Case Study: CEL Electric achieves secure collaboration and data protection with Dropbox Business

Bouncing back from a lightning strike with Dropbox Business

CEL Electric, a Saskatoon-based electrical contracting firm, needed a safer and simpler way to protect and share important files after a lightning strike destroyed one of its on-premises servers and wiped out six months of work. The incident exposed the risks of managing documents locally and made it difficult for employees and customers to collaborate on large files like building layouts and equipment manuals.

CEL Electric turned to Dropbox Business to store information securely in the cloud and enable real-time collaboration through shared folders and the Dropbox mobile app. With Dropbox, engineers, designers, and project managers could work from the latest version of files, share complete project assets through a single link, and centralize information for easier access. The result was improved productivity, better customer service, and the peace of mind that their files are protected from another costly loss.

CEL Electric

Mark Karr

Project Manager