Podio integrates with Box for smarter collaboration

29.02.12 Posted in Product News by

What do Lennon & McCartney, fish & chips, and Podio & Box have in common? They’re all matches made in collaboration heaven!

Today we’re launching a powerful new update to the Podio platform — Box for Podio — a smarter, easier way to share and collaborate around documents and files stored on Box.

   

Podio is used for all kinds of projects and business processes, from handling video production workflows to managing mergers and acquisitions. In every line of work, we know that sharing up-to-date content with the right people at the right time is critical. Box’s cloud-based content management platform has helped 100,000 businesses all over the world break free from the bad old days of files stored on hard drives, servers and FTP sites. Just like Podio, Box recognizes that work is changing and that work tools have to support virtual, mobile and social businesses.

Box for Podio makes it possible to access and share your Box files and folders anywhere in Podio – bringing together the best of cloud content management with the social, app-driven workflows you already know and love.

To get started, simply connect your Box account to Podio by clicking the paperclip, or ‘Add File’ icon anywhere you see it in Podio and you’ll be able to share a Box file or folder in seconds.

Sharing Box Files in Podio statuses and messages
Just want to share a Box file or folder with your team or client?  Write a status message in a workspace and attach the right content from Box. You can also share Box files privately by attaching them to messages you send on Podio.

Adding Box File to Podio Apps
With Podio, anyone can build a new app or modify an any app from the Podio App Store to get their job done. If you’re using a Podio app for managing sales and working on sales presentations stored on Box, now you can simply attach a presentation file from Box to a sales management app item in Podio, set a deadline, choose a status to indicate if it’s a draft or final version, and use comments for collaboration and discussion on Podio.

Adding Box Files to Podio Tasks
If you need someone’s feedback on a document stored on Box, simply create a task, assign it to your co-worker and attach the Box file to the task. Your co-worker will have access to the Box file and can add comments directly to the Podio task.

Get started in 30 seconds
You connect your Box account to Podio by clicking the paperclip, or ‘Add File’ icon anywhere you see it in Podio. If you’re not already using Podio - sign-up for free  - and you can get a free Box account here.


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Co-founder at Podio. For several years Jon Froda has been researching the field of social software, specializing in strategies and tools that help organizations develop knowledge, lead and stay ahead of the market. At Podio Jon is involved with marketing, product development and customer service.

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  • Anonymous

    Is this two-way sync with the Box files, or will it create a copy of the file? 

    When you add the Box file to Podio, can you still edit the file through your regular Box account and that keeps the file in sync with the assigned file that are discussed around in Podio? 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3MMKF7DPCLWQG7BN2A6J6CNL6I Yann Leretaille

    Meh, I primarily use Dropbox for my projects…I have a box account, but migrating everything to box is not really an option right now. Are there any plans to integrate Dropbox, too? I love podio, and having Dropbox support would be awesome…

  • http://twitter.com/koycarraway Koy Carraway

    Right there with you. We have a lot of time invested and folder structures created inside dropbox and the migration of that would not be fun. Dropbox integration would be huge for us. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000358301616 Rui Sales

     one more here.

    Dropbox would be much better!

  • http://www.cazoomi.com/ Clint Wilson

     +1

    ~Clint
    @cazoomi:twitter

  • Binh Nguyen

    Same here, dropbox support would be great

  • http://blog.podio.com Ryan Nichols

    The file itself actually always stays on Box– we just keep a link to it on Podio that acts just like a regular file.  We don’t just make a copy.  So yes, the file is always up to date, and you can continue to access it through Box!

  • http://www.facebook.com/lilly.hanscom Lilly Hanscom

    Ah yes, more integrations like this one are on the way. We promise not to make you wait too long and appreciate the feedback. We’re always listening! (literally. We don’t sleep and most of us have become cyborg-esque Podio-human hybrids on a mission to help our users work the way they want to!) Stay tuned!

  • Eugene Joura

    I’m pretty new to Podio.. but my concern is a security related to docs sharing.  What if person, lets say a contractor, stores all the links from Box/Google docs while working for us. And after his job is done, he will still have all the access to those docs?  That means he can simply erase all the docs he has links to? At any time! Podio team should really explain what this type of sharing can lead to. Unless I’m missing something.

    Regards.

  • http://www.atsnexgen.com Rob Bliss Telephone Specialist

    Keep up the great work !!

  • http://blog.podio.com Ryan Nichols

    Hi Eugene–  I completely agree that getting the security model right is very important for these type of integrations.  Here’s what we’ve done:
    - Files are shared with a default sharing status of “read only,” so there is no risk that a 3rd party deletes your files
    - Sharing in this way will actually result in fewer copies of your document floating around, since most will just work with the document online vs. downloading
    - You still control the overall file sharing settings from Box / Google, and can turn off access to anyone, at any time.  That’s what you’d do if you wanted to remove access for a ex-contractor. 

    Does that help answer your questions?
    Ryan

  • http://twitter.com/henryklippert Henryk Lippert

    Hi, this is nice, but please include Dropbox… which is used by all of my clients

  • http://twitter.com/ReidBiz Lisa Apfeld

    Another vote or Dropbox integration :)

  • Erik van der Zijden

    Great stuff, all these integrations. It seems were getting somewhere with all these integrations. Now let’s integrate DropBox too, since that is the 800 pound Gorilla in the doc sharing space.

    Erik

  • http://twitter.com/lilhanscom Lilly Hanscom
  • http://twitter.com/lilhanscom Lilly Hanscom
  • http://twitter.com/lilhanscom Lilly Hanscom

    Here’s a little Dropbox for ya: http://blog.podio.com/2012/04/04/dropboxforpodio/

  • Anonymous

    That is awesome! Thanks a lot!

  • http://twitter.com/DonMacLennan Don MacLennan

    Hi, quick question. Will Podio inherit the Box security model? For example, I try in Podio to link to a file or folder in Box, but the Box permissions don’t allow me. Does Podio prevent me accordingly?

    In the case of the Dropbox integration with Podio, it appears to be “all or nothing” access to the entire Dropbox account and its folder contents. Which is a non-starter for me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/michaeljohndean Michael Dean

    Hi Don, when you attach files from your dropbox account in Podio you are only giving access to that file, not the entire account or an entire folder. For Box, you can access and attach any file from Box that you have access to in Box. When you share this file in Podio you give access to it for the people in your workspace. Hope this helps.