<p>One of the more surprising sources of disruption in the IT market of late has been the rise of the cloud-based file sharing systems.</p><p>Beguilingly simple, the likes of Dropbox and its business-focused counterparts offer employees a quick and easy way to share files across devices in a way that some of the more expensive enterprise content management (ECM) systems have failed to deliver.</p><p>Now, these companies are vying to become not just file-sharing services but platforms for enterprise collaboration.</p><p>According to a survey by analyst Forrester Research last year, demand for cloud-based collaboration software is real: it found that 56% of IT executives are currently using collaboration software as a service (SaaS), or plan to do so.</p><p><a href="http://www.information-age.com/industry/software/123457385/can-box-really-disrupt-the-ecm-market-">Keep reading...</a></p>