January 2017 Summaries

"Bring Your _______ Self to Work" is a cultural initiative at Box that highlights the diversity of its employees, with a series of interviews showcasing individual team members. This week's focus is on Laura Tomas, an Associate Technical Support Engineer, who shares her experiences working at Box's Redwood City headquarters. Laura discusses her role in managing customer escalations and public communications during site events, emphasizing the importance of customer interaction to identify product strengths and gaps. She highlights Box's supportive culture and opportunities for career development, which include inter-team collaborations and internal trainings. Her team culture is described as collaborative and engaging, with traditions like sharing donuts and hosting Waffle Wednesdays, which Laura participates in by making sourdough waffles. Despite the challenges of addressing diverse customer environments, Laura embraces problem-solving in her role and shares personal goals, including completing her first marathon and running 1000 miles in 2017.

Box has launched a new Partner Portal designed to enhance international collaboration with its partners by providing a centralized hub for all channel-related activities. This initiative aims to strengthen existing relationships and promote business growth by offering personalized access, improved user interfaces for deal registrations, and faster online support through the Box Channel Operations team. The portal also grants access to Box University for training materials and includes resources such as price lists and marketing collateral. Additionally, it enhances tracking, invoicing, and reporting capabilities to streamline operations. With this launch, Box seeks to expand its partner engagement, particularly focusing on Enterprise Content Management partners to penetrate deeper into specific vertical markets, especially within the mid-market sector.

The guide provides a step-by-step approach to automate the organization and tagging of digital assets in Box using Stamplay's low-code development platform integrated with Clarifai, an image and video recognition API. By connecting these services, users can automatically add metadata and tags to images and videos upon upload, eliminating manual effort. The process involves setting up a workspace in Box, obtaining a Clarifai API key, configuring the Stamplay Blueprint, and adding a Box Metadata Template. This integration streamlines the management of digital assets, making them easily searchable and organized without extensive manual intervention.