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@bgewehr Certainly possible from a technology point of view but probably too narrow conceptually. Maybe more of an edge compute/store sort of play versus a rack device. Best of luck Bernd.
@bgewehr Ok - I get it. The only way to achieve that is with a machine running in a data center with extremely close physical proximity to the user. I don’t think we get there with even good edge compute and storage. Pretty straightforward otherwise, just probably not a focus for Box.
@bgewehr Not sure why an appliance per se would solve this issue. Is the core of the question whether an individual file can be worked on simultaneously by many people? If that’s the case, then only the application owner (e.g., AutoDesk, Adobe, Microsoft) can drive at that level.
@bgewehr Got it. I think from a cloud tech point of view we want to solve both the collaboration and storage growth problems. But bandwidth sometimes lags and we don’t do well at the edges. Desktop sync conflicts unfortunately just result in multiple versions - tough problem I know.