Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
ownCloud Infinite Scale with Microservice Architecture
Infinite Scale is a complete modernization of ownCloud in Go. With Infinite Scale, ownCloud promises to push the performance limits of its platform, having made a huge change in its data distribution platform. The geo-distributed and federated approach is modern and up-to-date. The partnerships – especially with CERN – lend the product additional credibility in terms of security and interoperability.
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.
ETC News: Top 10 Open Source Developments of 2015
Open source is driving an ever-expanding market. The notion of community-driven development is a growing disruption to proprietary software controlled by commercial vendors, and the free open source software concept has become a major disruption in industry and...
A Message on Safe Harbor
Since the recent decisions made about Safe Harbor the questions have been flying. How does this effect my company? Depends on the file sharing server you’re using. What about ownCloud, can I still continue to share my files cross continentally with ownCloud? Yes,...
OpenSource.com: 6 creative ways to use ownCloud
ownCloud is a self-hosted open source file sync and share server. Like “big boys” Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and others, ownCloud lets you access your files, calendar, contacts, and other data. You can synchronize everything (or part of it) between your devices and...
Datamation: Build Your Own Linux Cloud Alternative
ownCloud (Google Drive) – We’ve all experienced the thrill that comes from using Google Drive. But did you know you can run your own? By installing ownCloud on a local server within your LAN, you’re able to utilize many of the same features found with Google Drive...
Softpedia: ownCloud 8.2 Gets Its First Point Release with over 100 Improvements
On November 18, ownCloud announced the immediate availability for download of the first maintenance release of their open-source ownCloud 8.2 self-hosting cloud server solution for GNU/Linux operating systems. According to the release notes, which have been attached...
ownCloud Admin Training in Nürnberg December 1-2!
ownCloud, Inc. organizes an ownCloud Training at the ownCloud office in Nürnberg to help you ensure a successful ownCloud implementation with ownCloud Server! The two-day training, in German, takes place from December 1 to 2. The training provides you with...
First ownCloud 8.2 Update Out, Enterprise Subscriptions Available
Today the first update to our ownCloud Server 8.2 release delivers a more mature and polished ownCloud experience. Almost 100 enhancements and fixes in the areas of sharing, performance, storage, user interface, translation and documentation can be found in the...
What is Hybrid Cloud?
Hybrid cloud means a lot of things to a lot of people, particularly when it relates to Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS). Overall though, hybrid generally means choice. You can mix and match what you need for your specific use case. If you asked me to define...
ownCloud 8.2 Enterprise Edition is Here
Last month we announced the release of the ownCloud 8.2 Server while hinting at what was to come with the upcoming release of the enterprise edition. Well today is the big day. ownCloud 8.2 Enterprise Edition is finally here, and with this release comes our new Hybrid...
Kusnetzky Group: ownCloud maintains security and control for enterprise file sync and share
I was intrigued by flexibility of ownCloud’s technology. The company has published APIs making it possible for the organization to easily interface file sync and share capabilities with its choice of encryption, management or even format transformation tools. The...
Learn More About ownCloud’s Hybrid Model and 8.2
When people hear the word “hybrid” there are generally two ways people think about the cloud portion of the hybrid model. The first is that people are looking at hybrid storage options, very often for backup or capacity reasons, such as Amazon s3. The other option is...
Burned by OneDrive?
When Microsoft began offering unlimited storage space for OneDrive it was a bold move; a move to get ahead in the storage market. Turns out they are regretting their decision and now they’re taking it back. And they’re not just taking back the offer to prospective...
ownCloud Server Development Second Half of August
We're already in November and the last months have been very busy. We've had the ownCloud Contributor Conference at the tail end of August, followed by the ownCloud Server 8.2 release 6 weeks later. Now, it is time to go and catch up to our development reports! We'll...
Updates to ownCloud Server 8.1.4, 8.0.9 and 7.0.11 Available
For those on one of our earlier releases following our release channels, we've just made available updates which bring security, stability and minor functionality improvements all over. Highlights Improvements common to the three releases include Stop when PHP 7 is...
Open Innovation- What Companies Can Learn From Open Source Communities
The term open innovation is quite old. Over the last few years I have heard this term more and more, and it feels a little over-hyped at the moment. But it got me thinking. How is open innovation related to what we do in open source and at ownCloud? I think open...