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Dropbox Extends Developer Platform to Deliver New Business-Critical Solutions for Enterprise CustomersDropbox today introduced the Dropbox (News - Alert) for Business API, which launches with more than 20 enterprise integrations to make Dropbox for Business a more powerful and secure solution for business collaboration. The new API is available today and enables integrations with leading services like CloudLock, Dell (News - Alert) Data Protection, Guidance Software and Splunk® to address critical enterprise processes including eDiscovery, security information and event management, data loss prevention and digital rights management. Dropbox for Business has grown to 100,000 customers in less than two years, including Hearst, Hyatt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Geographic, News Corp, Spotify (News - Alert) and Under Armour. Over 300,000 apps already integrate with Dropbox, including solutions like Microsoft Office, Salesforce and DocuSign that help people collaborate and work more productively. The Dropbox for Business API delivers a new category of integrations to extend the power of the Dropbox Platform. With this API, developers now have access to build into the team-level functionality of Dropbox for Business and administrators are empowered to deploy and manage business-critical applications across their team. Click to tweet: Dropbox extends developer platform to deliver new enterprise solutions for Dropbox for Business customers http://bit.ly/1yTufIz "Dropbox for Business has been embraced by 100,000 companies because of its simple, powerful user experience combined with robust admin capabilities that give IT control over company data," said Ilya Fushman, head of product for Dropbox for Business. "Today marks a major milestone for our growing enterprise business. With the Dropbox for Business API, we're making it easy for developers to build apps that cater to these companies, and expanding the reach of Dropbox for Business for our enterprise customers." The Dropbox for Business API is launching with more than 20 industry-leading services to support a wide range of IT processes and satisfy industry compliance standards, including:
"As a global reseller of Dropbox for Business, our sales team has found great reception from our customers as the solution enables collaboration in a really simple way while giving IT the necessary business-level control," said Brett Hansen, executive director of end user computing software at Dell. "We're very excited about how the Dropbox for Business API will now enable some of the most important use cases for our joint customers. The integration of Dell Data Protection | Cloud Edition enables users to add client-side file-level encryption and open encrypted files through the Dropbox mobile apps, while providing companies with a broader range of controls to meet even the most stringent compliance and regulatory requirements." The Dropbox for Business API gives developers access to team-level functionality that's critical to enabling complex IT and business processes, and empowers Dropbox for Business administrators to deploy and manage applications across their team. Developers can now build into the security and usability of Dropbox for Business with the opportunity to reach 100,000 companies. Developers can learn more about how to use the API to extend the reach of their apps in our API documentation. For more information about Dropbox for Business, visit: https://www.dropbox.com/business Resources
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