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WatchDox LTD (originally called Confidela)^[1] the secure collaboration company, 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. Its main investors included Shlomo Kramer, Shasta Ventures, Gemini Israel Ventures, Blackstone^[2] and Millenium Technology Partners (^[3]).

In 2012 WatchDox acquired InstallFree^[4] 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 ^[5] Comerica, Blackstone,^[6] TPG, MLB and others. Gartner consistently rated WatchDox as a visionary product ^[7] 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.^[8]

WatchDox grew to about $15 million in annual recurring revenue before it was acquired by BlackBerry Limited in April 2015.^[9]^[10] BlackBerry renamed the WatchDox product to BlackBerry Workspaces.^[11]

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). ^[12]

References

1. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/confidela-releases-watchdox-version-22-support-growing-customer-needs-secure-document-1273435.htm# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207014052/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/confidela-releases-watchdox-version-22-support-growing-customer-needs-secure-document-1273435.htm# |archive-date=2017-12-07 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.blackstone.com/|title=Blackstone - Home|website=Blackstone.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/watchdox|title=WatchDox|website=Crunchbase|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121211005838/en/WatchDox-Acquires-InstallFree-Provide-Secure-Document-Viewing|title=WatchDox Acquires InstallFree to Provide Secure Document Viewing, Editing on Any Platform|website=Businesswire.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/30/technology/secrecy-on-the-set-hollywood-embraces-digital-security.html|title=Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security|first=Nicole|last=Perlroth|date=29 March 2015|accessdate=7 December 2017|website=NYTimes.com}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120308005664/en/Blackstone-Implements-WatchDox-Facilitate-Secure-File-Sharing|title=Blackstone Implements WatchDox to Facilitate Secure File Sharing, Invests in Company|website=Businesswire.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.blackberry.com/2015/07/gartner-efss-magic-quadrant-recognizes-watchdox-by-blackberry-as-a-visionary/|title=Gartner EFSS Magic Quadrant Recognizes WatchDox by BlackBerry as a ‘Visionary’|website=Blogs.blackberry.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-4DNVMH8&ct=170913&st=sb|title=Gartner Reprint|website=Gartner.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
9. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/blackberry-acquiring-watchdox-bolster-mobile-content-security-enterprise-collaboration-nasdaq-bbry-2011749.htm# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022075945/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/blackberry-acquiring-watchdox-bolster-mobile-content-security-enterprise-collaboration-nasdaq-bbry-2011749.htm# |archive-date=2017-10-22 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/04/21/blackberry-watchdox/|title=Confirmed: BlackBerry Is Buying File Security And DRM Startup WatchDox for up to $150M|first=Ingrid|last=Lunden|website=Techcrunch.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://us.blackberry.com/enterprise/blackberry-workspaces|title=EFSS, Doc Security, File Share – BlackBerry Workspaces (WatchDox)|website=Us.blackberry.com|accessdate=7 December 2017}}
12. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/eventBlack080915.aspx# |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126201238/http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/eventBlack080915.aspx# |archive-date=2017-11-26 |dead-url=yes |df= }}