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[[Box (company)|Box]], one of the first EFSS products, was originally developed as a college project of [[Aaron Levie]] while he was a student of the [[University of Southern California]] in 2004. Levie left school to run the company full-time in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/aaron-levie-quit-college-to-found-box-now-25-billion-company-2017-7|title='I was having nightmares for a few weeks': Box CEO Aaron Levie reveals how hard it was to build a $2.5 billion business and take it public by age 29|work=Business Insider|access-date=2017-09-21|language=en}}</ref>
In 2007 [[Dropbox]] was founded, and officially launched at 2008's [[TechCrunch Disrupt]] conference. The same year, [[Microsoft]] began beta testing of Windows Live Folders, a predecessor of [[OneDrive]]. <ref>[https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2007/05/windows-live-folders-make-brief-appearance/ Windows Live Folders]<ref>
Around 2010, the EFSS market emerged with over 100 vendors from a variety technology backgrounds including backup and cloud storage ([[ShareFile|Citrix ShareFile]], [[Syncplicity]]), [[managed file transfer]] ([[Accellion]], [[Biscom]], [[Box (company)|Box]], [[Hightail]], [[Thru (company)|Thru]]), enterprise content management and more. Many were developed as alternatives to consumer file sync and sharing services that did not have security features in place to protect company information nor the flexibility to integrate with existing content repositories and business applications.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dubash|first1=Manek|title=Cloud file-sharing for enterprise users|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Buyers-Guide-Cloud-file-sharing-for-enterprise-users|website=www.computerweekly.com/|publisher=TechTarget|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Darrow|first1=Barb|title=Who will be the ‘Dropbox of the enterprise?’ The race is on|url=https://gigaom.com/2012/03/19/who-will-be-the-dropbox-of-the-enterprise-the-race-is-on/|website=www.gigaom.com|publisher=Gigaom|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Wexler|first1=Steve|title=Significant Churn Forecast For EFSS Market|url=http://it-tna.com/2015/09/10/significant-churn-forecast-for-efss-market/|website=it-tna.com|publisher=IT-TNA|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Sliwa|first1=Carol|title=Enterprise file sync and share expands in 2014|url=http://searchcloudstorage.techtarget.com/news/2240237177/Enterprise-file-sync-and-share-expands-in-2014|website=searchcloudstorage.techtarget.com/|publisher=TechTarget|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
In October 2011, software company, [[Citrix Systems]], announced that it had acquired private enterprise file sync and share service, [[ShareFile]], to add to the Citrix product line. ShareFile was a competitor of [[Box (company)|Box]] and [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]] but focused on selling its product to IT departments of large organizations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wauters|first1=Robin|title=Citrix Acquires ShareFile, The "Dropbox For Enterprises"|url=https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/13/citrix-acquires-sharefile-the-dropbox-for-enterprises/|website=www.techcrunch.com|publisher=TechCrunch|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Savitz|first1=Eric|title=Citrix Buys ShareFile|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2011/10/13/citrix-buys-sharefile/|website=www.forbes.com/|publisher=Forbes|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
In 2012, [[CTERA Networks]] entered the EFSS market.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2015/jul/27/gartners-enterprise-file-sync-and-share-magic-quadrant-offers-surprises-and-opportunities/| title=Gartner's enterprise file sync and share Magic Quadrant offers surprises and opportunities| date=July 27, 2015| author=James Bourne| publisher=CloudTech}}</ref>
In July 2013, [[Forrester Research]] released the first “Forrester Wave” report on the EFSS market where they identified and scored products from the most significant providers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schadler|first1=Ted|title="Who are the leaders in the file sync and share market?"|url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/who-are-the-leaders-in-the-file-sync-and-share-market/|website=zdnet.com|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Backaitis|first1=Virginia|title="Forrester Names 6 Top Cloud File Sharing Vendors"|url=http://www.cmswire.com/information-management/forrester-names-6-top-cloud-file-sharing-vendors/|website=www.cmswire.com|publisher=Simpler Media Group, Inc|accessdate=20 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Schadler|first1=Ted|last2=Koplowitz|first2=Rob|last3=Keitt|first3=TJ|last4=Kark|first4=Khalid|last5=Smith|first5=Andrew|title=The Forrester Wave™: File Sync And Share Platforms, Q3 2013|url=https://www.forrester.com/report/The+Forrester+Wave+File+Sync+And+Share+Platforms+Q3+2013/-/E-RES98201|website=www.forrester.com|publisher=Forrester Research|accessdate=22 July 2016}}</ref>
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