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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.

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.

2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

New version of the Android ownCloud app

In between all the release excitement, we published a new version of the Android ownCloud app to the app stores of Amazon, Blackberry and Google Play. Version 1.7.2 introduces some cool improvements: New navigation drawer Improved Passcode Automatic grid view just for...

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2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

Documents Update in 8.1

ownCloud 8.1 delivers many improvements to ownCloud, including an update to Documents, the collaborative document editing app. Introducing Documents Documents allows ownCloud users to directly edit files stored in the Open Document Format, the first and most widely...

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2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

MSP Mentor: When No Cost Means More Value

One of the key goals in the release of Datto’s new enterprise file sync and share utility, ownCloud on SIRIS, is that it deliver value to MSPs. And it does. The value comes in the form of a rich feature set, the ability to better serve MSPs' business customers, and...

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2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

Upgrading to ownCloud Server 8.1

ownCloud Server 8.1 was released yesterday! It is time to start thinking about upgrading and this blog post aims to tell you everything you need to know. Why Should I Upgrade? ownCloud Server 8.1 introduces many smaller and larger improvements all over ownCloud, from...

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2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

ownCloud 8.1 Enterprise Edition is Around the Corner

Today we are excited to announce the release of ownCloud 8.1 Server.  That means that the release of 8.1 Enterprise Editions is right around the corner; 30 days to be exact. The release of 8.1 offers great new updates and features, including Encryption 2.0. Encryption...

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2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

Smashbox in action

Last week we wrote about the history and origins of Smashbox, a versatile testing tool for ownCloud developed by CERN. Today, we will discuss how Smashbox works, where it is helpful, how to develop tests, and how it will help ownCloud in the future. How it Works...

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2023: The year of digitally sovereign clouds

ownCloud Release Channels

With millions of ownCloud users, there are a wide variety of needs and requirements. ownCloud Server 8.1 will introduce Release Channels to give our users more flexibility in choosing an ownCloud version to meet their needs. Read on to find out what they offer and how...

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