Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Safeguard Memories with ownCloud’s Secure Filesharing and Storage Solution
Safeguard your precious memories with stringent data privacy policies of ownCloud. Maintain complete control over your digital assets while sharing cherished photos with loved ones worry-free.
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.
Latest Update on EU-US Privacy Shield
In February I published a blog “Threats to your Data in the Trump Age” outlining the ramifications President Trump’s administration will have on the newly implemented EU-US Privacy Shield and the concerns for the safety of private data following a January executive...
ownCloud-Hackathons are spreading. Get involved!
Do you have fun with creative coding? Do you like meeting fellow hackers? Are you interested in improving the code we all breathe everyday? Hackathons are wonderful events and the core of the open source community. You can try to wrap your mind around new concepts and...
Were Your Private Files and Information Leaked by Docs.com?
This past Sunday ZDnet’s Zack Whittaker was the first to report that Microsoft’s document sharing site, Docs.com, has been leaking users’ personal files and information. “Users had complained over the weekend on Twitter that anyone could use the site's search box to...
New Desktop Client 2.3.0 release out now!
Grab the brand new ownCloud Desktop Client 2.3.0 for either Mac, Windows or Linux (or build it from source)! It features many improvements under the hood as decreased memory (up to 300% !) and CPU usage as well as better time/bandwidth estimation during sync. In the...
ownCloud is part of Google Summer of Code
Yesterday we received our confirmation to be part of this years GSoC. We are very proud to be chosen among various other well know and highly reputated FOSS projects. It's a great honor and we will do our utmost to properly mentor our students. During the day we...
Threats to your Data in the Trump Age
Just about year after the fall of the Safe Harbor agreement, the European Commission agreed upon a new framework, EU-US Privacy Shield, for data-transfers between the EU and the US this past August and was officially put into place as of February 1st 2017 with the...
ownCloud Wins Open Source File Sync Application of the Year!
We are so excited to announced that ownCloud has beat out a number of great competitors for 2016’s Linux Questions’ Member’s Choice Awards Open Source File Sync Application of the Year! On the behalf of all of us here at ownCloud—Thank you! It is once again because of...
Printing our »own Cloud«
Being at FOSDEM 2017 in Brussels we had a very special eye catcher with us: a 3D-printer, producing our own clouds. The also store your data very secure (because of the strong neodym magnets), … well at least in form of paper notes at your fridge or whiteboard. Jürgen...
Harald Weimer wird Geschäftsführer Vertrieb von ownCloud
Nürnberg, 26. Januar 2017 – Die ownCloud GmbH hat Harald Weimer als zusätzlichen Investor gewonnen und ihn in die Geschäftsführung des Unternehmens berufen. Der erfahrene IT-Manager soll dort in seiner Rolle als CSO (Chief Sales Officer) die Unternehmensstrategie...
ownCloud, PaperHive and Collabora – a winning team
About ownCloud, PaperHive and Collabora Researchers, students, medicine and engineering specialists are among the core ownCloud users and ownCloud's team is committed to support them in the management and creation of research data and texts. A recent partnership with...
Meet us @ FOSDEM 2017 in Brussels
ownCloud will be present @ 2017 FOSDEM in Brussels from Feb. 4th to 5th. You'll find our table at K (level 1, group C). Meet our managing director Holger Dyroff, senior developer and packaging manager Jürgen Weigert as well as our senior support engineer Carlos...
New iOS App released
Keep an eye on our newest iOS App for ownCloud, which will enter the AppStore still today This new version includes New options available for instant uploads. Select what type of media you want to upload Stream Photo items from iCloud. Now you can upload your photos...
TMR’s EFSS Forecast – Cloudy with a Chance of Growth!
Transparency Market Research has published its forecast of the EFSS market as far as 2024. According to TMR: Rising need for digitalization of business processes and file sharing solutions in enterprises is expected to drive the enterprise file sharing and...
Collabora Online 2.0 is Enterprise Ready
Last month Collabora announced the release of their update to Collabora Online to include collaborative editing. Today they have announced that the update is now available for enterprise that want a powerful office suite in the cloud or on-premises, and that protects...
ownCloud and GÉANT offers Education Customers Special Pricing for Collabora
ownCloud, GÉANT, and Collabora have teamed up to offer our users Collabora Online with in the ownCloud service suite. Collabora Online provides educational and research institutions with a scalable, commercially supported version with long term support, signed...