SharePoint solutions vendor AvePoint has launched a new tool to allow business users can search, edit, share, and collaborate on Box and SharePoint content seamlessly.

“Many of the world’s largest companies across a variety of industries are adopting a new IT model to support a more collaborative, distributed and mobile workforce,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box. 

“This new user-centric model requires software with a higher degree of design and functionality that works in a multi-platform and multi-device world and will connect people with their content at scale.” 

With DocAve Cloud Connect, both SharePoint and Box users can collaborate with one another without the need to duplicate data on both platforms. Through this tight integration between SharePoint and Box, users can enable secure mobile collaboration, and share information directly with customers and partners as well as utilise on SharePoint’s rich document management capabilities which include eDiscovery, enterprise search, permissions management, workflows, alerts, and versioning. 

“Collaboration is supposed to be natural and easy, and the cloud is enabling this new world of work,” said Dr. Tianyi (TJ) Jiang, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AvePoint. 

“With our integration with Box, it’s no longer a Box or SharePoint conversation, it’s a Box and a SharePoint conversation. You have one vision for your business, and with DocAve Cloud Connect, we are able to break down two of the data silos that exist in many organisations today.”