These numbers helped make the case: Offering Dropbox for Business at MIT would enhance support for a tool already in wide use. This feature provides additional security and saves you from keeping track of a separate Dropbox password.Īt the start their partnership, MIT and Dropbox determined that there were more than 10,000 existing Dropbox accounts associated with email addresses, and even more when domains such as, , and were included. (Zacheiss points out that there is a practical limit – the capacity of your devices – since Dropbox syncs with the files on those devices.) Dropbox also enables file-sharing with others, even those without a Dropbox account.ĭropbox for Business adds features beyond those offered for personal accounts: Files can include documents, photos, and videos, as well as files in other formats. Dropbox for Business has a well-integrated, documented application programming interface (API), which means other applications can be built on top of it.ĭropbox provides a seamless way to back up and sync files between your devices, from desktops and laptops to tablets and smartphones.
According to Garry Zacheiss, senior IT manager of server & system administration in Information Systems and Technology (IS&T), “Dropbox has been eager to work with MIT, to get the community’s feedback on new features before they go public.”įrom IS&T’s perspective, the rollout is not just of Dropbox as a service but as an evolved storage platform – in line with the platform vision articulated by John Charles, vice president for Information Systems and Technology. It’s not just about offering the community a more robust way to store and share files. Now the Dropbox-MIT partnership is moving to a higher level with the August 21 launch of Dropbox for Business at MIT. In fact, the concept behind Dropbox was inspired by MIT’s use of the Andrew File System (AFS) as part of Athena. At MIT, the Dropbox name has special cloud(t): the service was co-founded by MIT alumni Arash Ferdowsi '08 and Drew Houston '05 Houston later returned to campus to give the commencement address in 2013. Dropbox is synonymous with cloud-based file storage, syncing, and sharing.
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