Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Share Without Losing Control: Collabora’s Secure View Now Available in Infinite Scale
Secure View lets you share important data with anyone via the browser, even if they’re not fully trusted. How does it work?
Kiteworks Open Source Program Office (ownCloud)
Kiteworks empowers organizations to manage risk in every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, protecting over 100 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.
ownCloud Appoints David Walter as CXO
ownCloud, provider of the open source content collaboration platform of the same name, is strengthening its strategic focus on customers and sending a clear signal: With the newly created position of Chief Experience Officer (CXO), the company aims to continuously improve the customer experience and promote consistent communication with all stakeholders.
ownCloud expands partner network with OpenTalk and mspaces collaborations
The collaborations with OpenTalk, a provider of secure video conferencing, and mspaces, a company specializing in collaborative workspaces, are important steps toward ownCloud’s goal of offering users a broad portfolio of stable and secure open source solutions made in Germany.
ownCloud and Deutsche Telekom launch a comprehensive open source offering for the public sector
ownCloud, provider of the open source-based content collaboration platform of the same name, joins Deutsche Telekom’s technology and partner network. The aim is to create a comprehensive range of software solutions for office collaboration based on open source, security and digital sovereignty.
ownCloud strengthens partner management with Daniel Zielke
Daniel Zielke is the new Senior Partner Manager at ownCloud, provider of the open source content collaboration platform of the same name. He will massively expand the company’s strategic partnerships.
ownCloud Infinite Scale 4.0 is released!
ownCloud has launched Infinite Scale 4.0, the latest significant update to its secure content collaboration platform. This release introduces a range of new features and functionalities, including enhanced capabilities for importing data from third-party clouds, simplifying data upload, refining search functions with the use of tags and filters, and further enhancing user-friendly linking and navigation.
ownCloud Server 10.13 released: Kerberos authentication and enforceable 2-Factor-Authentication
We are happy to announce the immediate release of ownCloud Server 10.13 with many new features requested by our customers. Among them, most important is the new enforcement of Two-Factor Authentification (2FA) via Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTP) – a feature many customers need to comply with security policies.
Swiss data protection law to be modernised for the digital age
With the entry into force of the revised Data Protection Act, Switzerland is focusing on greater transparency and strengthening the rights of those affected by data breaches. Holger Dyroff, co-founder and COO of ownCloud, sees the convergence with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a positive and important development.
BayernBox used by 1000th municipality
The municipality of Hohenwarth in the district of Cham is the thousandth municipality in Bavaria to go live with BayernBox. The online platform, which is based on ownCloud, enables municipal employees to exchange and centrally store data.
Go for Enterprise: ownCloud Infinite Scale
Tim Schürmann, a seasoned IT journalist from Germany, specializes in open source and programming languages. Over the last several years, he has authored many articles on Go, including several related to ownCloud. We sought his expert insights on Go in the context of ownCloud Infinite Scale. Here is his op-ed.