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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
New in ownCloud: Rolling Releases for the Latest Features
You can now install a Rolling release of ownCloud Infinite Scale, offering access to the latest features and improvements every 3 weeks. Read on to learn how to get it and discover the new features.
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.
You beta watch out
Help us find flaws fast: Learn which testing options we provide and join the ownCloud beta and testing program!
Hooray, we’ve got a new website!
Proudly presenting the new ownCloud website, for unified and straightforward access to ownCloud for community and enterprise users.
Digital Sovereignty after the Demise of Privacy Shield
In the August issue of ownCloud monthly, we talk about changes to transatlantic data transfers after the ruling against Privacy Shield, new features and how new rules could bring Digital Sovereignty to European cloud users.
What’s new in ownCloud Server 10.5: Even more seamless Federation
Improved scanning for updates in Federated Shares makes working across organizations more straightforward and saves time on coordination.
What’s new in ownCloud Server 10.5: File Locking
File locking allows you to exclusively work on files for a period of time, preventing users from accidentally interfering with others’ work.
ownCloud 10.5 brings unified delivery and file locking
ownCloud server now comes in just two handy packages, a minimalist one with just the required components and a complete one containing all supported apps.
How to get started, Part 6: File Drop Folders
This is the sixth post in a series meant to get you up to speed. You’ll learn how to create public upload folders for outside contacts to save files and folders to.
This is how we would shape Gaia-X
The planned European Cloud stack Gaia-X inspires dreams of digital sovereignty. Christian Schmitz, our Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, contributes a few policy ideas.
How to get started, Part 5: Public links
This is the fifth post in a series meant to get you up to speed. You’ll learn how to create public links to files and folders.
Berlin’s Data Protection Chief urges data withdrawal from US Clouds
In Berlin, the first tangible consequence of the ECJ’s ruling against the EU-US Privacy Shield puts organizations on the spot. There is a way out – best-of-breed open-souce software hosted on-premises or in private clouds.
Microsoft, will you provide solutions that comply with European law?
ownCloud COO Holger Dyroff answers the blog post by Microsoft’s Julie Brill, trying to assure customers about cross-border data flows after last week’s ruling of the European Court of Justice.
Privacy Shield: ownCloud welcomes ECJ ruling
Bye, Privacy Shield: The ECJ today declared the data transfer agreement between the EU and the USA invalid. This means that organizations are no longer allowed to store the personal data of EU citizens with US cloud providers.
Receive files the safe way with File Drop Folders in ownCloud
Collect bids, proposals, homework, feedback and anonymous tips, efficiently.
Digitization initiatives, boosting efficiency and lessons learned in lockdown
In the July issue of ownCloud monthly, we talk about digitization initiatives, boosting efficiency and lessons learned in lockdown.
ownCloud wins Compuwave as distribution partner
ownCloud, specialist for digital collaboration, has signed a distribution agreement with Compuwave. Within the framework of the partnership, the software distributor will market the ownCloud solutions throughout Europe with immediate effect.