Blogs

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.

ownCloud, CERN and Smashbox

8.1 is Nearly Here, Spread the Word

We’re about a week away from the release of ownCloud Server 8.1! There is much that is new and improved in this release and we need your help to make sure everybody knows. Social Media Much of the conversation around ownCloud happens over social media. And it is your...

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ownCloud, CERN and Smashbox

Radio World: Your Data Is, Well, Your Data

With the advent of “cloud” services, a number of our people have begun using outside sources to backup their data, namely Dropbox, iCloud and Google Drive. Obviously, the chief advantage is that the data is available at their fingertips with whatever device they...

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ownCloud, CERN and Smashbox

Introducing Our Newest Best Friends, Datto

By now I’m sure you’ve heard the news about ownCloud’s partnership with Datto. Ben Kepes wrote an awesome article about us at Forbes on Friday that pre-announced our new partnership and received a lot of attention. And today Datto officially announced our partnership...

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ownCloud, CERN and Smashbox

Compare the Cloud: My Open Source Journey

They say that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. But the part they don’t tell you is that the direction that first step is taken in will have a drastic impact on the path you take. That’s why I’m glad that, back in 1992, the first step in my...

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ownCloud, CERN and Smashbox

Clark Tomlinson Presents at SouthEast LinuxFest

Check out our very own Clark Tomlinson presenting Open Source, Safe and Secure; A case for leaving data where it is at SouthEast LinuxFest yesterday. This was Clark’s first time presenting at a conference and, in our opinion, he’s a natural. Way to go Clark!

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ownCloud, CERN and Smashbox

Students Beware

Students, do your colleges and universities use a cloud-based system that allows students to access your files anywhere? Do you work on your laptop in your dorm room, save the file to the cloud, and then access it in the library to print? I know I did. It was such a...

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