Box to Let Overseas Customers Store Files Locally in Privacy Bid
- Company will use Amazon, IBM datacenters in Europe and Asia
- First regions will be Ireland, Germany, Japan, Singapore
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Box Inc., trying to lure more international customers, will offer overseas clients concerned about privacy the option to store information locally in cloud datacenters belonging to Amazon.com Inc. or International Business Machines Corp.
Starting in May, Box Zones will give customers the choice of locating their files in Germany, Ireland, Japan, and Singapore. The company plans to add more regions in the future, said Chief Executive Officer Aaron Levie in an interview, and is looking at further choices in Europe and Asia as well as adding Australia and Latin America.