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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
ownCloud Infinite Scale Sprint Review: GDPR Export, Webfinger, Customizable Roles and more
The latest Sprint Review meetings gave shape to several new features for ownCloud and ownCloud Infinite Scale, including GDPR-compliant data export, webfinger and notifications, among others. Moreover, the completely new architecture of Infinite Scale 3.0 is in progress.
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.
ownCloud 9.0 Enables Full Federation
For years, ownCloud has supported 'Federation'. The concept behind Federation is to allow users to have shared files and folders even when using different servers. ownCloud aims to enable super easy, global file sharing and collaboration with the 8 million ownCloud...
ownCloud 9.0 Boosts Team Collaboration
ownCloud has its roots in syncing and sharing files, making it easy for users to access their files on any device and share them with others. In particular, shared folders are a great productivity feature for teams. To enable users to follow what is happening with...
Code Signing in ownCloud 9.0
ownCloud provides a safe home for all your data. To improve the security and safety of the server, ownCloud 9.0 introduces Code Signing and Verification. This ensures that all the files of an ownCloud installation are in place unmodified since their release by the...
ownCloud 9 Community Edition Now Available
Today is the release of the long awaited ownCloud 9 Community Edition. ownCloud 9 Community Edition includes significant improvements for users, administrators and developers delivering innovative collaboration features like comments and tags, enabling ultimate...
ownCloud Server 9.0 Comes Next Week, Help Tell Everybody About It!
Next week, ownCloud Server 9.0 is coming! This release delivers a lot of improvements and new features to users and we want the whole world to know how they can give their data a safe home. With more users comes more attention and development to ownCloud so it isn't...
DROWN Vulnerability with SSLv2
We would like to provide you an update on the latest OpenSSL vulnerability known as DROWN. DROWN is a vulnerability that can affect HTTPS servers and other SSL and TLS services. We have received concerns about how this might affect ownCloud and while I’m happy to...
The Three ownCloud Development Priorities
We recently blogged about the 6 ownCloud user interaction design principles from a conversation with ownCloud designer Jan. In this blog, we talked to ownCloud project lead Frank to cover the priorities underlying technical development: keeping data safe, being easy...
Note From the CTO- The ownCloud Vision!
This is the first post in a regular blog series called ’Notes from the CTO’ where I share our strategic and longer term plans for ownCloud. I’ll cover current challenges and interesting trends in the market. I believe this will give you some interesting, valuable...
ownCloud 9 Spoilers
As many of you know we are currently working on the latest version of ownCloud, ownCloud 9, which is due to release very soon. While I don’t want to give too much away, in this video I discuss a few features and updates that I am most excited about with the upcoming...
Spreed Brings Private Video Calls to ownCloud
Meet the Spreedbox: an aluminum cube with 4.5" (11.1 cm) sides, slightly tilted on a plastic base and weighting over 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg). In it, you can find an oDroid C1+ board as well as a custom PCB with a RNG and microSD storage. On the storage youwill find the...
Beta 2 is Here, Help Test the Upcoming Release!
The ownCloud contributors have started the end sprint to ownCloud 9.0. Feature freeze went into effect last week and the focus is now on stabilizing the code base for release. Do you want to guarantee a smooth 9.0 upgrade for yourself and 8 million others? This is the...
Box Keysafe Not So Safe
This month Box announced its KeySafe service, a service that should give organizations control over their encryption keys. The ultimate goal of the service is that an organization’s content may reside in the cloud, while allowing them to keep control over their...
New Yorkers Love ownCloud
Last week I attended the New York Linux User Group meeting in Manhattan. What a great meeting! Over 200 people attended the event, people who use and love ownCloud. While I was there I gave a talk about upcoming ownCloud features and Federated Cloud Sharing. The...
ownCloud Featured in HostAdvice Interview
If there is one thing I like to talk about it’s ownCloud. So when I was approached by HostAdvice to talk about ownCloud, how could I pass up that opportunity? Yesterday Tamar Weinberg published our interview, prefacing that everyone should know about ownCloud because...
HostAdvice: ownCloud Gives Users File Access Wherever They Need
If you’re not familiar with ownCloud, well, you should be! ownCloud is a fantastic tool for businesses that need to access data across multiple locations. We dive into exactly what this means when we sat down with ownCloud’s CEO and founder, Markus Rex, who tells us...