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What is end-to-end encryption and why does it matter?
December 7, 2017
Encryption protects your data. But there are many kinds of encryption, which can be very confusing. What are public and private keys? SSL, TLS, HTTPS? Where do client-side, server-side and end-to-end encryption fit in? A recent report from Forrester named data encryption as one of the top global Cybersecurity trends … Continued Read more.
Nextcloud 12.0.4 is here, time to upgrade!
December 4, 2017
After some serious testing, we’ve made new updates available for Nextcloud administrators. This release brings important stability and security improvements and we strongly recommend to apply it. As always, our focus has been on reliability rather than features so this should be a safe upgrade. If you are looking for … Continued Read more.
Meet Nextcloud at the Paris Open Source Summit!
December 1, 2017
Nextcloud booth at the Paris Open Source Summit Next week December 6th and 7th, Nextcloud will be present at the Paris Open Source Summit to meet with French companies and its French community. Come visit our booth (B8) and discuss our roadmap, latest improvements, and development! You can come by … Continued Read more.
85% faster LDAP, 10x read/write speed of Windows Network Drive: Welcome to Nextcloud 13 Beta
November 15, 2017
Nextcloud 13 is now out! Read our announcement blog here and discover all the improvements we made! We know, it is crazy, this is just the beta. You’ve already seen us publish a draft of our End-to-end Encryption feature coming to Nextcloud 13 and here is another peek into what is … Continued Read more.
Nextcloud helps you being GDPR-compliant
October 30, 2017
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became a topic in 2016, most companies didn’t immediately realize that they were affected. But they quickly realized that GDPR is not yet another legislation about European companies: any company doing business with European citizens’ personal data was affected by the text, whether … Continued Read more.
Why Enterprises Need a Layered Approach to Security
October 25, 2017
A major challenge enterprises face today is balancing security of data with productivity and convenience. Using a public cloud solution like Dropbox or Google Drive means easy online collaboration and syncing of data but also exposure to legal and security issues. Using a heavily secured, locally encrypted TrueCrypt file to … Continued Read more.
Univention Publishes Nextcloud Appliance
October 23, 2017
At the Nextcloud Conference in August, Univention CEO Peter Ganten spoke about the work Univention does to make running a private cloud easier, especially in the educational market. Univention was a part of the Nextcloud Education Edition launch and the appliance they developed with the education apps is now available! … Continued Read more.
VNCsafe provides Zimbra integration now with Collabora Online document editing
October 20, 2017
Since about half a year, VNC has been offering the VNCsafe app making Nextcloud data available within the Zimbra Email Collaboration solution. A new version of VNCsafe was released, bringing Collabora Online integration from Nextcloud to Zimbra. The VNCsafe Zimlet enables a seamless integration of Zimbra with VNCsafe, which enables … Continued Read more.
Nextcloud partners with Purism to provide a secure, open source and privacy focused mobile device
October 19, 2017
Today, we are proud to announce that Purism, the maker of security-focused computing devices, is partnering with Nextcloud for a series of products and services. Nextcloud is looking to expand and become a default on Purism’s mobile and desktop computing products. With Purism recently meeting their crowdfunding goal of $1.5 million … Continued Read more.
Android 2.0 with contacts backup, search, fingerprint locking, notifications and much more
October 17, 2017
Today, the Android team releases the Nextcloud Android 2.0 app. This major release brings a massive number of improvements, from contact backup & restore, search, new authentication and fingerprint locking to notifications, reworked auto-upload and much more. Read on to find out what is new or check the Play Store … Continued Read more.
Nextcloud is the one and only Solution we are providing to our End-Customers: Florian Hausleitner
October 9, 2017
Nextcloud is being used by organizations, big and small, that value privacy, security, and control over their data. Raiffeisen Informatik Center Steiermark GmbH is one such organization that’s using Nextcloud in certain capacities. We talked to Florian Hausleitner, Senior IT System Engineer of the center, to understand their IT infrastructure … Continued Read more.
Meet Nextcloud next week at IT-SA!
October 6, 2017
If you have kept an eye on our event calendar, you’d know Nextcloud will be at IT-SA, the largest IT-Security conference in Europe. Between October 10 and 12 you can find us at booth #612, in hall 10.1. Come by for a conversation. If you prefer you can book a … Continued Read more.
Q and A with Jan-Christoph Borchardt: Importance of diversity in Open Source
October 5, 2017
Jan-Christoph Borchardt is an interaction designer and community manager working on Nextcloud, Open Source Design and Open Source Diversity. Jan recently delivered a talk at the Nextcloud Conference, in which he talked about the importance of diversity in the open source community. We talked to him to understand the work … Continued Read more.
Nextcloud Introduces Easy Website Builder for Education Edition with PicoCMS
October 4, 2017
In August Nextcloud and 5 partners, Moodle, DeiC, regio iT, the TU Berlin and Univention, announced the Nextcloud Education Edition. We promised we’d keep working on it with them and extend it with other capabilities sought after in the educational space. Today, we are proud to release another piece: the … Continued Read more.
Time for another hackweek!
September 29, 2017
Yes, it has already been over a month that over 150 people got together for a week of coding, talks and workshops at the Nextcloud Conference. While you can watch the talks online, you might already wonder when we can get together again. Yes, the conference dates for 2018 are … Continued Read more.

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