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Insights on secure data exchange, digital sovereignty, and open source — from the team that built the platform.
On a tree-lined path towards climate neutrality
ownCloud collaborated with PLANTED to aim for climate neutrality by planting one tree for each employee each month.
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.
Popular Open Source Sync and Share Start-up ownCloud Closes $2.5 Million Seed Round
General Catalyst Partners leads round with current and new investors Lexington, MA – November 26, 2012 – ownCloud Inc., the company behind the world's most popular open source file sync and share software, announced today the closing of a second seed round, led by...
How did you ownCloud?
As promised – here are some of the ways YOU told us you are using ownCloud
Mass High Tech: Funding pours for Boston startup ownCloud
OwnCloud Inc., a Boston-based nascent cloud storage and sharing startup with an office in Germany, has secured $2.5 million in funding, according to federal documents.
Xconomy: Boston Deals: Swoop, OwnCloud, Lookout Gaming, Streetwise Media
OwnCloud, a business data software company, has filed paperwork indicating that it’s raised about $2.5 million. OwnCloud’s Joseph Eckert says previous investor General Catalyst Partners led the round, joined by “a few new angels and a few of us old...
Integration is the sincerest form of flattery
Well, there are a whole lot of people and companies out there proving us right every day.
From Hip to Sexy – but not Crunchy
We need your help!
GigaOm: Would-be Box killers queue up new file share features and functions
Accellion, InfraScale offer new services to take on Box, the would-be-Dropbox of the enterprise. When it comes to cloud storage, file share and sync, we’re still in the “land grab” stage with companies jockeying for business customers more than profit.
ownCloud Calendar Improvements – What’s it all about?
The calendar app changed a lot in ownCloud 4.5, but you won't be able to tell just by looking at it; because we made the changes to its very core. We completely rewrote import and export, solving a lot of compatibility bugs and vastly improving your experience. The...
And it’s Over
That's right, it's too late to tell us how you ownCloud. Well, not really, you can always give us feedback, tell us how great we are and even tell us what you'd like to see us doing here (moc.duolcnwo@ofni). But what is over is our contest and the ability to win...
The Var Guy: ownCloud Enhances Mobile Cloud Apps
Managing cloud data from mobile devices via ownCloud, the open source file-syncing platform, became easier this week with feature updates to ownCloud’s Android and iOS clients. Read on for a look at the enhancements, which include improvements to the interface,...
How to Avoid Oversharing with ownCloud
In ownCloud 4.5, we released a new feature we like to call CRUDS, a granular permission structure for sharing files and folders. In this blog, I wanted to take a minute to explain why this really matters. Today, if you want to share a file on a lot of online cloud...
Muktware: New ownCloud App For Android Bring Major Enhancements
ownCloud users now have greater control and security over their data with more intuitive, feature-rich apps for their Android devices.
Best ownCloud Developer Meeting yet
More than 30 developers got together to help make ownCloud the best file sync and share available.
ownCloud’s Latest Android and iOS Apps Increase Security and Control
ownCloud's Latest Android and iOS Apps Increase Security and Control Enhancements give mobile users more intuitive tools, greater control and security of data Boston, MA – November 5, 2012 – ownCloud users now have greater control and security over their data with...
ownCloud – not the “millionth cloud company providing exactly the same proprietary service”
Hopefully you’ve heard by now that we are hosting a contest asking users how they ownCloud. You haven’t? owncloud.com/share-your-owncloud-experience. You have but haven’t responded yet? You are missing out on telling YOUR story and winning a FABULOUS prize! Three days...