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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Microsoft 365 to be banned in schools: Data protection officers warn
Baden-Württemberg’s data protection officer underpins his appeal to schools to ban Microsoft’s cloud office, with reference to claims for damages.
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.
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...
Storage Newsletter: ownCloud Unveils Flexible Hybrid Cloud EFSS
ownCloud, Inc. unveiled its hybrid cloud enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) model allowing customers to choose their cloud storage service, and still deliver on-premise security and control. While existing hybrid models leave the control plane in the public cloud,...
National Cyber Security Awareness Month- ownCloud’s Got Your Back
This month marks the twelfth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The idea of NCSAM is that with a joint effort between the government and the cyber industry, Americans have the resources they need to be secure online. According to StaySafeOnline.org “With...
Join the On-Premise Movement
Day after day we are accosted with articles in the media about data breaches or the security issues that come with using the public cloud. The answer is really simple. Join the on-prem movement and get control of your data! As safe as on-premise file sharing is, some...
Softpedia: ownCloud Server 8.2 Officially Released with Revamped Gallery App, Notifications
Today, October 20, the ownCloud community, through Jos Poortvliet, has been proud to announce the release and immediate availability for download of ownCloud Server 8.2. ownCloud Server 8.2 is the second point release in the 8.x series of the world’s most popular free...
LinuxVeda: ownCloud 8.2 brings more control on-premise
ownCloud, Inc., the maker of the open source file sync and share (EFSS) software with the same name, today announced its new hybrid cloud enterprise file sync & share model. The new model allows customers to choose their cloud storage services and still have...
ownCloud is Now Offering a Hybrid Model!
Today we have announced our new hybrid cloud EFSS model, which delivers on-premise security and control. Research shows that that 49 percent of organizations are planning to implement this type of file sharing solution where the control plane is on-premise and the...
ownCloud Server 8.2 Comes Tomorrow, Help Spread the Word!
Tomorrow we release ownCloud Server 8.2! This release brings a large number of improvements and new features and we want as many users, system administrators and developers to know about this release. More users means more help in making ownCloud better! How can you...
Reduce Your Attack Surface, Save $15 Million?
Every day we see new stats, new data about cyber security and cyber hacking. Today, a new study was published by HP Enterprise Security and Ponemon Institute – for the sixth year in a row – about the cost of a data breach in the US. Up 20% from last year, the total...
Data Residency, Data Sovereignty and the Mad Scramble
We’re a software company and our roots are in the open source community where, just four years ago, we started to believe there was a better option to file sync and share—a better option to cloud-based vendors like Dropbox and Box—and we put a stake in the ground. We...
ownCloud Contributor Conference Videos Coming Online!
A few weeks ago we went home after rocking a great ownCloud Contributor Conference in Berlin! The event kicked off with two great keynotes and a series of lightning talks and workshops. The keynotes and lightning talks were recorded and we promised to get them online...