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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
ownCloud Infinite Scale is released for general availability
ownCloud Infinite Scale is now released for general availability. Infinite Scale is a complete modernization of ownCloud 10 with a new and modern 3-tier architecture, which promises improved workflows and collaboration, optimized usability and lower costs.
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 development in January
January was a month of preparation for ownCloud 8 (and recovery from the holidays!). Most of the activity was aimed at fixing bugs - but there were also some interesting new developments. In this post we'll pull together activity from development lists, blogs, GitHub...
ownCloud 8 Offers New Subscription Plans and Features
Have you heard the big news? Today we announced the release of ownCloud 8 Enterprise and the new ownCloud Subscriptions. These new subscriptions enable our end customers to choose the ownCloud offering that is right for them, from the community edition, through...
ownCloud Offers New Support Subscriptions for Its Open Source Enterprise File Sync and Share
New functionality also enables Enterprise users greater usability and control of data Lexington, MA.—March 11, 2015 — ownCloud Inc., the company behind the world’s most popular open source enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) software, today announced new support...
ownCloud Release Model Changes
ownCloud Server 8 introduces some changes to the release model of ownCloud, including a smaller installation package and a faster release cycle. ownCloud, Inc. has announced a support option for ownCloud Server 8 that brings more choice to professional ownCloud users...
ownCloud 8.0.1 snafu
Last week, packages for a beta of the upcoming ownCloud 8.0.1 update hit some mirrors accidentally, and some of our users have updated to this version already. It still had some problems and we'll release the update in the coming days as ownCloud 8.0.2 to make sure to...
ownCloud hackathon in Nuremberg
In the week from March 23 to 27, ownCloud developers get together in the ownCloud office in Nuremberg to work on infusing more awesome in ownCloud. We'd like to invite anybody interested in helping and hanging out with us to join! Practicalities The office has limited...
ownCloud community at FOSDEM and SCALE
Last month ownCloud was present at the two biggest Open Source enthusiast events in Europe and the USA, FOSDEM and SCALE respectively. We ran booths, gave talks, and handed out a few thousand fliers, stickers, and other marketing materials to a very enthusiastic...
ownCloud at FOSDEM 2015 and SCALE13x
We blogged back in January about the 2015 conference season being kicked off by FOSDEM and SCALE this February. Both have come and gone, but and we wanted to share some of the enthusiasm we encountered around ownCloud at these events! FOSDEM and SCALE Let's start by...
We love Free Software
It is Valentine's Day, the day where you declare your (secret or not) love. And we will be honest: We love Free Software! #ilovefs Declaration of love If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants -- Sir Isaac Newton As any Free Software...
Federated Clouds at MIT
This Friday, 13 February, I’ll be speaking at MIT about the next generation of file sync and share – which is really about getting back to the original design of the Internet – distributed and federated networks. Check out the agenda...
Web Upd8: ownCloud 8 (Server) Release With Usability Improvements, Favorites Support
ownCloud, a free software alternative to proprietary web services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and others that you can install on your own server, has reached version 8.0.0.
Self-hosted ownCloud Server 8 Offers Faster, Easier File Sync and Share with Federated Cloud Sharing
ownCloud Server 8 is available. This new release brings improved sharing and collaboration between clouds and introduces faster ways of getting at your files with favorites and improved search. Federated Cloud sharing In previous versions of ownCloud, users on...
Self-hosted ownCloud Server 8 Offers Faster, Easier File Sync and Share with Federated Cloud Sharing
New community release improves file handling and collaboration across clouds Lexington, MA – February 9, 2015 – The ownCloud community, developing the world’s most popular open source file sync and share software, today released ownCloud Server 8.0, speeding up...
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Help Promote ownCloud Server 8!
If everything goes to plan, Monday will see the release of ownCloud Server 8! This release brings a large number of improvements and new features to users, system administrators and developers. We published some teasers about what is coming already (click those...