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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Full digital sovereignty has 3 levels
Digital sovereignty is becoming increasingly important for public authorities and companies – and they already have the option of using fully sovereign software stacks. Content collaboration specialist ownCloud explains what sets them apart.
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.
How to Use Two-Factor Authentication With the ownCloud Desktop Client or Mobile Apps
With recent news of data breaches and cracked accounts, we’re glad about ownCloud’s focus on security. How you can benefit from it? Combine OAuth2 with Two-Factor Authentication to protect your account from hackers!
All Your Passwords, Everywhere – With a Secure Password Manager in ownCloud
Weak passwords are one of the main reasons for successful hacking attacks – password managers can protect you. With ownCloud, you can even share your passwords between devices.
ownCloud Android 2.10.0 Release – Thanks to the Community!
How can the ownCloud Android app be even more convenient? The best way to improve the app is by the users, for the users. The new release brings you many community contributions.
ownCloud Launches Feature for Automated Classification and secure processing of documents
With the "Document Classification" extension, enterprise users now benefit from a feature that recognizes security levels in the metadata of documents and imposes sharing and access restrictions accordingly. This makes it possible to automatically classify documents...
How ownCloud Contributes to the Open Source Ecosystem
Open Source projects live from collaboration. Developers with diverse experiences share their know-how to improve the code for everyone. How do ownClouders contribute?
Be the First to Test New Android Features – Become an ownCloud Beta Tester in Just 2 Steps!
With 2.10.0, we will bring a lot of new interface improvements to the Android app. You can already check them out in the beta release. Grab it while it’s hot!
Collaboration in education and research
How schools and universities can benefit from secure cloud infrastructure
Collaboration in education and research: How schools and universities can benefit from secure cloud infrastructure
Cloud collaboration software enables increased productivity when exchanging data and collaborating on documents. In the education sector, in particular, there are significantly higher security and data protection requirements. German federal states are therefore...
ownCloud Server 10.1 Release – A Big Step Forward in Digital Collaboration
What is the next step towards the future of online collaboration? This version of ownCloud brings new light to the way people are working together. A modern workplace with new tools moves teamwork to the next level.
ownCloud Server 10.1 Brings Integration of Microsoft Office Online and New Collaboration Features
The new ownCloud version contains significant improvements for much easier collaboration on files. By supporting the Web Application Open Platform Interface Protocol (WOPI), it will be possible in the future to integrate Microsoft Office Online Server into ownCloud....
ownCloud Server 10.1 brings integration of Microsoft Office Online and new collaboration features
The new ownCloud version contains significant improvements for much easier collaboration on files.
Something Missing in the ownCloud Documentation? Then Contribute!
The ownCloud documentation helps every ownCloud user. Users, admins, and developers use it daily to find information. However, what many people don’t know is that everyone can also edit the documentation!
Desktop Client 2.5.3 Release – Thanks for Your Feedback!
Client development is an ongoing process – driven by the community. Thanks to user feedback there is a new desktop release! Upgrade now to get the latest changes.
Office 365 fails on a large scale – and thus provides another argument for more decentralization in IT
As several news sites report, there was a widespread breakdown of the online services of Microsoft Office 365 on Thursday, January 25. The extent of the outage only became clear after individual companies reported to media representatives and described that IT had...
ownCloud Again With Record Result in 2018
The world's leading provider of open source software for secure file exchange once again significantly increased its revenue last year. This means that growth in 2018 reached a mid double-digit rate. The company identifies a significant increase in demand for secure...