UK Jisc Appoints Box to Content Sharing Framework

Box, Inc. has been appointed to the File Sync and Share framework by Jisc, the charity that offers digital solutions for UK education and research, including the Janet network.

Following a pre-screening, Box is available through a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to higher and further education institutions and researchers in the UK.

“Research and education organisations across our community are calling for access to sync and share facilities that aid collaboration, while also meeting the sector’s increasingly stringent security requirements,” said Dan Perry, director of product and marketing, Janet. “Through the File Sync and Share DPS, institutions have access to a range of flexible options that will help them better share and manage their content.“

“Advancements in technology and new ways of working can mean legacy IT solutions are , always suitable for today’s educational institutions, which often need to manage critical documents easily and securely from anywhere and on any device,” said David Quantrell, Box SVP and GM of EMEA. “Our partnership with Jisc removes the barriers to cloud adoption within the education sector by delivering a platform that supports education programs and strategies.“

Jisc is a specialist of digital technologies in UK education and research. Its vision is for the UK to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation.

Box makes it easy for more than 27 million individuals at 240,000 businesses around the world to share and collaborate across devices, while providing IT departments with insight and control. With announcement, Jisc joins a number of industries that have agreements with Box, including the UK government, which deployed Box to its G-Cloud portal in 2013.

Box is available to HE, FE and specialist institutions as well as research councils in the UK through the DPS.