WatchDox explained

WatchDox LTD (originally called Confidela)[1] is a secure collaboration company which was founded by Noam Livnat and Moti Rafalin in 2008. WatchDox developed the first end-to-end DRM (Digital Rights Management) File Sync and Share platform.

In 2012 WatchDox acquired InstallFree[2] as part of its strategy to provide a full suite of secure collaboration capabilities.The company grew to about 100 employees, and over 300 top enterprise customers, including Coca-Cola, Nike, Disney, Chevron, Zurich Insurance, KPMG, Bloomberg, Corning, Sony [3] Comerica, Blackstone,[4] TPG, MLB and others. Gartner consistently rated WatchDox as a visionary product [5] in the EFSS (Enterprise File Sync and Share) market and in 2017 named it the best product of its kind in the "workforce productivity" and "protection" categories.[6]

WatchDox grew to about $15 million in annual recurring revenue before it was acquired by BlackBerry Limited in April 2015.[7] [8] BlackBerry renamed the WatchDox product to BlackBerry Workspaces.[9]

WatchDox was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and its R&D center was located in Petah Tikva, Israel. After its acquisition by BlackBerry, WatchDox R&D center became BlackBerry's Israel R&D center (John Chen, BlackBerry's CEO, visited the WatchDox employees and the Israeli PM after the acquisition).[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Confidela Releases WatchDox Version 2.2 to Support Growing Customer Needs for Secure Document Sharing . 5 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171207014052/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/confidela-releases-watchdox-version-22-support-growing-customer-needs-secure-document-1273435.htm# . 7 December 2017 . dead.
  2. Web site: WatchDox Acquires InstallFree to Provide Secure Document Viewing, Editing on Any Platform . Businesswire.com . 11 December 2012 . 7 December 2017.
  3. Web site: Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security . Nicole . Perlroth . 29 March 2015 . 7 December 2017 . The New York Times.
  4. Web site: Blackstone Implements WatchDox to Facilitate Secure File Sharing, Invests in Company . Businesswire.com . 8 March 2012 . 7 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Gartner EFSS Magic Quadrant Recognizes WatchDox by BlackBerry as a 'Visionary' . Blogs.blackberry.com . 7 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Gartner Reprint . Gartner.com . 7 December 2017.
  7. Web site: BlackBerry Acquiring WatchDox to Bolster Mobile Content Security and Enterprise Collaboration . 5 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022075945/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/blackberry-acquiring-watchdox-bolster-mobile-content-security-enterprise-collaboration-nasdaq-bbry-2011749.htm# . 22 October 2017 . dead.
  8. Web site: Confirmed: BlackBerry Is Buying File Security And DRM Startup WatchDox for up to $150M . Ingrid . Lunden . Techcrunch.com . 21 April 2015 . 7 December 2017.
  9. Web site: EFSS, Doc Security, File Share – BlackBerry Workspaces (WatchDox) . Us.blackberry.com . 7 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Archived copy . 5 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171126201238/http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/eventBlack080915.aspx# . 26 November 2017 . dead.

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