box’s security features help to keep intellectual property safe while the advanced collaboration functions allow students to work internally and externally regardless of time or location. The ability for students and staff to better share information and collaborate on any device expands the university’s scope and research quality.

Box makes it easy for more than 34 million individuals at 45,000 organizations around the world to securely share, access and collaborate on files. Box is used by numerous international universities as well as global customers like General Electric Company, Schneider Electric SE and AstraZeneca UK Limited.