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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
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.
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.
CLOUD Act Passed by US Congress
Last month Utah Senator Orrin Hatch and Georgia Representative Doug Collins introduced The CLOUD (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act to the United States Congress in an attempt to change how data is collected from tech companies stored outside of the U.S. by...
The first 4 steps after you installed the ownCloud appliance
Installing the ownCloud appliance leaves you with a recommended setup. But you can get much more out of your appliance. Part 2 of our appliance series focuses on small steps which deliver big improvements.
ownCloud receives a new user interface
With “Phoenix” ownCloud integrates a completely redesigned frontend into its software. In the future, the interface should only contain HTML, JavaScript and CSS files and be completely independent from the server. The new WebUI creates a clearer and easier to understand code structure. The modular setup results in a design pattern that can be used without further modifications of the CSS files.
ownCloud Phoenix – rebirth of the ownCloud user interface
We proudly announce the birth of ownCloud Phoenix! Following our path of modularisation, we introduce a true web client which holds only HTML, JavaScript and CSS files. The WebUI is unbundled from the ownCloud Backend-Server. The Goal is to have a clean and easy to understand code structure.
Pierpaolo Fantuzzi about ownCloud – a user’s success story
Usually it’s none of our business what’s going on in the heads of our users – Pierpaolo explicitly told us though. And we liked what he said!
Goodbye ownCloud 9.1 – Welcome ownCloud LTS
With the ownCloud 9.1.8 release we reach the end of the ownCloud 9.1 version. Ensure to upgrade to ownCloud X soon! With the EOL of ownCloud 9.1 we introduce ownCloud LTS for Version 10.0 .
7 easy steps to set up an ownCloud appliance
Welcome to our ownCloud Appliance setup guide. In a series of how-tos we will explain what the appliance is and for whom it fits, how you set it up and how to configure it correctly. In this post we will cover the installation of ownCloud.
Desktop Client 2.4.1 Release
Today we release the brand new ownCloud Desktop client. Our Focus on stability, file integrity and overall robustness reflects in this release.
Make sure to update now!
Microsoft in front of the US Supreme Court: Why you shouldn’t make compromises when it comes to data sovereignty
The US juridiction is negotiating if national cloud providers with customers in Europe must give stored data to the government in case of an investigation. A verdict is expected in June, with far-reaching consequences for European data protection. Users should...
February 11th: the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
There are still not enough women in STEM. That’s why Solid GEAR and ownCloud are empowering women through mentorship projects. On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, two girls visited the SolidGEAR offices in spain to learn how the developer job looks like.
First filesharing solution receives ISAE 3000 certification
The EFSS (Enterprise File Sync and Share) storage solution is a joint development by ownCloud and the Austrian cyminds GmbH and the first platform to meet the ISAE 3000 standard, making it particularly suitable for customers in the financial and insurance industry,...
ownCloud Server 10.0.7 released! Update your ownCloud now!
ownCloud 10.0.7 released! Update your ownCloud now! Make sure to profit of the latest and greatest ownCloud release!
ownCloud at the CS3 Workshop in Krakow and FOSDEM
ownCloud showed its colors at CS3 and FOSDEM last week. ownClouders gave talks on the future for the platform and held many technical discussions on upcoming developments within the community.
New app release v2.6.0: Camera uploads and Android Oreo!
We are very proud to announce a new release of the ownCloud Android app! Version 2.6.0 brings you Camera Uploads, Private Links and support for Android Oreo.
ownCloud server version 10.0.6 released
ownCloud server 10.0.6 bugfix and maintenance release brings PHP 7.2 support, performance boosts, and more than 40 fixed issues. Get the new version now!