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WatchDox

WatchDox LTD is a secure collaboration company which was founded by Noam Livnat and Moti Rafalin in 2008. WatchDox developed the first end-to-end DRM File Sync and Share platform.

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WatchDox LTD
FormerlyConfidela
IndustrySoftware
Founded2008 (2008)
FounderNoam Livnat, Moti Rafalin
FateAcquired by BlackBerry Limited
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsSecure collaboration platform
DRM File Sync and Share
Revenue$15 million (annual recurring revenue before acquisition)
Number of employees
100
ParentBlackBerry Limited (since April 2015)

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 InstallFree2 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 2015.78 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

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References

  1. "Confidela Releases WatchDox Version 2.2 to Support Growing Customer Needs for Secure Document Sharing". Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. "WatchDox Acquires InstallFree to Provide Secure Document Viewing, Editing on Any Platform". Businesswire.com. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. Perlroth, Nicole (29 March 2015). "Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. "Blackstone Implements WatchDox to Facilitate Secure File Sharing, Invests in Company". Businesswire.com. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. "Gartner EFSS Magic Quadrant Recognizes WatchDox by BlackBerry as a 'Visionary'". Blogs.blackberry.com. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. "Gartner Reprint". Gartner.com. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  7. "BlackBerry Acquiring WatchDox to Bolster Mobile Content Security and Enterprise Collaboration". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. Lunden, Ingrid (21 April 2015). "Confirmed: BlackBerry Is Buying File Security And DRM Startup WatchDox for up to $150M". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  9. "EFSS, Doc Security, File Share – BlackBerry Workspaces (WatchDox)". Us.blackberry.com. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)