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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
ownCloud Sprint Review: Tiles view in Infinite Scale, Scoped Storage and more
Over the last two weeks, developers at ownCloud worked towards substantially improving the platform, and also fixed existing bugs. Among these, the most significant improvement is the support for a tiles view in ownCloud Infinite Scale. Furthermore, the new clients for Android and Apple devices now come equipped with interesting features. What’s more, Infinite Scale will now receive user notifications in the web UI and an automatic server detection. An event log and history service with notifications are in the development stage.
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 Android App 1.8 Now Available
Get ready for it guys…Today we have released the latest version of the ownCloud Android App, 1.8. I know, I know, it’s been a while. But what can I say? We didn’t want to offer you anything that was less than perfection! This latest version of the app has three major...
Datamation: Dropbox Alternatives for Linux Users
ownCloud – Unlike the other Dropbox alternatives listed here, ownCloud is more of a Google Apps replacement. Collaborate document editing, calendars, galleries and more – ownCloud is a full software suite designed to run on your own server. Like Google Drive, you can...
Material Design and File Copy in the Latest ownCloud Android App – a Tale of Community
We just made the ownCloud Android Client version 1.8 available on the Google Play Store and other stores, see our website. This new version introduced three major new features: Material Design, the file copy feature and a text file preview function. Besides that,...
Is the Future About Collaboration?
Today I noticed this article at The Verge. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/22/9372563/dropbox-really-is-a-feature I usually don’t talk too much about other players in the file sync and share market. But this article raised a few interesting points about the market and...
ownCloud History
Earlier this year, ownCloud turned 5 and we published a blog with some highlights. Back in January when that blog was published, ownCloud had received contributions from over 550 people, a number now at well over 800! We've had more releases, events like the...
The Register: Storage silo unification from file sharer ownCloud
Interview We came across what seemed like just another file sync and sharer, and sighed. Yet checking ownCloud’s product out showed there was a lot more to it than that, which made us curious. So we asked Markus Rex, its CEO and co-founder, some questions to find out...
Desktop App FeedReader Gains ownCloud Backend
Integrating with applications on devices is important for ownCloud. We have, of course, our desktop and mobile clients, but there is also quite a bit of third-party support. Most prominently, the GNOME desktop for Linux has had ownCloud account support for some years...
OpenSource.com: Get your own cloud and reclaim your data
Frank Karlitschek founded ownCloud, a personal cloud platform that also happens to be open source, in 2011. Why open source? Frank has some strong opinions about how we host and share our data, and with the recent scrutiny on security and privacy, his thoughts are...
PCQuest: 8 Self-Hosted Cloud Storage Solutions
ownCloud It is a popular personal cloud solution and often referred as Dropbox replacement. It synchronizes your files to the private server. You can access your files globally from the ownCloud server via mobile and desktop apps. You can add external storage to your...
Softpedia: ownCloud Announces Ubuntu-Based Appliance with ownCloud Proxy
If you thought that the ownCloud Server/Client development was slow and boring, think again, as ownCloud has just announced the release of their first-ever appliance that lets users install ownCloud in virtual machines. Being based on the long-term supported Ubuntu...
8.1.3, 8.0.8 and 7.0.10 Updates Ready, ownCloud Appliance With ownCloud Proxy Out
After receiving some important last-minute scalability enhancements, ownCloud Server 8.1.3, 8.0.8 and 7.0.10 are now out. Users are urged to upgrade so they benefit from the stability, performance and security improvements. We're also proud to announce the release of...
OpenSource.com: 6 open source tools to help educators stay organized
ownCloud is a file sync and share server. It lets you create and store files, folders, photo galleries, and contacts to this service and keep them synchronized amongst your devices. Teachers can keep and share lectures, make notes and even create and collaborate on...
PCQuest: 15 Open Source Tools to Accelerate and Manage Your Cloud Infrastructure
ownCloud: It is very popular file hosting cloud storage software and accessible via the mobile and desktop apps.
ownCloud Server Development First Half of August
Now that the ownCloud Contributor Conference is over (read this overview of the event with pictures!) we can return to covering ownCloud development. Last time, we covered the second half of July so now we’ll look at the first two weeks of August! By the way, we...
Storage Switzerland: ownCloud 8.1 Extends Beyond File Sync and Share
ownCloud entered the marketplace with a solution that provided IT with a simple to deploy and use file sync and share service combined with critical security features to properly control, manage and protect an organization’s valuable data. As we detailed in a previous...