Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Understanding Web Applications in oCIS
In today’s fast-paced digital world, web applications play a crucial role in enhancing user experience and functionality. Infinite Scale comes with a world-class web interface to manage file resources, but it can be extended by utilizing ownCloud Infinite Scale (oCIS) as a construction set for custom web apps.
Kiteworks Open Source Program Office (ownCloud)
Kiteworks empowers organizations to manage risk in every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, protecting over 200 million end users across thosuands of global enterprises and government agencies. The Kiteworks Open Source Program Office is the steward of ownCloud, the open-source platform for sovereign secure data exchange, file synchronization, and collaboration. Built from the ground up in Go with zero database dependency, ownCloud Infinite Scale scales from a single binary to million-user deployments. Guided by a published governance charter and Apache 2.0 licensing, the OSPO ensures ownCloud remains a transparent, community-driven digital commons.
Presenting ownCloud Infinite Scale 1.0.0 – the Tech Preview release
Over a timespan of two years and with a growing developer force, we built it: ownCloud Infinite Scale 1.0.0 Tech Preview! The new easy, scalable and secure file platform written in Go.
ownCloud Web: A new view on your file platform
The upcoming ownCloud Infinite Scale, completely rewritten from scratch in Go, comes with an all-new web frontend to match its speed, scale and modularity – ownCloud Web. It’s available for ownCloud 10.6, too.
ownCloud Server 10.6 brings new vistas and a bridge to the future
The new ownCloud Server 10.6 is here and brings a number of federation improvements, the new ownCloud Web frontend and a bridge mode with the upcoming ownCloud Infinite Scale.
Important: Windows Client issue can cause data loss – fix already available
Please update immediately: There is a problem potentially leading to data loss when using the Virtual File System in the ownCloud Desktop Client for Microsoft Windows 10 in the versions up to 2.7.2. The ownCloud Desktop Client version 2.7.3 fixes this problem.
In the midst of digital transformation, open standards are here to help
Ever more companies turn to using open standards and ditch proprietary software for open-source equivalents, and with good reasons.
Microsoft vows to ‘Defend Your Data’. Sadly, they really can’t.
Microsoft recently pledged to safeguard user data by challenging data requests to fulfill the requirements of GDPR. The company also commits to compensate users for violations of their data privacy. Sadly, it is not that easy, argues Holger Dyroff, COO at ownCloud.
Tracing our progress towards Infinite Scale
Want to get up to speed with the latest efforts and achievements around the emerging new file platform ownCloud Infinite Scale? Of course, anybody can follow the progress in detail on Github, but we know how cumbersome that can be. In this post, we want to give a brief outline – and share our excitement about ownCloud Infinite Scale.
Now available: The new ownCloud Desktop Client 2.7.1
The new Desktop Client not only brings new design highlights, but also support for OpenID Connect, TUS.io and comprehensive debugging features – among a lot of bugfixes, improvements and logistical changes.
ownCloud sets up new partner distribution in MEA region
AlJammaz and ownCloud plan to jointly develop, engage, inspire and enable IT channel partners to provide the latest cloud first file sharing and data management solutions to customers in the MEA region.
The interconnectedness of all things
In the November issue of ownCloud monthly, we talk about remote education, swapping email attachments with secure file links automatically, modular auth with OpenID Connect, Vue.js, deepened partnerships and the path to digital sovereignty.
Digital sovereignty is a matter of IT procurement
Digital sovereignty can already be achieved in IT procurement – with support of the open-source community.
After Privacy Shield, heightened scrutiny for sensitive data in US Clouds
European companies have to rethink their cloud strategy, and fast, after the European court of justice dealt a blow to the Privacy Shield agreement. An open letter by Tobias Gerlinger, CEO, ownCloud.
ownCloud Infinite Scale: An engine room update for those in a hurry
Get a quick overview of a few key technical aspects of ownCloud Infinite Scale.
New work: Creating digital workspaces without compromising sovereignty
A sovereign workspace combines the benefits of modern workplace software with an independence from public cloud providers.
Collabora to integrate Collabora Online with ownCloud Infinite Scale
A broad open-source ecosystem is already building around the new ownCloud file platform. Now Collabora, too, announces an integration with ownCloud Infinite Scale.