{"id":5143,"date":"2020-06-04T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2020-07-07T18:26:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T18:26:55","slug":"promises-and-perils-of-sudden-digitization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/blogs\/promises-and-perils-of-sudden-digitization\/","title":{"rendered":"Promises and perils of sudden digitization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GDPR is now in effect for more than 2 years<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0Yet there still is no clear guidance from data protection commissioners on which platforms, products and services can be safely used or not,\u00a0<a title=\"Happy Birthday, GDPR!\" href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/I060EKp0s8iv2a0F0h0RL00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says our CEO Tobias Gerlinger<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Digitization in schools\u00a0has long been seen as an optional extra by many decision makers. In recent months it has become clear how important digital infrastructure is not only in business but also in public institutions.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/jFwR060sK008p0i2LaF0h00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School clouds were hacked<\/a>, and there is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/SR0L0a0ps0802Ki0600hFxG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ongoing conflict between data privacy commissioners and the tech giants<\/a>. We are proud to help schools with going remote safely on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/z0Fp0as0008R2Hh6Kiy0L00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">European level<\/a>\u00a0as well as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/y6hKpFi20a0sLRo08f00000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in Germany<\/a>\u00a0and to provide\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/VpRg000ah60L000Ks8Fip20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">substantial and long-term solutions<\/a>\u00a0instead of band-aid fixes with negative side-effects for students\u2019 privacy.<\/p>\n<p>In the corona crisis,\u00a0German government agencies are allowed to skip tenders in procuring digital products\u00a0and services. This favors large US vendors, endangers data sovereignty and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/da0si6q2hF0Lp00R8h000K0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">harms the domestic IT industry, critics argue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shaping the future of collaboration also means\u00a0designing inclusive tools. Accessibility is a core design principle of our new Web App.\u00a0Teamlead\u00a0Desktop &amp; Mobile Michael Stingl writes about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/q6LK0a0psi028h00R0ir00F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenges of accessible design in javascript frameworks<\/a>\u00a0like Vue.js. Consultant Marcus Herrmann explains his process for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/kK0js0200hi00RaFp60s80L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ensuring accessibility from the ground up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Working on an iPad?\u00a0Great news: The ownCloud app now\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/r80t0L0h0Rksp2K6i00F0a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fully supports mouse interaction<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/B600zK0L200080hR0pIsiFa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full set of keyboard shortcuts<\/a>, as the first content collaboration app to deliver these features. This means you can now fully control ownCloud on your iPad with mouse and keyboard, making it a complete laptop replacement (and more accessible, too).<\/p>\n<p>We at ownCloud follow a best-of-breed approach. Instead of developing everything ourselves from scratch, we integrate with established open-source solutions. We currently explore deployments integrating Jitsi and Big Blue Button for<strong>\u00a0video conferencing<\/strong>. Are you interested in being part of a pilot project for integrating video conferencing systems into your ownCloud as part of a Standard or Enterprise subscription?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/go.owncloud.com\/c0800FiK0s2R06aLA0pJh00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drop us a line!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GDPR, Education, Framework Accessibility, untouched iPads<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}