Box on Thursday begins rolling out a set of new tools for the Box Platform that should make it easier for businesses to incorporate a Box-style content management experience into their own applications.
The new tools, called Box Elements, are pre-built, customizable components — some of the same components used to build Box’s core app. The Box app has around 54 million users and 74,000 customers. The Box Platform is a separate line of business, which offers APIs for customers creating their own applications.
Box has spent the past decade thinking about how to build content management tools with security, governance, and compliance capabilities built in, as well as a sleek and engaging user experience, Patel said. Box Elements, he said, provides that expertise in a simple package for other businesses to adopt.
