WatchDox

{{Short description|Acquired company}}

{{notability|corp|date=July 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

WatchDox LTD (originally called Confidela){{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/confidela-releases-watchdox-version-22-support-growing-customer-needs-secure-document-1273435.htm# |title=Confidela Releases WatchDox Version 2.2 to Support Growing Customer Needs for Secure Document Sharing |access-date=5 November 2017 |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=7 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}} 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 InstallFree{{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 |date=11 December 2012 |access-date=7 December 2017}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}} 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 {{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 |access-date=7 December 2017 |website=The New York Times}} Comerica, Blackstone,{{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 |date=8 March 2012 |access-date=7 December 2017}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}} TPG, MLB and others. Gartner consistently rated WatchDox as a visionary product {{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 |access-date=7 December 2017}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/reprints?id=1-4DNVMH8&ct=170913&st=sb |title=Gartner Reprint |website=Gartner.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}}

WatchDox grew to about $15 million in annual recurring revenue before it was acquired by BlackBerry Limited in April 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/blackberry-acquiring-watchdox-bolster-mobile-content-security-enterprise-collaboration-nasdaq-bbry-2011749.htm# |title=BlackBerry Acquiring WatchDox to Bolster Mobile Content Security and Enterprise Collaboration |access-date=5 November 2017 |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=22 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}}{{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 |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=7 December 2017}} BlackBerry renamed the WatchDox product to BlackBerry Workspaces.{{cite web |url=https://us.blackberry.com/enterprise/blackberry-workspaces |title=EFSS, Doc Security, File Share – BlackBerry Workspaces (WatchDox) |website=Us.blackberry.com |access-date=7 December 2017}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2021}}

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).{{Cite web |url=http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/eventBlack080915.aspx# |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126201238/http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/eventBlack080915.aspx# |archive-date=26 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}