Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
I’m a script kid running an OSPO. That’s the point.
What volunteering with Germany’s disaster-relief agency taught me about running an OSPO: the most valuable person in a crisis isn’t the most technical one.
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.
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.
Now available: OpenID Connect for ownCloud
With integrating OpenID Connect (OIDC), ownCloud unifies a lightweight authentication with a rich ecosystem of security features.
Standing on the shoulders of giants: Vue.js, the Framework with a View.
For our upcoming new file platform ownCloud Infinite Scale, we are standing on the shoulders of giants. This is a series to introduce you to the projects and people that, through their contributions to the open-source landscape, make ownCloud Infinite Scale possible. We start with Vue.js.
Ok, Go: New language, new partners
In September, we presented cool new partnerships that will make our upcoming ownCloud Infinite Scale work nicely with key open-source productivity suites. We explained our reasoning in switching to Go and how to get started with ownCloud using a virtual machine appliance.
ownCloud and VNC announce strategic partnership
Open source software developers VNC and ownCloud have agreed to integrate their digital collaboration and communication platforms, creating a comprehensive software basis for digital sovereigny.
How to get started, Part 8: Mail links instead of attachments
This is the eighth post in a series meant to get you up to speed. You’ll learn how to send emails that contain ownCloud links instead of attachments – it is safer and supports large files.
Remote education: Choose these 3 tools for distance learning
Call it virtual classroom, remote education or distance learning – if you want to teach partly or completely remote, you’ll need the right tools. We recommend three helpful open-source platforms that can help educators avoid high costs, data privacy nightmares and vendor lock-ins.