Blogs
Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
Stewardship is not the same as control: A governance charter for people who’ve been burned before.
Kiteworks controls ownCloud’s roadmap. Why we are being highly visible about this and what it means.
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.
Tech Talk – True Secure View with Collabora
The Secure View feature lets users share confidential documents while restricting the actions available to recipients to prevent abuse.
Fresh design: The new Web UI sees the light of day (and night)
We redesigned the frontend of ownCloud. With a whole range of new features the navigation is now clearer and more concise, and we simplified typical workflows. New accessibility features make ownCloud easier to work with for all users.
Community, scrambled eggs and ownCloud – what do these have in common?
Things are perceived in many different ways.
Interview with Alex Wallner, CEO of plusserver
Topics: Data sovereignty, hybrid clouds and the interplay of open source & commercial
Interview about Infinite Scale: a view from Elizaveta Ragozina – Software Developer at CERN
We interviewed Elizaveta Ragozina about ownCloud Infinite Scale and asked her what advice she has for future software developers.
ownCloud joins IT-Sicherheitscluster e.V.
We are pleased to announce that ownCloud is an official member of IT-Sicherheitscluster e.V., which is based in Regensburg.
ownCloud is now climate neutral
Now climate neutral. We are pushing ahead with our new sustainability initiative. The CO₂ emissions of our employees will be neutralized in cooperation with PLANTED.
Expert View by Alexander Schmieden: “The digital school of the future does not end with the procurement and management of technology and infrastructure”
ownCloud has a long history in supporting educational and research institutions. The digital school is one of today’s greatest challenges.
Coming up soon: The CS3 conference including tech talks about ownCloud Infinite Scale and more!
The Cloud Storage, Synchronization and Sharing conference “CS3” will be held at the end of the month with lots of technical content.
How to install ownCloud Infinite Scale Tech Preview in three easy steps
Want to try out ownCloud Infinite Scale Tech Preview? It is easy, we’ll show you how to install ownCloud Infinite Scale.
Syncing Faster: ownCloud Server 10.9 released
ownCloud Server 10.9 brings several major enhancements, among them speeding up initial sync, adding more control to file locking, version control and public sharing. Many of our applications such as Media Viewer, PDF Viewer, Windows Network Drive and ownCloud Web have received updates.
ownCloud and plusserver a new Partnership for Digital Sovereignty
ownCloud the open source-based collaboration platform and plusserver, Germany’s leading multi-cloud data service provider, are entering into a strategic technology partnership. Offering companies and public administrations cloud solutions that meet the highest requirements for data protection and digital sovereignty.
European Commission takes an important step towards digital sovereignty
The EU Commission is making it easier to publish its self-developed software as open source. This is great news. However, in the spirit of Digital Sovereignty, the open source idea should also extend to procurement.
Integrate Microsoft Teams with ownCloud for secure Teamwork
Leverage Microsoft Teams advantages without exposing sensitive data and risking compliance.
Coalition agreement shows the only viable path to digital sovereignty
The declarations of intent on digital sovereignty made by the new coalition are extremely promising. Public administration has a key role to play in their consistent implementation.