Box Success Story: Medair relieves human suffering with better tools

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Thanks to Box, Medair's humanitarian efforts are nimble on the ground, around the world and in the cloud. More about Cloud Content Management with Box: http://www.box.com Medair is an independent and impartial humanitarian organization inspired by Christian faith to relieve human suffering in the world's most hard to reach and devastated places. The organization is devoted to feeding families, providing safe water and sanitation, helping out in times of disaster, caring for women and children and responding to crises. They do whatever it takes to bring life-saving relief where it's most needed. Based in Switzerland, Medair employs about 1,000 people in far-flung and remote places like Afghanistan, Syria, Sudan and Iraq. Those employees must access crucial files not just from desktop computers and laptops, but from mobile phones and tablets in the field. "We have a need for collaboration, for sharing, for training — and we hadn't been able to provide that across the board for our staff," says Eleanor Meyers, CIO. As a patchwork solution, Medair's team members were relying on hundreds of different free solutions. "That works for individuals," says Meyers, "but it really doesn't work in terms of security and enterprise content management." Meyers sought a document management system in the cloud, and made finding the best solution her mission. "Box has enabled us to work better in our emergency response, which is very important for us," she says of her technology choice. "Those who were involved in the pilot all loved it, and they started using it before we even officially wrote it out. I was receiving random Skypes from country directors and people all over saying, 'I love Box! Thank you!'" Medair now relies on Box to keep remote workers around the world connected so they can focus on their humanitarian efforts without getting mired in a logistical or security nightmare with their file management. With relevant, up to date information that's easy to share — and no more multiple copies of same files — Medair is nimble both on the ground and in the cloud. As Meyers says, "The partnership between Box and Medair will ultimately enable us to deliver better aid to more people around the world." About Box Box is the Cloud Content Management company that empowers enterprises to revolutionize how they work by securely connecting their people, information and applications. For more information, visit http://www.box.com