{"id":9357,"date":"2017-07-04T17:28:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=9357"},"modified":"2017-07-05T09:03:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T08:03:59","slug":"dropboxs-initial-public-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/dropboxs-initial-public-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox\u2019s initial public offering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dropbox, a cloud-sharing tech giant which offers photo and music storage for free, is thinking about entering the public market by hiring underwriters for a public offering policy, similar to Snapchat.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Snapchat\u2019s recent initial public offering (IPO) which warned other companies over their shares that stayed just above the original price, Dropbox now requires a fee, depending on how many people access it per company; which helped the programme generate to US$1 billion this year.<\/p>\n<p>Recently developing SmartSync, Dropbox users are also able to access all of their files directly from their desktop via a local hard drive or the cloud.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/dropbox-going-public-ipo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wired<\/a>, if Dropbox carries on its IPO, it could benefit like Box, a cloud content management programme whose IPO was valued at roughly US$1.67 billion in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Leah Alger<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/\">Read more from DevOps Online<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DevOpsOnline\">Follow us on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dropbox, a cloud-sharing tech giant which offers photo and music storage for free, is thinking about entering the public market by hiring underwriters for a public offering policy, similar to Snapchat. 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