ISC: Launching A New Penn+Box Collaboration Service |
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Information Systems & Computing will introduce a cloud-based file management and file sharing service for Penn called “Penn+Box” on November 1, 2012. All faculty, students, and staff start with 20 GB of space to save, access, and share their files from anywhere.
There will be no direct charge to members of the University community for basic Penn+Box service, which will be covered by an increase in the Central Infrastructure Fee through which schools and centers support core network infrastructure services. Customers will also have the option to purchase additional storage.
Penn+Box includes a robust set of tools to facilitate collaboration, easy access from a variety of devices, automatic synching of local files, and application integrations that allow seamless viewing and editing of a wide variety of content stored on the service. In addition to these features, the service protects Penn intellectual property via a University contract, which is stronger than click-thru agreements for similar commercial services like Dropbox. Penn+Box will supplement Secure Share and may replace Secure Space over time.
Penn has contracted with Internet2 for the Box service as part of ISC’s ongoing strategy of partnering with preferred and trusted organizations as a way of providing flexible and secure cloud service options.
To learn more about the service and to view rates for additional storage, visit: www.upenn.edu/computing/box/
—Robin Beck, Vice President, Information Systems & Computing
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