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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
ownCloud Sprint Review: Android 4.0, Notifications and Configurable Roles
The Sprint Review from 10th March 2023 delivered several enhancements and developments. The version 4.0 beta of our Android client is now available, with many useful new features, including Spaces for ownCloud Infinite Scale users. Plus, it is now possible to receive notifications in its web client, and there is now the provision to apply configurable roles with separate permissions.
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.
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...
ownCloud is Headed Back to School
It’s that time of year again; back to school. And ownCloud has its book bag all packed and ready to go too. ownCloud allows educational institutions of all sizes to securely provide students and faculty access to the files they need anytime, anywhere and from any...
ZDNet: User data manifesto seeks to give people control of their data
Frank Karlitschek, founder of the open-source ownCloud program, has been seeking to define the “basic rights for people to control their own data in the Internet age.” Karlitschek and his colleagues have been working on this idea since 2012. Now, in Berlin at the...
Network World: Kicking Google out of my life, Part 8: Will I ever go back?
I left Gmail and began using Kolab Now during this wacky little experiment. You know what? I have no intention on returning to Gmail. Even though Kolab Now is a paid service, I find it to be well worth the few dollars I pay per month. The simple fact that I am not...
OpenSource.com: Back to school: 5 open source programs for students and teachers
A win-win for schools is ownCloud, an open source file sharing server that helps schools take back control of their data. Files are available via sync clients for nearly all major operating systems, as well as a web interface. ownCloud also includes a browser-based...
Fierce CIO: User Data Manifesto 2.0 targets tech industry data practices
Frank Karlitschek started the idea for a data manifesto in 2012, and he’s been working on the document in concert with his open-source ownCloud platform since. The User Data Manifesto 2.0, which Karlitschek debuted this weekend at the ownCloud Contributor Conference,...