Ask and it is given: Dropbox for Podio is here!

04.04.12 Posted in Featured,Product News by

Ok friends, we know you’ve been waiting for this one; the hundreds of feature requests over the past few months tipped us off! Today, it’s with great pleasure that we release Dropbox for Podio — a better way to manage your Dropbox content within your Podio workflow.

For those of you who are still emailing yourself the files you need, Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily, via the cloud. If you’re not yet using Podio – you can also simply create your free account here.

Dropbox for Podio is our latest platform integration focused on content-sharing and works in the same way as our earlier product updates for Google Docs and Box.  Getting started couldn’t be easier; simply click the paperclip or ‘Add files’ icon anywhere you see it on Podio and click on Dropbox. You’ll then be able to enter your Dropbox log in details and connect your account to Podio — enabling you to:

  • Structure the work around your files by attaching them to app items, in the Podio Apps you use to execute projects and handle your workflows.
  • Share Dropbox files with your teams as part of statuses in your workspaces. You can also share them privatly with messages.
  • Attach Dropbox files to tasks, for example to ask a colleague to review content you have stored in Dropbox.

What’s extra cool about this integration is that it also works on your Podio iPhone app. If you’ve connected your Podio and Dropbox accounts on the web, your Dropbox account will instantly run on your Podio iPhone app, but you can also connect your account directly from your phone with your Dropbox credentials. Try it now!

To find out just what kind of impact this nifty little integration would have on our users, we filmed a new video with Podio organization, Masanga, capturing the remarkable story of their humanitarian work in Sierra Leone. As an NGO, Masanga operates a hospital in the West African nation and has carried out more than 140,000 treatments the local community. Masanga uses Podio to co-ordinate all its operations, including managing its funding with a purpose-built Podio funding app. They also use Dropbox to store all their images, graphics, funding documentation, educational and promotional material.

   

Sure, we built a sweet Dropbox integration, but as you’ll see in this video, the real magic is in how it helps users like Masanga work better, faster and more collaboratively for the greater good. You can become a member and donate to Masanga here – Danish Site – United Kingdom Site.

Are you also a non-profit looking to improve your collaboration and workflows? Podio happily offers sponsorships and discounts – just fill in this short form to get in touch!

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  • Anonymous

    This is so awesome! We always have this question of whether we should put our edits and final documents into Podio, or just into Dropbox. Problem solved!

  • http://twitter.com/ToddRamsey Todd Ramsey

    I am overcome with joy right now. Thank you Podio for listening to your customers and being unbelievably responsive.

  • Daniel Karpantschof

    This is great, guys!! You just made my life ridiculously much easier!

  • http://www.gxjansen.com/ Guido Jansen

    Really nice, great job!

  • Thore Fogh Johansen

    I am kinda missing some information here on how to actually do this. We are already using dropbox for 3 people in the office and we have a team of 6-7 in podio. The above is written much as an introducion to dropbox and the collaboration with podio (thunbs up) – but where do I find the “How to actually get started” as you write in your e-mail? thx

  • Anonymous

    Thank you… this just made our day here at Caravan…

  • http://twitter.com/ayroessler Adrian Y Roessler

    Hey Thore, wherever you see the file icon in Podio (in a status post, comments, tasks, task-comments, in app items,…) you will see the Dropbox logo in the file-selection pop-up. Simply connect your account, then select the files you want to refer to in Podio. Hope that helps?

  • http://www.facebook.com/santoro.alessio Santoro Alessio

    Thumbs up! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Allan-Lund-Hansen/622661021 Allan Lund Hansen

    just wondering if you have added any file encryption as a middle layer between dropbox and your users side like truecrypt or something, since it could be an issue for some that dropbox encryption is used on their side and not client specific http://techland.time.com/2011/05/17/ftc-complaint-says-dropbox-misled-users-about-file-privacy/ , not a complaint just an interest.

  • http://www.facebook.com/christian.hjulmand Christian Hjulmand

    Realy nice. Thanks Podio

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

    Let me know if you have any problems! lilly@podio.com

  • Anonymous

    We never download or store the files from Dropbox in any way. We merely link to the file and share it through Dropbox to anyone with the link.

    For regular files uploaded to Podio we encrypt every file using SHA256 with static and dynamic salts as well as a few other tricks. Rest assured that we take many measures to keep your files secure.

  • Matthew Steiner

    What about editing the attached documents?  What is the preferred / recommended protocol?  When I download the document from within Podio, the document becomes resident in my “downloads” folder; I edit the document and save but the revised/edited document is not associated with the original Podio task.  Is “save as” and re-attach the preferred method?

  • http://twitter.com/Winum Winum

    Awesome!

  • Julian Seery Gude

    well done and much appreciated! 

  • Perry Asmowidjojo

    Much Appreciated!!

  • Charlie Moseley

    You guys are just amazing! Excited? Moi? Oh yes; and then some! Thank you, thank you, thank you ……

  • http://twitter.com/philipdenys Philip Denys

    MUCHOS GRACIAS! viva la podio! :p

  • http://twitter.com/Starlettos Starlettos Team

    We are fledgling Podio users but delighted with this new feature that could have been designed with exactly us in mind!

  • http://mediasplatter.se/ HansG

    Wonderful!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/André-Van-Tulder/679251868 André Van Tulder

    Now that I’ve checked it out I don’t see what all the fuss is about – you can’t see previews of the stuff in dropbox when you go to link from podio and then you can only select individual files not folders. And if I put something in dropbox there’s no notification made back to podio for anyone else. Unless I’m being a moron again it seems like this new feature is just more work than simply putting what we want in dropbox and letting people know by email or podio. I’m not putting stuff in dropbox and then linking it to podio,…Tedious! 

  • http://twitter.com/#!/iamguzman Meryl Guzman

    This is the best update i got so far. Keep up the great work guys! 

  • Karsten Brønnum

    Great, right – but why Dropbox and not Box.net – the latter beeing part of the Google universe, as I understrand it..?

  • http://www.facebook.com/jan.lindholt Jan Lindholt

    YEARH!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Christian-Holm/504601663 Christian Holm

    We have already integrated with Box as well as Google Docs.

  • Anonymous

    We already support Box, so that is available on the same level as Dropbox. Google Docs integration is also available.

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  • http://twitter.com/fraziej Joe Frazier

    Great addition. But it seems as if the people who get the items from drop box need to have permission to my drop box or the files need to be in a public Dropbox folder. It does not actually upload the file from DropBox to Podio. Or give access to everyone on Podio access to the files.

    Am I missing something?

  • http://twitter.com/timbissett Tim Bissett

    Thank you for bringing Dropbox to Podio – a major step forward.

  • http://www.cecd.eu/ Klaus_at_ChinaEurope

     @ Allan Lund Hansen (“.. file encryption as a middle layer between dropbox and your users ..”)

    Allan, you might be interested to check out the German software BoxCryptor, developed by Robert Freudenreich, at http://www.boxcryptor.com/ for client-side encryption between dropbox and dropbox users.

    Operating systems:
    They offer BoxCryptor for Windows (XP/Vista/7), for iOS and Android. There is no standalone BoxCryptor for Linux or Mac OS X application, but BoxCryptor encryption is compatible with the open-source project EncFS which is available for Linux and Mac OS X, so there is support for Mac OS X and Linux because BoxCryptor can mount EncFS encrypted volumes under some specific configurations.

    How it works:
    Create a new encrypted folder (actually a virtual drive with a new drive letter) within your Dropbox’s synced folder. If you already have installed Dropbox, BoxCryptor automatically detects your Dropbox folder. You can save your files and folders in or just drag and drop them into your BoxCryptor drive for encryption and synching. Such BoxCryptor drives can be installed on several computers.

    AES-256 Encryption for the Cloud and on mobile devices:
    ‘BoxCryptor for Windows’ encrypts and decrypts each file individually in real-time (on-the-fly) and stores it in a folder of your choice, e.g. your Dropbox folder. With BoxCryptor for iOS and Android, you can add new files to your Dropbox while on the go. BoxCryptor plan to extend the support of other online storage providers like box.net (Podio already integrated with Box), SugarSync, Strato HiDrive etc. You can access your encrypted files on Windows, Android and iOS devices on your computer, smartphone or tablet.

    Filename encryption on/off:
    If checked BoxCryptor also encrypts your file- and folder names. Otherwise they will be saved in plain text.

    Plans:
    According to their info on http://www.boxcryptor.com/download the options are the Free, Unlimited Personal, and Unlimited Business versions.
    In the Free version, the number of drives is limited to one and you get up to 2 GB encrypted folder size. In the Unlimited Personal and Unlimited Business versions both the number of drives and the encrypted folder size are unlimited.
    BoxCryptor for iOS Free and BoxCryptor for Android Free have several limitations and some features are locked (see their manuals for these technical details) .

    Manuals:
    Win    http://www.boxcryptor.com/wp-content/uploads/bc_win_manual_en_12.pdf
    iOS http://www.boxcryptor.com/downloads/bc_ios_manual_en_10.pdf
    Android app: http://www.boxcryptor.com/downloads/bc_an_manual_en_102.pdf

    I know, it’s is a really lengthy comment, but in the end it might save you time … :)

  • Anonymous

    I’m hoping that the way it works. The API notes scare me as I don’t want to give all Podio users access to my whole Dropbox!