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• Dropbox IPO priced at nearly one-third below its peak valuation

  Dropbox this week priced shares for its initial public offering that would value it at up to US$7.1 billion, nearly a third below the valuation it commanded in 2014, a clear sign of how overheated the private tech market became a few years back.

• Dropbox files confidentially for US IPO, source says

  Cloud storage provider Dropbox has filed confidentially for a U.S. initial public offering, a source close to the matter said on Thursday.

• Dropbox targets freelance pros with Showcase portfolios and Professional pricing tier

  Showcase is designed to make it easier for freelancers and small teams of professionals to share content.

• Construction company streamlines operations with Dropbox

  When Australian construction company Built adopted Dropbox to enable the sharing of large files between its offices, construction sites and partners the wide usage of the file sharing software by individuals helped accelerate uptake.

• Australia to get Dropbox proxy server to boost performance

  Dropbox is to install a point-of-presence, a proxy server, in Australia, at Equinix’s Sydney data centre — a move that it says will improve upload and download speeds to and from its US data centres for Australian and New Zealand customers.

• Mobile survival guide: Top tips for staying connected

  Picture this: You're sitting down

• Why Dropbox dropped Amazon's Cloud

  Dropbox has culminated a multi-year project to build a customised infrastructure environment that company officials say is finely tuned to their specific needs, allowing them to reap savings compared with how they used Amazon Web Services' cloud. Should you get out of the cloud too?

• The top 10 supercomputers in the world, 20 years ago

  In 1995, the top-grossing film in the U.S. was Batman Forever. (Val Kilmer as Batman, Jim Carrey as the Riddler, Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face. Yeah.) The L.A. Rams were moving back to St. Louis, and Michael Jordan was moving back to the Bulls. Violence was rife in the Balkans. The O.J. trial happened.

• 4 ideas to steal from IT upstarts

  Fast-growing companies like Square and MongoDB are driving IT innovation with leaner staffs, cloud-first computing, self-service everything and CTOs rather than CIOs.

• Here, there, everywhere: 3 personal Cloud storage systems

  Cloud storage has become increasingly popular, both for individuals and companies, as a place to stash everything from tax records to family photos. Services such as Dropbox, Box, SugarSync or Google Drive offer the chance to easily store your data and then access it from any of your devices.

• IT's new concern: The personal Cloud

  As personal and professional Clouds converge, IT's mission to improve productivity while protecting corporate apps and data is getting tougher.

Whitepapers about dropbox

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  Fixing Your Dropbox Problem - How the Right Data Protection Strategy Can Help

  It’s estimated that more than 50 million people have used public cloud storage services such as Dropbox to share and exchange files. Public cloud services are so easy to use that their openness can undermine existing IT policies regarding the transmission of confidential data. With data volumes threatening to overwhelm onsite storage, IT managers are looking to find a solution that’s affordable and secure. This paper details a simple three-step approach to helping users manage access to the public cloud without placing your data or your business at risk. Read on.

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  Aberdeen Group Analyst Insight Report: Does Your Enterprise Have a “Dropbox Problem?”

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  Secure File Sharing in the Cloud: Maximizing the Benefits

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  8 Critical Requirements for Secure Mobile File Sharing